Been thinking about slide-y stuff lately and there was a recent post about slide and chords so thought I'd write this for GCEA or gCEA tuning. In my opinion your first steps on slide should be figuring out how to play a few chords, then a simple scale (C major or Am pentatonic) first on single strings (root first), then across strings... then connect it all.

Wear your slide wherever you like every finger has pros and cons. Make sure to lay it straight up and down parallel with the frets (slants are advanced), in tune notes and chords are directly on top of the frets not behind. Lay the slide so the weight of the slide itself produces clean notes/chords (if you need to push down, consider a heavier slide). The finger(s) behind the slide should touch the strings to mute them, making things cleaner and clearer. Clean chords are played by blocking. Whatever strings you don't want should be muted in some way by your picking hand (A string is easiest, hook it or touch a finger to it). Let's play a harmonized C major scale going up the neck...

C Major - 000x

D minor (substitute) - 22xx

E minor (substitute) - 44xx

F Major - 555x

G Major - 777x

A minor (substitute) - 99xx

B diminished (substitute) - x 11 x x

C Major - 12 12 12 x

If you learn Am Pentatonic on the A string...

A - 0 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 10 - 12

You can switch between any of those melody notes and any of the harmonized chords however you'd like and create pleasing combinations.

This can also be done as slideless slide, pick a finger you would wear a slide on, fret the notes with only that finger, slide between chords and notes and give it whatever mojo to emulate wearing a slide.

Hope this helps.

I can do literally anything on this thing and if it breaks then it's not that much of a loss. 😁

I was looking up slides last night, nylon strings. My bf mentioned trying a diy method so I wouldn't need to wait for shipping. I ended up picking a plastic lipstick tube. It makes a really fun sound.

If you try it, be careful cos whatever you use could snap your strings.

Also, what's a easy or decent way to play the basic chords with the slide on??

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I’m debating between purchasing Hal Leonard 6th edition Real Book (which I’ve been borrowing from my ukulele instructor who is a primary a guitarist otherwise), or Chuck Sher’s the Standards Real Book. Anyone have any experience with them and which is better for uke?

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A friend of mine asked me to take a look at his ukulele. He grew up in Hawaii and his family brought it with them when they moved to NM. Almost every single glue joint failed, but not before the top and back split in multiple places.

It seems like a plain solid player, but I wanted to ask ukulele people in case there is something special about it so I could send him to a restorer if that's appropriate. I'm a pretty good luthier. The repairs are no problem, but I'm not a restoration guy.

Thanks.

Hi guys, planning to get this 2012 Mainland Classic Mahogany soprano uke for 55 USD but unsure if it’s beyond fixing up and if I should just get a brand new one instead, cos that fretboard looks super dry lol. Apparently was kept in the store room most of the time, would appreciate any advice thank you!

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Hi all:)

I'm wondering if there's such a thing as an Electric Baritone Uke, tuned to DGBE, that has nice humbuckers for pickups.

...and if it exists, is it as fun as it sounds?

Someone brought these ukes to sell at my music shop. I can’t find any info about them. Nothing written in the sound holes. Does anyone have any ideas of what these might be or how much they may be worth? Also if there is a better sub to post this in pls let me know! :)

Hi I just bought this new Flight uku with the lowG option but the string got teared when I received it. So I bought a replacement string from Enya brand and had the guy from the shop installed it for me. But the sound is very weird and off tune? 🥲 I tried GuitarTuna to tune the Low G option and everything correct, then string is weirdly loose and it sounds buzzing. I'm a newbie so I don't know if this is normal or not can someone help me pls 😭

I've created an app with ukelele chords, scales, intervals and notes. In 7 languages and with different tunings.

Please let me know what you think!
https://getcapo.sonid.app/en/product/use-cases/ukulele

If it’s good enough for Cliff Edwards it’s good enough for me! Anyone experimenting with any alternate tunings recently?

Jarvis wasn’t named after Iron Man’s AI. We didn’t even know about that when we chose his name. His name was actually inspired by Jarvis Cocker from Pulp. #shawtimeduo

I see some ukulele players on YouTube showing me chords and their long fingers make it look effortless but I’m struggling abit recently.

I did only get my first ukulele about 5 days, from an absolute beginner, just for reference

Come float with me and Bob for a moment :)

i want to install a strap tab thing on the bottom of my cordoba 15cm is it a good idea to

I see some ukulele players on YouTube showing me chords and their long fingers make it look effortless but I’m struggling abit recently.

I did only get my first ukulele about 5 days, from an absolute beginner, just for reference

Ok, this beautiful arrangement from @cody_ukulele is so cool that i had to give it a try (still needs more practice and i cheated to simplify some chords and some other things 😮‍💨🤌), and as soon as i stopped the video i realized my microphone was unplugged 🥲, so the audio might sound a little far cause it is the phone's audio, but hey here's my humble attempt

Im gonna go look up some tutorials on youtube as well