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How's this for some great uke playing?

04 Dec 11 - 08:04 AM (#3268237)
Subject: How's this for some great uke playing?
From: Will Fly

Just sit back and enjoy this...

Stompin' At The Savoy


04 Dec 11 - 08:36 AM (#3268245)
Subject: RE: How's this for some great uke playing?
From: GUEST,Hootenanny

Just about the most musical thing that I have heard on a Ukelele.

Good stuff.

Hoot


04 Dec 11 - 01:07 PM (#3268352)
Subject: RE: How's this for some great uke playing?
From: Leadfingers

I HATE Musicians ! LOL


04 Dec 11 - 02:03 PM (#3268386)
Subject: RE: How's this for some great uke playing?
From: Baz Bowdidge

Wonderful stuff Will.
I see the guy has a total of 36 videos:
Gerald Ross's Channel


04 Dec 11 - 04:26 PM (#3268448)
Subject: RE: How's this for some great uke playing?
From: Surreysinger

Probably not in Jake Shimabukuro's league though !
Jake Shimabukuro playing "Bohemian Rhapsody"


04 Dec 11 - 04:47 PM (#3268458)
Subject: RE: How's this for some great uke playing?
From: GUEST,banjopicker

That is pretty great.


04 Dec 11 - 05:13 PM (#3268470)
Subject: RE: How's this for some great uke playing?
From: GUEST,leeneia

Nice! Thanks


04 Dec 11 - 05:36 PM (#3268482)
Subject: RE: How's this for some great uke playing?
From: Melissa

Do you uke, Will?


04 Dec 11 - 06:13 PM (#3268508)
Subject: RE: How's this for some great uke playing?
From: Tootler

James Hill's not bad either:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO7spLjad3k


05 Dec 11 - 02:21 AM (#3268632)
Subject: RE: How's this for some great uke playing?
From: PHJim

Here's Stuart Fuchs playing a Beatles tune that he arranged for his girlfriend on Valentine's Day:
Stuart plays Beatles


05 Dec 11 - 10:42 AM (#3268764)
Subject: RE: How's this for some great uke playing?
From: Will Fly

Do you uke, Will?

Yes - I have a nice tenor one, but I lent it out to a friend in Devon several months ago and it's still there! I'll probably get it back next year when I'm next in the area.

It looked to me as though Gerald Ross's tenor had a thicker 4th string on it - like a guitar - rather than the conventional re-entrant thin 4th string. But I could be wrong - must take a closer look.


05 Dec 11 - 12:35 PM (#3268799)
Subject: RE: How's this for some great uke playing?
From: GUEST,Peter Laban

Speaking of James Hill:

Ode to a Frozen Boot

or one of his party pieces:

Billy Jean


05 Dec 11 - 01:30 PM (#3268844)
Subject: RE: How's this for some great uke playing?
From: Melissa

Will,
Mine is just a cheap soprano and I'm beginnery enough that I'm watching a LOT of videos and doing quite a bit of online reading. Lately, I've been running across stuff talking about using a low G on top instead of high. Maybe that's what Gerald Ross did with his..

Darn, I was hoping maybe you have a soprano and had posted a vid of Satisfied, Tickled Too for me to snag some moves from!

This is my favorite uke girl at the moment. She's not fancy or showy, and I like her videos:
Oh Darling--alosik
Can't Play Ukulele with your Butt

An energetic Billie Jean:
Billie Jean--Jonny Miller


05 Dec 11 - 02:02 PM (#3268854)
Subject: RE: How's this for some great uke playing?
From: gnu

Fantastic stuff!


05 Dec 11 - 06:21 PM (#3268979)
Subject: RE: How's this for some great uke playing?
From: Tootler

These two are pretty good. No fancy playing but good plain accompaniment:

Jolene

Bad Moon Rising


05 Dec 11 - 06:31 PM (#3268989)
Subject: RE: How's this for some great uke playing?
From: Tootler

Then, of course there's the ukulele orchestra of Great Britain

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly


05 Dec 11 - 06:37 PM (#3268992)
Subject: RE: How's this for some great uke playing?
From: Melissa

This guy plays plastic ukes:

Ain't She Sweet--GUGUG


06 Dec 11 - 01:27 PM (#3269364)
Subject: RE: How's this for some great uke playing?
From: GUEST,Gerald Ross

Thanks for all the good words folks. I do not use a Low G string on any of my ukes. I jse the standard GCEA tuning with a high G string.

Thanks again,
Gerald


06 Dec 11 - 01:45 PM (#3269379)
Subject: RE: How's this for some great uke playing?
From: Will Fly

Gerald - thanks for contributing to this thread. And thanks for the info on the 4th string!

Your playing is inspiring.