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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 Luthiers and Manufactures 100+
Ukulele builders, luthiers and manufactures from around the globe
Ukulele Luthiers and Manufactures 100+ (ukuleleInstruments.shtml) | Updated: 14-May-2008 - 22:12
Ukulele Luthiers, Builders & Manufactures
100+ Ukulele Builders and Luthiers from Around the World
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Featured Luthier: Ko’olau 'Ukulele and Guitar Company
QUICKPIC - Here are a few luthiers to check
out first:
Duane Heilman - Black Bear Ukuleles,
Mike DaSilva - DaSilva Ukulele Co.,
Joel Eckhaus - Earnest Musicial Instruments,
Dave Means - Glyph Custom Ukuleles and
The Kitakis Family of Ko'olau Guitar & 'Ukulele Company
Inclusion on this list is not an endorsement by Curt Sheller Publications or Curt Sheller. For a quality ukulele by a reputable builder start with the luthiers mentioned above.
I personally have had and three Pono tenor ukuleles from the Ko'olau Guitar & 'Ukulele Company, and till one one- a cutaway Koa tenor that plays great. I also have a G-String Tenor.
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- Applause Ukuleles
- Akulele Ukuleles
- Anahola Stringed Instruments
- Aria Ukuleles
- Asturias Ukuleles
- Ayers Ukuleles
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- Bandy Studios
- The Bean Sprout Banjo Ukulele Company
- Bear Creek Guitar
- Beltona
- Black Bear Ukuleles
- The Box-A-LeLe Company
- Benoit de Bretagne
- Brüko Ukuleles
- Martin Brunkalla
- Bucks Music Company
- BugsGear
- Jason Burns
- Bushman Ukuleles
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- DaSilva Ukulele Co. UPDATED
- Davidson Instruments
- DeCava Guitars
- DeVine Guitars & Ukuleles
- Digging Stick Ukuleles
- Donmo Resonator Guitars
- Atelier Maurice Dupont
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- Gibson
- GKU Ukuleles
- Glyph Custom Ukuleles
- Golden Gate Rhythm Machines
- Gold Tone Instrument Company
- G-String Ukulele Co.
- Tony Graziano Ukuleles
- Grimes Guitars
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- Kala Brand Music Company
- Kamaka Ukuleles
- Kanile'a 'Ukulele
- Kapono Ukulele Company
- Ukuleles By Kawika, Inc.
- Kay
- Ukulele's of Kealia Enterprises
- Keilani by Kelii
- Keoki's Custom Ukulele's
- Kepasa Ukulele
- Michael J King
- Kiwaya Ukuleles
- Ko Aloha Ukulele
- Koll Guitar Company
- Ko’olau Guitar and Ukulele Company
- KP Ukuleles
- Paul Kraus's North Pacific Designs
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- Lahaina Ukuleles
- Lanikai Ukuleles
- Larrivee
- Lehua Ukuleles
- Little River Ukuleles
- Stuart Longridge
- Augustino LoPrinzi Guitars
- Lymana Ukuleles
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- Mario Maccaferri
- S.B. MacDonald Custom Instruments
- The Magic Fluke Company
- Mahalo
- Martin Guitar
- Maui Music
- John Mayes Guitars
- Mele Ukulele UPDATED
- Moore Bettah Ukuleles
- Russ Morin Woodworking
- MP Ukuleles
- MS Ukuleles
- Musikalia
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- Palm Tree Ukuleles
- Pegasus Guitars & Ukuleles
- Andreas Pendennis Köpke
- R. E. Phillips Metal Guitars
- Pohaku Ukuleles
- Po Mahina Ukuleles and Guitars
- Pono ‘Ukuleles
- Andy Powers Musical Instrument Co.
- Pulelehua Ukulele
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- Samick - Greg Bennett Design
- R.L. Saul Ukulele
- Scheurenbrand Guitars
- Shimo Guitars
- Marc Silber Music
- Stefan Sonntag
- Specimen Products
- Spruce House Ukuleles
- Don Stawski
- BugsGear - Stringnet Co., Ltd.
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- Talsma String Instruments UPDATED
- Tangi Ukuleles
- 3rd Wave Ukuleles
- Timberline Ukuleles
- T.T. Ukuleles
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Tiki Kings Big Ukulele List a page of over 300 brands of Ukuleles past and present
Featured Luthier - Ko'olau Guitar & 'Ukulele Company
The Ko'olau Guitar & 'Ukulele Company is owned and operated by the Kitakis Family: John and Susan Kitakis, and Sons Noa (Bonk) and Andrew. Ko'olau makes some of the finest ukulele available. With the addition of their new Pono line the the quality bar has been raised for an affordable ukulele. I've personally owned several of the Ponos and getting a couple more this summer.
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Ko’olau Gold 'Ukulele Strings
are professional quality strings, preferred by performers and recording artists.
(Ed.) These are the strings that I use on all my ukuleles. If you haven't tried the Ko’olau strings in a while, these are really nice strings. As guitar player I searched for years for great string from my guitars and when I found them I haven't needed to explore or switch in many years. I can now say the same for ukulele strings.
