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Ukulele Dependency Scale
Score 1 point for every "yes" answer.

1. Have you played the uke in public or in a group?
2. Do you own more than 3 ukuleles?
3. Do you own an Aloha shirt?
4. Can you name 10 ukulele brands offhand?
5. Can you name at least 2 ukulele performers by name or stage name? (*)
(*) For question 5, the performer doesn't have to be ukulele-exclusive, e.g. Elvis counts.
6. Do you know what a hygrometer measures?
7. Can you name another wood that's not "oak" using only those 3 letters?
8. Do you play the uke multiple times a week?
9. Have you ever fallen asleep while holding your uke?
10. Have you ever sniffed the sound hole of a new uke?

0-3 = You are missing out on the fun!
4-6 = Very sane and normal. A casual player; might even quit after a year or 2.
6-8 = You're highly dependent. The fun will surely push you further down the path.
9-10 = You're a lifer.


(I've corrected some mistakes. Thanks.)

 

[UkeIAmYourFather]

1Have you played the uke in public or in a group?
not yet but I have a gig next week

2. Do you own more than 3 ukuleles?

I own a perfectly reasonable amount of ukuleles for a keyboard player. 5
...6 if you count the bass uke.

I don't have UAS. YOU have UAS.

3. Do you own an Aloha shirt?
I do not.

4. Can you name 10 ukulele brands offhand?
Not quite.

5. Can you name at least 2 ukulele performers by name or stage name? (*)
(*) For question 6, the performer doesn't have to be ukulele-exclusive, e.g. Elvis counts.
Yes

6. Do you know what a hygometer measures?
Nope

7. Can you name another wood that's not "oak" using only those 3 letters?
Yes

8. Do you play the uke multiple times a week?
Yes

9. Have you ever fallen asleep while holding your uke?
I have not.

10. Have you ever sniffed the sound hole of a new uke?
I don't think so.

 

[Knows Picker]

8!

But I dont have a very good sense of smell, so I wouldn't bother with #10.

 

[frets alot]

8 for me.

 

[TheresaSC]

Oh good grief, I scored 7 and I have only been doing this since February of this year! LOL

 

[Voran]

Ukulele Dependency Scale
Score 1 point for every "yes" answer.

1. Have you played the uke in public or in a group?
2. Do you own more than 3 ukuleles?
3. Do you own an Aloha shirt?
4. Can you name 10 ukulele brands offhand?
5. Can you name at least 2 ukulele performers by name or stage name? (*)
(*) For question 6, the performer doesn't have to be ukulele-exclusive, e.g. Elvis counts.
6. Do you know what a hygometer measures?
7. Can you name another wood that's not "oak" using only those 3 letters?
8. Do you play the uke multiple times a week?
9. Have you ever fallen asleep while holding your uke?
10. Have you ever sniffed the sound hole of a new uke?

0-3 = You are missing out on the fun!
4-6 = Very sane and normal. A casual player; might even quit after a year or 2.
6-8 = You're highly dependent. The fun will surely push you further down the path.
9-10 = You're a lifer.

1. I play in public all the time! I hike to the local Celtic ringfort and play for tourists

2. Yup, I own 7

3. No

4. Lemme see...Flight, Snail, Kanilea, Kamaka, Baton Rouge, ANueNue, Ohana, Collings, Enya, Rosen

5. Brittni Paiva, Taimane Gardner, Jake Shimabukuro

6. Nope

7. Koa, duh

8. I play it daily, it's the reason I haven't gone berserk and thrown poo at people

9. Nope, too afraid I'd crush it. I'm not the tiny balletic woman I used to be when younger

10. Yup, my Snail when it first arrived.

My score: 7/10 Oops

 

[mikelz777]

I'm a 7 but I'm also probably a lifer. I've been at it about 10+ years.

 

[Voran]

I'm a 7 but I'm also probably a lifer. I've been at it about 10+ years.

Only one year here. But I can't imagine giving up an instrument I have 80 original songs on.

 

[John Colter]

I'm a 9 - I've never fallen asleep - the audience often does though!

 

[Bluesy]

All I'm missing is the Aloha shirt.

Happily and totally dependent.

Bluesy.

 

[Gary52]

I got 9 out of ten. Haven't fallen asleep while holding a uke.

 

[Ukecaster]

I got 9 out of ten. Haven't fallen asleep while holding a uke.

Me too, but many have fallen asleep listening to me play...or worse!

 

[KohanMike]

Ukulele Dependency Scale
Score 1 point for every "yes" answer.

1. Have you played the uke in public or in a group? 1
2. Do you own more than 3 ukuleles? 1
3. Do you own an Aloha shirt? 1
4. Can you name 10 ukulele brands offhand? 1
5. Can you name at least 2 ukulele performers by name or stage name? (*) 1
(*) For question 6, the performer doesn't have to be ukulele-exclusive, e.g. Elvis counts.
6. Do you know what a hygrometer measures? 1 >>>>CORRECT SPELLING HYGROMETER<<<<
7. Can you name another wood that's not "oak" using only those 3 letters? 1
8. Do you play the uke multiple times a week? 1
9. Have you ever fallen asleep while holding your uke? 0
10. Have you ever sniffed the sound hole of a new uke? 1

0-3 = You are missing out on the fun!
4-6 = Very sane and normal. A casual player; might even quit after a year or 2.
6-8 = You're highly dependent. The fun will surely push you further down the path.
9-10 = You're a lifer. √√√√√√√√√

(Correct spelling is hygrometer, you missed the g, and the asterisk should be for question 5.) Nine for me. This should also solidify me as a lifer; I played guitar for almost 50 years, from 1965 to 2013 when I went to a uke play along at the Los Angeles Music Center and I was hooked, so much so that I joined two groups and gave my four guitars to my nephew and friends, knowing that I would never touch them again. The first year I went through 16 ukes, then culled them down to 8 including custom mades, and last week decided thinline is best for me with nerve damage in my neck, which is four.

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Michael Kohan in Los Angeles, Beverly Grove near the Beverly Center
4 tenor thinline cutaway ukes, 3 thinline acoustic bass ukes, 5 solid body bass ukes
•Donate to The Ukulele Kids Club, they provide ukuleles to children in hospital music therapy programs. www.theukc.org
•Member Cali Rose & The CC Strummers: www.youtube.com/user/CCStrummers/video, www.facebook.com/TheCCStrummers

 

[TerryM]

9 for me. Never sleepy with a ukulele in my hands.

 

[bacchettadavid]

1. Yes, both. Many times.
2. No, but that might change soon.
3. Yes, several.
4. I can name ten that don’t contain the letter “K”.
5. May Singhi Breen and Wendell Hall.
6. Water vapor.
7. Koa.
8. Yes.
9. Yes.
10. Yes.

9 points, possible 10 in the near future. There’s no hope for me.

 

[Jan D]

Yikes! I scored 8 ... after going into this test thinking I was not the least bit dependent on ukuleles. Oh, well. We must embrace who we are. Guess I’ll be wearing my hubby’s Aloha shirt, and cuddling up with one of my uke babies, when I crawl into bed tonight... sigh...

 

[mikelz777]

I could be an 8 but I didn't give myself credit for naming 10 ukulele brands off the top of my head. I think I came up with 7 before blanking out but if I took some time and thought about it I could probably come up with 10 without cheating and using the internet.

 

[Ukecaster]

How many you own now is one thing, but how many have you bought/sold over the years? I shudder to think.

 

[bbkobabe]

Define an "aloha shirt".... Does a generic Reyn Spooner count?
Oh, never mind- 8/10

 

[UkeOkay]

9. I did not fall asleep, I was just resting my eyes.