Slid uke

Posted by Mal Chilvers on March 30, 2013 at 5:27am

Morning guys,Have anyone no of any slide tutaoials for the ukulele,there are plenty of guys playing slide on you tube but none as i can see showing you how to,help.Mal (UK)

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  • Yellowbelly Flatt April 17, 2013 at 5:57pm

    I have managed to download a really basic video covering the very basic first steps in starting to play slide cigar box/ukulele.

    The sound is poor but I hope that it helps. You can find it on my page - Yellowbelly Flatt

  • Loco April 3, 2013 at 5:24pm
    Well, I don't know much well nothing about slide playing .. So the basics first...I was inspired my this video on YouTube...

    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GbVu0mPPblE

    He's a really good player and plays a lot of slide baritone uke.

    Anything that can get us started and improvising.
    • Yellowbelly Flatt > Loco April 3, 2013 at 6:24pm

      That's a really nice piece of playing.

      Sure, I can get you started and improvising quite quickly, I hope.

      Although I tend to be a 'raucous' player, I can play in a style like the you tube video.

    • Mal Chilvers > Yellowbelly Flatt April 4, 2013 at 10:32am

      That would be good for me too Cheers Mal

  • Loco April 3, 2013 at 4:38pm
    Yellowbelly, I too ordered some... I ordered two sets as soon as you told me the code. The I wanted to get my set so I put on my new build once it's done.

    Better grab them while they are still in stock guys!
    • Yellowbelly Flatt > Loco April 3, 2013 at 4:48pm

      Hi there Loco. I hope that you find these strings as good as I do. I'm looking forward to seeing and hearing you finished design.

      I'm gigging this weekend and next week, but then I have some time,so might as well put a basic instructional video together. Is there anything specific that you and Mal want me to cover?

  • Dan DiMarco April 1, 2013 at 2:46pm

     Hopefully this will help you,  http://ukulelehunt.com/2009/04/15/slide-ukulele/

  • Yellowbelly Flatt March 30, 2013 at 4:33pm

    Hi there Mal and Loco.

    I've been playing slide guitar for a long time and have been concentrating on slide ukulele (both cigar box and factory built baritone scale) and would be willing - if say 10 or so people were interested - to post a few basic 4 string slide ukulele lessons on this site. Mainly using Spanish tuning (low to high D G B D) and also some Vestapol tuning (low to high - D F# A D) I could cover all the real basics and a couple of tunes. If enough people  contact me I'll get on with it.

    I play mainly basic delta style blues, but this is a great grounding for all types of slide playing. I might even put it on You tube as well.

    • Loco > Yellowbelly Flatt March 30, 2013 at 5:31pm
      That sounds amazing Yellowbelly... Please do it... I know others will join in soon with the requests... I'm very interested in the strings you out in your baritone uke?

      1 down and 9 more requests to go.. Lets go fellow CBG players! Let Yellowbelly know we want his tutorials!
    • Yellowbelly Flatt > Loco March 30, 2013 at 6:06pm

      The strings that I am currently using for slide on my factory baritone ukulele and my cigar box baritone ukulele( built specifically for slide), after a bit of trial and error, are DADDI steel ukulele strings. They are made for baritone ukulele  'Chicago' tuning which is as I'm sure you know (low to high) D G B E. All I have to do is to do to get 'Spanish' tuning is to drop the top E to D. This gives a chord of G with open strings. For Vestapol tuning of D (low to high) D F# A D, you adjust the tunings from the standard string tuning to give a chord of D with open strings.

      The strings are made in China and the packaging gives a code - UK080S

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