Salmon swim upstream to return to the home of their birth.
My very special tenor ukulele can’t swim…but for its first birthday, I thought I’d take it back to its birthplace. Only we’d be flying. Hawaii is simply too far for me to swim either—especially with an ukulele case strapped to my back.
I like carrying my Gator ukulele case for my LoPrinzi soprano when traveling because the case is sturdy and it’s not at risk of being crushed when stored in the carry-on overhead bins on planes. The downside of the Gator, though, is that it’s made as a “handle-only” case, with just a single place to […]
I’ve been asked a couple questions about the way these incredible two guys play. Here’s what I saw at the workshop (and, at the end of the post I’ll explain their take on how to play the famous reggae-type strum IZ uses in “Wonderful World/Over the Rainbow”). Note: There’s a full account of these workshops on the earlier posting, just below this one.
Daniel said he is a classically-trained guitarist and I’d say his playing style reflects that. He used no pick, just his fingers. His right hand nails were not very long (just peeking over the top of his finger pads). He typically maintains a hand position for picking in which each finger is positioned over it’s “own” string. That way, he says, he doesn’t have to think about where to put the fingers, they’re already there, ready to play. He does not “brace” with his little finger on the soundboard. He uses a strap to hold his ukulele in place so he can roam up and down the fingerboard.