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You can get a tune out of a £20 Mahala. It takes 10 minutes to learn 2 or 3 chords and years to play 'properly', but with a bit of persistence and enthusiasm you'll be learning basic songs in an afternoon.
You can get a 'Ukulele for Dummies' enhanced e-book that will show you how to play*Ukulele for Dummies and one of the better websites for cheatsheets and the like*http://ukulelehunt.com/
(standard tuning on soprano, concert and tenor ukes are GCEA, Baritone tuning is DGBE)
(On me hols in Skye with crap Internet connection at the moment so sorry for the late reply d000hg )
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My ukulele is tuned to gcea which is classed as normal for a concert ukulele. Despite having absolutely no musical background I've managed to learn to play a few tunes which some people can recognise once I've told them what I'm trying to play! £80 will get you a decent uke, but change the strings for aguila ones, they are much better.
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostMaybe, although she's managed to find seemingly the one school in the NE with a budget to throw around on non-essentials like music, PVA glue and pens.
If you can get one that isn't a waste of time for £20 it's a bit of a non-issue, my fear was it would be like a £20 guitar
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Originally posted by stek View PostI bought a Soviet seven string acoustic off Ebay actually, £60 and it's a work of art, made in Leningrad in 1960...
Has three nylon strings and four metal, tuned open G, Russian term is Syemistrunka, down to five strings now tho....
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostMaybe, although she's managed to find seemingly the one school in the NE with a budget to throw around on non-essentials like music, PVA glue and pens.
If you can get one that isn't a waste of time for £20 it's a bit of a non-issue, my fear was it would be like a £20 guitar
Has three nylon strings and four metal, tuned open G, Russian term is Syemistrunka, down to five strings now tho....
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostA local music shop provides bits and bobs to the school from time to time, does the school have any similar arragenemt? Might get a second hand one free or something.
If you can get one that isn't a waste of time for £20 it's a bit of a non-issue, my fear was it would be like a £20 guitar
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Originally posted by northernladuk View Post3/10 - Must try harder.
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostShe's not thinking to let the kids play them - they're only 4-5 years old. But for her to play, probably the kids would be clapping or other percussion; apparently teaching that at a young age is important for non music related development.
A local music shop provides bits and bobs to the school from time to time, does the school have any similar arragenemt? Might get a second hand one free or something.
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostMy other halfs school got a few in to try last year but they ended up getting broken and abused and weren't really much use as it does still take a bit of skill to get a tune out of them. They ditched them and went back to recorders and stuff you can bang I am afraid.
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostSo, it's a porn studio then?
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Originally posted by northernladuk View Post... went back to recorders and stuff you can bang I am afraid.
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostMrs. D000hg is interested in getting one to do music with at school (reception children) but neither of us know anything about them. I play guitar so I imagine I could easily pick it up and teach her a few chords, but what should be getting? Only want something cheap and cheerful but someone told me/her there were different types, like how you can get tenor recorders and so on.
Any idiots' guide style tips would be nice - at our low-end do we just buy any old thing or are there still choices to make? And is it as easy to transfer guitar strumming to ukulele as I imagine?
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