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Hey Gang!
My name is Dave and this is my first post to myLot.
I did a search and was amazed to see nothing coming
up for ukuleles. Are there no ukulele players out there?
Come on out. Don't be shy.
I will come out of the closet first.
"My name is Dave and I play the ukulele." | |
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| Do you know Keroncong music?
Keroncong is a musical genre that uses guitars and ukuleles as the main musical instruments. This genre had its roots in Portugal and was introduced by Portuguese traders in the fifteenth century. There is a traditional "Keroncong Tugu" music group in North Jakarta and other traditional Keroncong music group in Maluku, with strong Portuguese influences. This music genre was popular in the first half of twentieth century. | |
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| In the past I have taken basic guitar lessons. I don't have the guitar anymore and recently started playing around with Ebay. I found musical instruments on Ebay were affordable where I could not afford to get a really nice guitar at this time. What I ended up getting were a mandolin, an Hawaiian backpack guitar, and a ukulele. The ukulele has not arrived yet, but I can't wait to get it. I found great instructional lessons on YouTube for each of the instruments. Now I am waiting new strings for the mandolin because I broke two of them during tuning. The guitar is great although much different than any I have ever seen before. Once I get the ukulele I want my older grandkids to try it and the other instruments to see how well they can handle them. I believe in giving children music lessons and introducint them to as much in the music world as possible. They already love playing my electronic keyboard. If they like the ukulele, I plan on getting several ukuleles for Christmas. I found out there are at least three basic types of ukuleles for different sounds. They have soprano, tenor, and baritone ukuleles. If they like my ukulele, I will get at least one of each kind for them to... | |
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