If the ukulele is slipping, hold it a bit tighter. However, do make sure that you’re not bending the neck of the ukulele, as this might make it sound out of tune. A quick test to see if it’s tight enough is by letting go of the neck: see if the ukulele stays in position. ...
Put your ukulele on a stand right by your bed so you see it first thing in the morning I know for myself if my ukulele is in its case put up in my closet I’m way less likely to take it out and play. This is why I keep a ukulele on a stand in my office within arms reach...
The price of an ukulele can only exist if the market will bear it. Price = perceived and actual value. If someone somewhere wants the uke you have to sell, you might be able to charge a high price – if you can get it in front of the right buyer. If not, you’ll have to charg...
the capo can drag or pull on the strings. An improper amount of tension could bend the strings. While this may not be visible to the untrained eye; just a little bending is all it takes for a guitar to sound out of tune.
To bring our example to the world of musical instruments, you can think of the sounds played with the left hand on a piano as low pitch, whereas the keys on the right produce a high-pitched sound. Similarly, stringed instruments, such as the guitar, ukulele, and bass, produce lower-...
Involving, menacing looped beats contrasted with Beth Gibbons’s gorgeously mournful vocal, and some of the finest theremin work outside of the theme tune to Midsomer Murders, Portishead’s debut was hugely influential in the 90s ascent of trip hop and yet it doesn’t feel to have aged a ...
For public transport and other situations, try out the JBL Tune 670NC on-ear Bluetooth headphones with active noise cancellation (ANC). Listening in the office Unless you have a door, this one is simple: closed-back. Closed-back headphones ensure that nobody else can hear your music except...
What is a lute tuned to? A lute is tuned sort of like a modern guitar. If you tune a guitar with the G string tuned down toF#you will have the relative pitches of a lute, and you will be able to play from lute tablature. The most common pitch of the top string on a lute is...
t go out with that person who makes you feel very uneasy! Don’t spend thousands of dollars on a degree that doesn’tmake you happy!”), I would simply override it. I would tune out everything my gut was telling me, and instead, justify in my head why doing xyz would be a ...
VanderWaal picked up the saxophone at 10 years old and played in her school’s marching and concert band. For her 11thbirthday, VanderWaal bought a ukulele and learned to play the instrument from watching YouTube videos. From that moment, the ukulele has been her instrument of choice and sh...