When I was young, I strung a bunch of resonant things across the opening of a bucket. If I squeezed the bucket between my thighs, the pitches of all the resonating strings would go down (tennis racquet strings and rubber bands if I remember). I also made a diddley bow. Neither of these things had names in my experience. I played them and the angels gathered around to throw celestial tomatoes, but it was fun to me.
I would. I like Martin 630s. $5.99 us dollars on the big river site. Keep in mind you may need to slightly modify the nut to accommodate the new strings. One of my favorite things about baritone ukulele is that it unleashed the E chord for me because I struggled with it on GCEA ukes. But, it balances out as other easy GCEA chords are now a bit tougher on DGBE baritone.
Well said, brother John! I recently read a bio on Gerald Ross in which he put something into words that I had personally felt but had never consciously expressed. Paraphrasing, the statement was, "I wanted to play the uke as an instrument and not just as an engine to generate chords to accompany vocals."
My baggage reference to other instruments stems from so many iconic recordings and scores and music written specifically for so many other instruments that there is an unwritten level of proficiency necessary to compete with the recording when performing, or even just playing.
I also mean no offense to folk who strum astoundingly well, with bass lines and melody notes- amazingly beautiful music.
I agree completely. Even strumming a song on a ukulele because many times people are adapting from an original recording.
Over the last year, I have been moving away from baritone for the reason that it seems unfocused (cluttered) on the 4th string. You may have prompted me to try reentrant on that. TBC.
Please - Where's the website for the music? Thanks
