Learning Ukulele with Curt
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LearningUkulele.com—Learning Ukulele with Curt is the product of Curt Sheller and Curt Sheller Publications, Funky Frets Music Store, and a few trusted advisers. Curt Sheller, your Ukulele Kumu, has been playing ukulele over 20 (since 2003) years and has over 30+ years of teaching experience, written over 50 books, almost 40 for ukulele.
16 March 2021
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- Cases & Gigbags • protect that ukulele from nicks and dings.
- Instrument Cables • a good instrument cable really does make a difference.
- Capos • open position chord in other keys.
- Electronic Tuners • Electronic tuners come in two varieties: LED and Strobe..
- Effects Pedals
- Recording Your Ukulele
- Music Notation & Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) Software
- Direct Boxes
- Pre Amps & Pickups
- Acoustic Amplifiers - These are amplifiers specifically optimize for acoustic instruments
“The self-taught man seldom knows anything accurately, and he does not know a tenth as much as he could have known if he had worked under teachers; and, besides, he brags, and is the means of fooling other thoughtless people into going and doing as he himself had done.” — Mark TwainThe importance of repetition until automatically cannot be overstated. Repetition is the key to learning. John Wooden
Somebody asked me – you know, how come it took you so long to win a national championship? And I said, 'I'm a slow learner; but you notice when I learn something, I have it down pretty good.' — John Wooden
“Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!” — Dr. Suess
“I started playing ukulele first for 2 years from age 9 to 11 and got my first guitar and got inspired by blues I heard on the radio that turned me on and I started learning myself.” - Johnny Winter“But because it was also so cheap it often got put into the toy bracket. They are not toys, but great instruments.”
Joe Brown, singer
“I remember the first time I heard Jimi Hendrix…He did things with an electric guitar that I hadn’t imagined, hadn’t thought
possible. James Hill does that with the ‘ukulele.”
David Kidney, The Green Man Review
“The ukulele is a noble little instrument... anyone serious about
music will eventually come to play one.” — Bob Brozman