Moon over Ruined Castle (Kōjō No Tsuki) on baritone ukulele
Classic Japanese melody - Taki Rentaro wrote in in 1901.
A year later he died from tuberculosis. He was only 23 yo.
u/Behemot999 — 10 days ago
Zōsan Zōsan - Japanese children song on baritone
From Ondrej Sarek's book of Japanese song arrangements.
Zōsan, zōsan
O-hana ga nagai no ne
Sō yo, kāsan mo nagai no yo
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Elephant, elephant,
Your trunk is so long!
Yes, indeed—my mother’s is long, too!
u/Behemot999 — 10 days ago
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I have Kala concert banjolele - impulse buy since Kala was selling it "blemished" for $100.
I really like strumming old jazz tunes on it or taking it to singalongs - it is small but loud enough and it cuts through and is great in enforcing the groove.
My normal ukulele style is 90% fingerstyle so I would like to be able to add a bit of that on banjolele but with narrow 34.9mm nut an fairly narrow string spacing at the saddle it is hard. Helps your strumming but not fingerstyle.
Are there any confirmed wide nut banjoleles out there? Or reso-ukes?
u/Behemot999 — 1 month ago
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There are many.
Check eg. Jamie Aebersold "Jazz Handbook" p. 35:
Jazz Handbook
or this blog post on jazz blues (guitar centric but applicable to uke):
Jazz Blues Chord Progressions
u/Behemot999 — 1 month ago
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Someone asked about the better cheap ukulele. I am firmly convinced that to get decent student ukulele one does not have to break a bank. I have few more expensive ukuleles and one cheap one - Ulumac tenor bought last year on Amazon for $70 (strap + tuner included). Solid mahogany - Chinese made. Intonation is good - it is loud and very playable. Here is comparison - same tune played on Ulumac and on Kala Contour (spruce + rosewood, cutaway model). Recorded with same mic configuration.
Ulumac:
https://soundcloud.com/woland99/wild-mountain-thyme-20250603
Kala Contour:
https://soundcloud.com/woland99/wild-mountain-thyme-20250603-kala-countour-tenor
Kala sound is more refined and "airy" but as far as playability goes the difference is not gigantic - despite nearly factor of 5 price difference.
u/Behemot999 — 1 month ago