Ukulele mania!
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tikistitchIf you haven't already seen this on Boing Boing, just listen, we're not gonna spoil the fun by telling you what he's gonna play.
tikistitchIf you haven't already seen this on Boing Boing, just listen, we're not gonna spoil the fun by telling you what he's gonna play.
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Date: 2008-12-10 07:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-10 07:33 pm (UTC)Oh, and btw, George Harrison collected ukuleles. It's true.
(Nita has a little secret. I learned to play ukulele when I was but a wee sprite. Really.)
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Date: 2008-12-10 08:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-10 08:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-11 05:37 am (UTC)Some good ukulele players to look up videos of, well, obviously for good strumming, you need to look up British entertainer George Formby (usually played a banjo-ukulele, which is simply an ukulele built like a banjo). For American players of the past, of course look for Roy Smeck (the ultimate ukulele showman!) or "Ukulele Ike" (Cliff Edwards, better known today as the voice of Jiminy Cricket).
Modern-day YouTubers on the ukulele that I like are:
http://www.youtube.com/user/ukulelezaza -- awesome skill!
http://www.youtube.com/user/heftone -- transcribes piano music onto the ukulele spectacularly well, including lots of ragtime.
And for the absurd, search for videos of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain! (ever imagined hearing "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on ukuleles?)
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Date: 2008-12-12 11:49 am (UTC)