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By the way, here is some clawhammer tenor uke:
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Nice frailing on that uke! I am just now starting to play clawhammer banjo and hope to transfer the skill to ukulele.
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Chris Coole
I have never heard of Chris Coole. Thanks for posting that video. Some of the cleanest sounding playing I have ever heard in clawhammer banjo. I'll have to check out that DVD.
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Frailing on uke is fun, although crossover thumb work can be hard.
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Great stuff, ukejon, and quite the revelation to me. It never occurred to me that the uke could be played this way.
If I ever get semi-competent on my clawhammer banjo right hand technique, my uke is going to be my next target! |
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Bit of a story here. That is a 1920s Regal mandolin that I stupidly turned into a 5 string banjo (manjo?) 30 years ago by ripping off the mando neck and attaching a full-length banjo neck. Sounded pretty thin and also was very ill balanced (head heavy). Last year, I pulled the instrument down off the shelf after many years of it not being played and cut off the neck at the 5th fret to create a tenor uke scale. Then I decapitated the headstock at the nut and reattached it to the shortened neck--thus the instrument you see me playing. Doesn't sound particularly good with regular uke strumming and fingerstyle but sounds fantastic when played in a clawhammer style. No clue why this is, but this now is my clawhammer uke.
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that was a very cool video! thanks for posting, neat story on the instrument as well 1)steel string or nylon now? 2)would you mind if i post your video on the BHO-i think the clawhammer folks would highly appreciate seeing this? d |
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Thanks. Its a nylon string 17" scale tenor uke with a mando body.
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I thought it was an odd looking uke, but little did I know. Very ingenious way to right a past wrong.
On second look it does look a bit wide at the nut....but so what? It sounds just fine played in that clawhammer style. |