Ukulele Chords
NEW This small (1/2 size) chord book is a great little book to carry with you. Ukulele Chords covers basic open position and basic movable form chords. From these two chord categories a variety of songs and styles can be played.
A Guide to Ukulele Chords
This book is designed as a guide to ukulele (pronounced Òoo-koo-leleÓ) chords. Covering basic ukulele chords that ALL uke players MUST know, movable chord forms, rock uke chords, how to transpose chords, learning the ukulele fingerboard and an introduction to 4-part ÒjazzÓ chords and more...
Ukulele For Guitar Players
Ukulele for Guitar Players is a guide to transferring the accumulated experience and knowledge gained as a guitar played to the ukulele.
A Guide to Blues Chord Progressions for Ukulele A to Z
Covers the key of C major and C minor, including a detailed accompanying text explaining the principles behind each progression and the chord substutitions.
Exploring "Jazz" Chords on Ukulele
Exploring "Jazz" Chords takes the core chords from A Guide to Advanced Chords for Ukulele and shows their use over a variety of common chord progressions based on songs from the standard jazz repertoire.
A Guide to Advanced Chords for Ukulele
If your goal is to expand your chord vocabulary, The Advanced Guide to Ukelele Chords Series is your answer. Commonly referred to as "jazz" chords. A Guide to Advanced Ukulele Chords Volume I provides detailed information on voicing 4-part chords.
The Advanced Guide to Guitar Chords
Commonly referred to as "jazz" chords this provides detailed information on voicing 4-part chords.
Harmonic Analysis For Scale Selection And Chord Substitution
Harmonic Analysis is the understanding of the functional sequence of chords. It is the process used to analyze the harmonic structure of a progression, song or composition. This analysis is then used to make scale selections for improvisation and chord substitution.
Ukulele - Reading Music Series
Reading Music in Open Position, Single Note Studies- Primer. Reading music is not as hard as one might think. It may be new and unfamiliar to you but is not hard when you have a proper plan of attack.
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Ukulele Reviews, Raves and Rantings Page - Ko'olau & Pono
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Ukulele Reviews, Raves and Rantings Page - Ko'olau & Pono (reviewsUkulele-Pono.shtml) | Updated: 01-Jul-2008 - 23:55
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Here is a page of my reviews, ranting, ravings and a general all around location to put my thoughts and pet peeves on a subject of ukulele. This page is for the Ko’olau and Pono brands. I've had three of the Pono tenors, so that should say something about whether they are any good.
- Pono PKTE - Koa Top, sides and back
“To sin by silence when [we] should protest makes cowards of [us all].” Abraham Lincoln
Pono PKTE Tenor with Undersaddle Pickup
December 2006 by Curt Sheller
December 2006 by Curt Sheller
This is the second Pono tenor that I have owned. the first was a tenor without an undersaddle pickup. I sold that one to get the model with the undersaddle pickup.
( Update 3-15-2007 ): Sold this Pono and will be getting another one soon.
( Update 10-15-2007 ): Third Pono is a Tenor Cutaway with solid top. Sounds Great!!!. I'll keep this one.
The first tenor that I had and still have is a Lanikai laminated top Koa cut-away with the Shadow pickup. ( SOLD June 2007 )
The fit and finish of the Pono is second to none - except for the what might be called the seam where the sides meet at the tail end of the uke. It is not perfectly vertical and is off-center. This is totally cosmetic flaw and does not affect the sound of the instrument.
When I first got the Pono the string spacing was wider than what I had been accustomed to on the Lanikai. The neck width is the same on both instruments but the spacing makes the Lanikai seem narrower. I though I wouldn't like the wider string spacing of the Pono but know prefer it for my fingerstyle arrangements. For faster pick style playeing the narrower Lanikai string spacing is a fraction of a second faster as the distance from string to string is not as wide. I would summerize the spacing as more steel string guitar like on the Lanikai and more classical guitar like on the Pono. I do like the Pono and it has become my daily driver uke and goes with me everywhere.
The passive undersaddle pickup really needs an external preamp to get the full potential out of the uke. But this is true of any passive system and not a drawback for the ukulele.
I like this Pono so much I'm thinking of getting one each of the new solid top models. I'd call them the three tenors. Although what I really want is a Ko'olau 400 with all the fixins';-)
The Three Tenors
Solid Mahogany, Solid, Koa and Solid Cedar Top
I had the pleasure of playing various models of different woods by builders Augustino LoPrinzi and his daughter Donna at the 2008 New York Uke Festival. I played a Cedar, Mahogany, Koa and Mango and was surprised at the Cedar modal. Very nice.
I would like to compare and record a builders Cedar, Mahogany and Koa models.
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Ko’olau Guitars and 'Ukuleles are professional quality, hand crafted instruments. The shop is located in Kaneohe, on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii, approximately fifteen minutes from Honolulu, at the foot of the the beautiful Ko’olau Mountains.
These are some of the best Ukuleles around.
(From the Ko’olau web site) - Ko`olau Gold 'Ukulele Strings are professional quality strings, preferred by performers and recording artists.
These are the
strings that I use on all my ukuleles. Both the G-String James Hill Tenor, the Pono and
my Magic Fluke Surf Fluke.♣
Pono Ukuleles
Kitakis Stringed Instrument Repair
52 Mango Place, Suite 2
Wahiawa, Hawaii 96786
808-622-1064
Fax: 808-622-1646
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Pono instruments are professionally designed and handcrafted by the Ko’olau Guitar and ‘Ukulele Company on the Island of Java, with final adjustments and set-up on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii.
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