(from Ko’olau site) - The new Ko’olau Gold strings “feel” different. They have a smoother texture than the previous nylon strings. The rough textured string was due to the extrusion cutting process performed in order to retain uniform gauged diameters throughout the length of the string, which affects volume, tone and true notation up the fretboard. The new nylons are made of a special polyamid nylon, then milled by an innovative laser cutting process, insuring perfect gauged diameters, and eliminating the need for “rectifying” cutting knives which result in a rough, textured surface. Throughout the years Ko’olau has received requests for a smoother feel to our strings, and prior to this new laser cut, a uniform string was not possible. The new polyamid laser cut string also has a “pre-stretched” feel and tension, resulting in a very short “break-in” period.
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Akulele Ukuleles
Joseph Todaro
Todaro's Music
28 N. Lansdowne Ave.
LansdownePA 18901
PHN: 610-623-35556
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Harmony-Central user reviews: Applause UAE148 Ukulele
Tiki King's Ukulele: Brand name database: Applause
Info
Applause UAE148 Tenor Ukulele Applause Tenor Ukulele manufactured
by the world famous Ovation company. The roundback design puts a new
spin on a traditional shape. The styling is similar to the Ovation
Elite guitars. Features include: spruce top, walnut bridge, nato neck
with rosewood enforcement strip, epaulette sound-hole design, rosewood
fingerboard and chrome machines with pearloid buttons. CP100 pick-up
and OP14 pre-amp. Sounds great.♣
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Tiki King's Ukulele: Brand name database: Aria
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Aria now has the D'Aquisto name and is making a series of guitar based on the same original D'Aquisto models. Here is the D'Aquisto DQ-JZ model after Jim Halls Jimmy D'Aquisto built guitar. [ link: www.ariausa.com/daquisto/index.html ]
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Bear Creek Guitars
Luthier Bill Hardin
Kula, Maui, Hawaii
(HST) 808-878-8082
Fax 808-878-3325
Toll Free 1-877-622-8216
Beltona
Old Parua Bay Road, R.D.5
Whangarei, New Zealand
Northern Hemisphere contact: www.northpacificproductions.com
Links
Tiki King's Ukulele: Brand name database: Black_Bear
Ukuleles are sold on eBay by the luthier Duane Heilman of Black Bear Ukuleles.
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Cascade String Instruments
CSA Music Company
ESI Distribution, LTD
428 Hemphill Street
Fort Worth, TX 76104
Toll Free: 877-604-TONE (8663)
Jean Paul Charles
Ladeira do Boqueirão 3
Centro Histórico - Sto. Antônio
Santo Antônio - Salvador-Bahia / Brasil
CEP: 40301.360
Fone: (71) 326.2773
Links
Makes an acoustic Cavaquinho (D,G,B,D tuned) follows the traditional Brazilian design, with only a few differences: a flat peghead (not slotted) for a better stiffness and crossed braces under soundboard. Can also be tuned and played as a genuine Ukulele
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DaSilva Ukulele Co.
Luthier Mike DaSilva
2547 8th Street, Suite 28
Berkeley, CA 94710
510 649-1548
510 291-2943 fax
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Tiki King's Ukulele: Brand name database: DaSilva
Made by Hand: Mike DaSilva Ukuleles
Here is a great video by Michael Levin and Witt Monts titled
Made by Hand of luthier Mike DaSilva in his
show.
The uke man maketh
By Jennifer Modenessi
Contra Costa Times
YOU PROBABLY wouldn't guess it from the stacks of wood piled almost to the roof of his Berkeley workshop, but Michael DaSilva never set out to become a ukulele maker.
"I didn't grow up with enough music," says the soft-spoken 50-year-old Oakland resident and lone proprietor of the DaSilva Ukulele Co. "I think I was a little bit starved."
Looking around his studio, you'd never know it.
more at: Contra Costa Times
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(from their site) - DaSilva Ukulele Co. in Berkeley, California is the workshop of Michael DaSilva where he makes high-quality , handcrafted ukuleles. You will also find the full-line of RISA Solid and Electric instruments and inexpensive beginner ukes. The shop is also host to house concerts, ukulele lessons and workshops, the occasional jam session and meetings of the Berkeley Ukulele Club. Check the Calendar for events.
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Earnest Musicial Instruments
Joel Eckhaus, Luthier
12 Fairlawn Ave.
S. Portland, ME 04106
207 799-9788
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Tiki King's Ukulele: Brand name database: Earnest
Info
Makes an archtop Tenor guitar as well as other Tenor models.
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Epiphone
Owned by Gibson
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A division of Gibson
Harmony-Central user reviews: link
Masterbuilt Ukulele Collection
The Joe Pass Emperor II is a great guitar for someone
just getting into jazz guitar. Inexpensive ($699 - $729) and also available in
a left handed model($729). Features include a laminated maple neck and
body; solid rosewood bridge; gold tuners and tailpiece; multiple
bound body, neck
Scale: 24 3/4" scale
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