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If 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.

Date: 2008-12-11 05:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] keeper1st.livejournal.com
Yep, very old video indeed.

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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