it’s about time to explore the lower end of the musical scale below the usual ukulele sound. fortunately the people at kala music set up the ubass line some years ago, basically combinig a baritone ukulele with a little magic and some special thick polyurethane bass strings. i was always tempted of checking out bass…
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i found a great picture of a full piano keyboard (made by phillip kuhrt based on an original by sergey pushkin) on wikimedia; look at the different ukulele tunings in relation to each other: ubass: E A D G baritone: D G B E“standard” ukulele (tenor, concert, soprano): G (low or high) C E A“alternate”…
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my first brüko 🙂 – ain’t she sweet? i was always tempted by the product specs of brüko: all made in germany, all solid wood – albeit the statements about the specific “brüko sound” and the high action kept me from buying one. from what you read these ukes have a quite bright voice, some…
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i already have a few of the previous model (planet waves mini) living on the various headstocks of my ukes, and now I gave the new model by d’addario a try: it is an excellent example of how even good things can be improved. slightly smaller than the previous model 3-color display (red=off, yellow=almost, green=in…
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for another project i am looking for a nice wp countdown. and as this is an experimental website i decided to use it as a sandbox…. we should see at least one counter below, target date is 01 dec 2034 12:34:56 countdown timer by andrew ferguson (wordpress.org plugin page): [fergcorp_cdt_single date=”2034-12-01 12:34:56″] t(-) countdown (wordpress.org…
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i don’t want to maintain a super long list of external links in the side menu, but still i need some kind of notepad for useful links. here we go – unordered for the time being… ukulele setup ukulele setup at hawaii music supply: http://youtu.be/adeFF0nQyzM spongebob tutorial part I: http://youtu.be/Zbp7dApxAuE part II: http://youtu.be/SGGz14ohX9Y fretcalculator: https://www.stewmac.com/FretCalculator…
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a never ending story for all webmasters – resulting in a plethora of tipps and tricks… here is what i did:
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