Please I'm so stressed help

edit: she asked ME to play my uke

edit 2: It's a lesbian wedding

I’ve listened to music from Alfred Apaka and Kahauanu without knowing their style of music is called hapa haole. Now I’m looking for other notable artists in this genre to listen to and hopefully play along with. Suggestions?

This is the update from the 1 week post

Last week I was working on G chord and Riptide. This week I’ve got so much better a the G chord (not perfect yet) and I’ve started adding lyrics to riptide. The fast strumming pattern still messes me up but I’m so much better than last week.

I also learned some slower songs that were, in my opinion, much easier to play. I learned Let it be by the Beatles which also helped me with the G-Chord.

My goals are pretty similar to last week’s, I still want to play riptide at a decent pace but I’ve that might be a little too advanced for me right now. I’ve also looked into some Boywithuke songs but those might have to wait since I haven’t tried to play a bar chord yet.

I’ve loved practicing the ukulele every day for the past two weeks, it’s given me a sense of accomplishment. I hope next week I’ll have gotten even better and hopefully moved on to some other songs.

I plan on posting weekly updates so I can document my progress.

Looking to purchase the Lanikai Baritone linked below. I'm a banjo player, so planning to tune down the E to a D assuming the standard tuning on this is DGBE. I'm just confused as to what it's meant by A/E ukulele. Is it still the DGBE tuning?

Thank you!

https://lanikaiukuleles.com/product/acacia-solid-top-baritone-with-kula-preamp-a-e-ukulele/

I've got two sections of a song that I'm trying to fit together.

(I still don't have a very solid grasp on how to choose which names for the chords. I just do what the chord namers tell me. I did learn what an inverse chord is recently though, so that's pretty cool.)

There's a verse with lyrics that goes:

0010 F9

0013 Csus4

0035 Csus2

0003 C

This is repeated once, although I think the last C should probably be changed to something else. That's the main thing I'm stuck on.

After those eight measures, it goes into this short section between the lyrics:

3200 A sus add b9??? I got different results from every chord namer, and I have no clue what to call this one. (Or what some of the names I got even mean.)

5400 C6

3200 ?

2100 A

3200 ?

2100 A (the others are all 1 measure, but I have it end on a single A.)

So that in-between section is pretty maleable. I've been trying to make it a single measure chord, but it could be more than 1. My first instinct is that I'm coming from C, and going towards A, so mix those together and you get 3203. It doesn't really sound good if I just stick that in between the 0035 and 3200 though. It doesn't facilitate that jumping from the higher pitched first section, to the lower pitched 2nd section. That's what I'm really asking for, that I don't know how to come up with on my own. How do I facilitate transitioning from 0035 to 3200(and then eventually to 2100)? Open to a wide range of suggestions. Again, it can be any number of measures, keeping in mind that it's just a transition.

I bought a new ukulele today. The shop put new strings on for me as I didn't love the ones that were on it. Since bringing it home it seems like it goes out of tune every 5 minutes. Is this typical with new strings...are they like the cables on a bicycle and will stretch a bit the new and thus need to be adjusted more frequently? Or is there reason to tighten the tuning pegs?

Ukulele tax: https://media.rainpos.com/9847/PXL_20211124_213839144.jpg

I've been playing ukulele for almost a year now. I'm self-taught, and I mostly look at chord diagrams online for songs. And apparently, for the C chord, you're supposed to use your ring finger??? I've always used my pointer finger.

There's several other chords that I play with different fingers, like the G chord. The thing is, I'm trying to teach a friend a song on ukulele, and pretty much every chord in the song has a different order for the fingers than the way I play it. Am I setting my friend up for failure by teaching them to play C with their pointer finger? I don't want to make learning ukulele harder for them than it has to be. Thanks a ton.

Edit: Thanks for everyone who replied! I hadn't considered that using the ring finger for C could make it easier to switch to other chords. And I'll try to point out the chord diagrams to my friend next time so they can see the suggested way to play the chords.

The two ukes are:

The enya nova u

and

The kala MK-C

both of them sound and look amazing but i just can't decide which one i would prefer. This is sort of a follow up of my post from a week or 2 ago when i asked whether i should upgrade so if you wanna see what i was saying about each then i recommend looking at that post, but im still stuck on which one i truly want! Help me please!!!!!!!

Btw thanks to u/awmaleg bc i forgot to put the ukes lol

Hi everyone,

The strings broke on my favourite tenor ukulele. There’s three black nylon strings and the second string is steel. Does anyone know what brand they are? I can’t remember. I’m thinking Aquila or Dardarrio maybe

I would like to add a pickup or mic to my baritones, but not permanently installed, something can early move from use with one instrument to the other. I have two boxes to check:

1. Record videos with my android of my playing to upload to my instructor to grade and critique, but want better than my phone's internal mic.

I would like plug the pickup/mic into my Spark Mini amp to play with different effects.

Let's assume I'm tier 1 level of stupid regarding electronics with stuffed instruments. Can this be done easily with decent sound quality...transducer/contact piezo pickup, lavalier mic, shotgun mic? Bonus for budget-minded suggestions.

Hi, so i started using Ukulele Easy tabs on patreon and have a question. Sometimes the number is written in parentheses and it seems like they skip over that when playing. Im confused if im supposed to play it or not

Well, I still have a long way to go. Now I am working on picking and would like to pick up some thoughts and tricks. (Good pun, huh?)

Currently I pick with my thumb but now am looking to use more of my fingers to pick as I get more comfortable with fretting. Having watched a number of videos, I know you can do thumb and 1, 2, or 3 fingers. The thumb on G and C is pretty easy with index and middle on E and A respectively, and I find the using 4 digits is also easy.

Now, I am thinking about how loud to pluck? My plucking when consistent is very quiet. I think it could be louder but too loud and it is not a pleasant sound.

So - how to pick? Hints, ideas? And how to increase the volume of a pick without it sounding like breaking glass . . .

Never played it before and never really played an instrument, but its sounds really fun. How much should I spend on my first one? Is there a price range that I shouldn't go below with?

Hello! I wanted to adopt new hobby and planning to learn ukulele. So I have zero knowledge on ukulele yet. I am planning to buy ukulele online and I am wondering what should I look out for when buying ukulele online. What determines I will get at least a nice ukulele. I'm on a budget so I wouldn't be able to buy a very expensive one (also as I'm beginner I feel like I don't need an expensive one yet). So I am looking for a cheap yet a nice ukulele that could be a fit for a beginner. So please let me know what should I ask to the seller and look for when buying ukulele online! Thank you!