Ukulele

Ukulele tabs are in the international language of music. They have no language. Instructions and the words to the songs vary in language, but music is universal.

The web site Ukuleletabs.com appears to be Swiss.

You are probably hearing the late great Israel Kamakawiwo'ole. His version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow and It's a Wonderful World are used in dozens of commercials and movies throughout the world. Dulux Paint uses his music in one of their commercials in Australia.

Kamaka ukuleles have excellent sound quality. Kamaka uses the finest would for its instruments which gives them their great sound. The wood is naturally aged for four years in their factories to insure the greatest quality of their products.

The ukulele uses re-entrant tuning. Yes, the G string is lower than the C string.

Alternatively, you can tune it with a low G.

I'm not sure what a guitalele is, but tuners typically now have a variety of settings and there are settings for chromatic tuning, so if you know the notes the strings are supposed to play, you can use it.

He played a variety of different types of ukulele and is famous for his banjolele, though he used a standard ukulele in a number of movies.

The string family instruments and is the subset of the guitar family or a plucked lute.

A C tuned ukulele (gCEA) will produce a C6 chord when strummed with open strings.

A specific date would be hard to specify, but it would have likely come from the Hawaiian islands with shipboard travelers and crew in the 1920s and vaudeville acts would have certainly been seen in that time frame. Americans coming from the islands during WW2 would have brought them as well.

The link below will take you to one version.

Not normally. The typical ukulele player is going to strum between the neck and the sound hole. With the instrument sort of 'pinched' between the forearm and side of your body, you'll find that your hand sort of naturally falls in the area.

It is still called an ukulele, regardless of where you are in the world.

Yes, David Kamakahi has been playing ukulele since he was 15. He runs Trick Bag Records in Hawaii and most commonly plays guitar.

The ukulele is tuned differently then the bass. The baritone ukulele is tuned like the bottom 4 strings of a normal guitar.

Ukulele strings for the appropriate sized ukulele. Sets of strings are made by companies such as Aquilla, Martin, Gibson, D'Addario and others with the correct sizing.

The single biggest item is to keep the instrument in a consistent temperature and humidity. You can obtain case humidifiers that will help maintain the right level of moisture.

Keep it clean, wipe it down regularly. Probably the biggest other item is to avoid hitting it on things or sitting on it.

It is possible to fit the guitar strap to it if it has a strap peg. The strap may or may not be too long, however. If your guitar or ukelale does not have a top strap peg, like me, then you can tie a long string or strap behind the strings, above the nut. I reccomend using a wider strap to prevent it from cutting into your shoulder.

Size of the instrument. They play the same notes and all the chords are the same. The larger size makes it a bit louder. The Tenor (17 inches) is slightly bigger, the fret board being about 3-4 inches longer than the soprano (13 inches). The Concert size (15 inches) is in between the two of them.

If you used the proper strings, you can match the notes. But the sound is going to be different due to size and the use of a bow.

its just ukulele

I believe that he plays a Tenor sized Fender ukulele, there are numerous pictures of Jack Johnson 'signed' koa wood Fenders.

He started because his mother handed him an ukulele. He figured out how to play a lot of modern music and began writing his own music. The success of his ukulele version video on YouTube has resulted in a life on the road as a musician.

Bm, G, D and A

The Z chord should be first!

Then the C, D, A, G and C7, D7, A7, G7. You can play a lot of music with those basic chords.

Solid wood is supposed to have a better sound then laminate wood and the Cordoba is solid, while the Ohana is a laminate. The Tenor is larger than the concert. I know there are some videos of the Ohana on youtube, so you may want to look them up. I couldn't locate the Cordoba.

My gut would be to go with the Cordoba, but I've already got a Tenor and don't have a Concert size. But the solid wood would be a big factor in my book.