I have a Balalaika that I removed the metal strings from and put on worth medium brown strings. I have tuned it C-E-A to make it easier for me to play and now call it a Ba-la-uke-a. Lil' Rev. put together the arrangements for the Hal Leonard book Easy Songs for the Ukulele. The songs have ukulele chord diagrams, music notation and tablature. The tablature for many songs are on the high 3 strings: C-E-A so I can play around with All My Loving, I Walk the Line, Yesterday... and several others.
I wanted to create this blog as a place where I can store and retrieve information for future reference. I chose the name Humble Uker Ramblings because I have started out strumming my father's 1950's painted Harmony ukulele. I think that the greatest appeal of the ukulele as "the people's instrument" is it's humble simplicity. My contact email is HumbleUker@gmail.com. I have also been working on a blog for the Baritone Ukulele called Humble Baritonics.
Of course, but can you play Comrade, Can You Spare A Ruble? Or, Back in the USSR? Or, Fools Russian Where Angels Fear To Tread?
ReplyDeleteYou should learn the Volga Boat Song, I
ReplyDeletedon't think I've ever heard anyone do it
on uke. I've certainly never heard anyone do it
on ba-la-uke-a. And how about a ba-la-uke-a
video?