Ukulele Me
She’s here! Ukulele Me has finally joined the clan.
Translation: I bought a ukulele today.
It may have been retail therapy, it may have been a flash of carpe diem, or maybe it was just a burst of madness.
Some (The Husband mostly) would say that maybe I should finish learning how to play the banjo I bought two years ago before investing in yet another musical instrument.
[Shrugs and points to herself] Jack of All Trades.
Enough said.
Master of Something I'm Yet To Discover 
Yay! Go girl! What the heck. My turn yesterday.
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Yep, it was time.
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Am busy failing to improve on mandolin, violin, trumpet and penny whistle; doesn’t stop me spending time strumming a ukelele. Sometimes I pick away at the mandolin and decrease the likelihood of ever mastering the uke!
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Even as I was buying the ukulele, I was eyeing off the mandolins. I am jealous you have trumpet in your repertoire. Sax, trombone and oboe are also on the bucket list.
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Ukulele seems to be the big thing right now all over the place. I just bought my niece one last year and she’s going great guns on it. Have fun….there’s no way to be down when you’re playing a ukulele!
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I was tossing up between ukulele and banjo two years ago because the ukulele seemed to be the thing to have but I’ve always loved banjo. The man in the shop said, “go with what you love”, so I did. But uke seems to have just got bigger and bigger so I just had to have one. 🙂
I find the banjo a good pick-me-up instrument too.
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Yes, I can’t imagine being depressed playing a banjo either…..you’re win/win!
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I think it’s awesome that you got a Ukulele!
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Yay! I went to a ukulele workshop this morning and it was so much fun. No regrets at all!
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Let me know when you can accompany yourself to “Tiny Bubbles.”
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Top of my list is Somewhere Over The Rainbow. Been in love with that on ukulele since the last episode of Life On Mars (the real one, not that American travesty 😛 ). At the workshop today we did Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, some blues… I think I’m in love with this instrument.
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I should like to HEAR something of you playing either of ’em, H, me old china. Perhaps especially the ukelele: there’s something very appealing about that sound.
Now, if only you could teach yourself to play each one with one hand, you could do your own version of that terrific music from … what was the movie? – “Deliverance”, when they played ‘Duelling Banjos’. 😀
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There’s a couple of new songs in the pipeline (one I’ve already been working up on the banjo), so you never know…
I could play the first bit of that – there’s a pause between the repeats so I’d have time to put down and pick up. But they do need two hands. Hm. Maybe if I taught myself how to play with my feet…. I’ll get back to you.
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OK, enough silliness. I really do love the sound of the ukelele; so I hope to be hearing it from the big G ere long, yes …? 😀
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A lovely sounding instrument. The sound has something of the carefree about it.
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It does! It’s amazing how it can change the whole sound of a song. Loving it!
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I’m impressed that you are dabbling with multiple musical instruments. I recognized my musical hopelessness many years ago and finally conceded defeat.
… but it doesn’t stop me from wishing I could play too 🙂
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Joanne, there is no such thing as musical hopelessness. You’ve just got to keep trying different instruments until you find the one that works for you. 🙂
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I discovered that I don’t have ‘an ear’. I know many people who can sound out a simple tune by ear, but I can’t. I’ve invested enough money in lessons to know there is nothing there … except admiration for those who can 🙂
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So what about something that doesn’t require ‘an ear’? Belting out a rhythm can be just as satisfying as belting out a tune. Have you tried djembe? That’s next on my list. Find yourself a local drumming workshop. 🙂
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Drums? Now we’re talking 🙂
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[thumbs up!]
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Nice! I’m a Ukulele / Music newbie myself. Possibly bought in a burst of madness as well… 🙂 Enjoy!
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Ooh, hello fellow Ukie! Don’t you just love it?! 🙂
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I am in the same class you know me by the funny hat and I am the one standing in the corner.:-)
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Funny hats and ukuleles go well together!
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