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did someone mention archtop ukulele's ???
Here is 2 photo's of my baby..
Kala brand Archtop Uke!
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10-04-2013 01:06 PM
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They make em, and they are expensive... http://sonntag-guitars.com/english/A...e_acoustic.php
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+1 for the UOGB
I saw them twice.
What fun !
What maestria !
I'll see them again if I can
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Lyle Ritz has been a favourite of mine for many years.
Make sure you also check out Bill Tapia.
Cliff Edwards who recorded many pop and novelty songs also played quite a few jazz tunes.
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I will keep you posted about the Uke but if the is half as good as the Guitar Toby made for me then I will be over the moon.
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Now that is cool. I have never seen a jazz Uke.
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Reviving an old thread with a couple additional jazz style ukuleles I found on youtube... pretty cool!
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Mark Roberts archtop tenor ukulele.
Originally Posted by dkstott
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If you would care for a musical sample, enjoy Travis Stine performing on this instrument.
Roberts Guitars Custom Ukuleles and Guitars
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For my 40th birthday, my best friend gave me this.
I would like to know if some of yours play the ukulele.
This is what I did today.
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Nice!
Yes, I'm an avid uke-er. Got a sweet little koa Martin Tenor.
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Thanks, do you tune it with low G or standard ?
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Ukes are great fun. I used to think of them as wannabe guitars, but they are their own thing.
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Hum, the guitar is easier, you don't have a lot of choice on ukulele, well it depends of what you want to do with. Originally Posted by matt.guitarteacher
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Believe it or not, I have written ten ukulele books published by Mel Bay. Here are three pages of my Mel Bay titles: http://www.melbay.com/Author/Default...AuthorId=37986
No bebop so far! But there are some Blues in the studies books, such as:
A little night music:
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Check Jake Shimabukuro, Abe Lagrimas Jr, and some others if you want to hear jazz ukulele. Excellent stuff, all available through the magic of YouTube.
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Cool. Campanella style fingering? What's that? Originally Posted by Rob MacKillop
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Lyle Ritz is great. He was an upright bass player and a member of the Wrecking Crew. And a great uke player.
I guess he liked 4 strings. I haven't played uke in a while but I've been heavily into it at times. I've got a
Kala tenor. Solid spruce top with lacewood back and sides. I had a MiSi pu installed and it sounds excellent.
I think the uke has great single note soloing potential.
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In answer to Matt, campanella means little bells, and refers to playing scale passages across strings rather than along the string. This is something the ukulele, with its high-octave fourth string excels at. The notes overlap each other, almost harp-like. In my studies and arrangements, I try to not think guitar. The re-entrant tuning (the fourth string being higher than the third or second) really makes it a different instrument. That's why I don't use a low-octave G, as that would just make it a small four-string guitar. The high octave gives it a unique character.
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Thanks Rob. I have heard people talk about playing chord melody on uke that way. Down strum if the melody is on the bottom string, upstroke if it's the top string ?
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Yes, some do that, but I'm more of a fingerstyle player.
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I'm happy to know there are a lot of ukulele players and serious ones.
Thanks for posting nice things.
I knew there were a lot of who played pop songs with a great sound as a solo instrument but not a lot about this girl, Lyle Ritz.
I haven't played the ukulele for months and today I decided to draw the chords on a paper in order to organize what I wanted to play, it's a nice instrument.
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OK, so he shaved his beard and now wears a wing.
I don't think it's the same person.
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Here's what seems to be the whole album No Frills.
lyle ritz no frills - YouTube
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Missed this, standard...re-entrant tuning is the heart and soul of uke. Originally Posted by Lionelsax
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