Miscellaneous Ukulele Goodies and Info

Learning Ukulele with Curt

Just what do you need for putting the One-line Jammin' Pieces Together?

Page Updated:
16 March 2021

History Instruments Common Tunings Jamming Online Ukulele Festivals Musicians Ukulele Teachers Ukulele Clubs Ukulele Magazines Instruments & Luthiers Strings Cases & Gigbags Cables Acoustic Amplifiers Strings More Ukulele Pages…

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

Time, Nov. 28, 1955: According to estimates by the American Musical Conference, the current rankings for numbers of US players by instrument (or type) was as follows: 1st: piano - 19,000,000, 2nd: guitar - 4,000,000, 3rd (tie): all woodwinds and brass - 2,000,000 each, 4th: ukulele - 1,600,000. (link)

See also a related blurb on uke sales: link

Time, March 12, 1928: Honolulu instrument maker George P. Mossman (aka "the Hawaiian Strad") is reported to have created a ukulele that can be heard 1/2 mile away.

🚀 🚧 End of LearningUkulele.com Site Content 🚧 🌍

NOTE: PICS ARE FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. FAIR USE NOTICE:: This site contains images of which have not been pre-authorized. This material is made available for the purpose of analysis, teaching, comment and critique. The 'fair use' of such material is provided for under U.S. Copyright Law. In accordance with U.S. Code Title 17, Section 107, material on this site (along with credit and attributions to original sources) is viewable for educational and intellectual purposes - (frwebgate.access.gpo.gov). If you are interested in using any copyrighted material from this site for any reason that goes beyond 'fair use,' you must first obtain permission from the copyright owner.

On the web since 1992 and a Mac since 1987 (Mac II) • Serving up Ukulele content since 2003 ( 22 years ago ) • Lets Kanikapila!!! v12.13.0 (8.2.23) • And, since Sept 2020, happily on Pop!_OS Linux & COSMIC-DE and a System76 Thelio . Half the cost of the iMac and a real treat to use. I use it for ALL development work. Only wish the Affinity Suite of apps by serif where available on Linux (and I do know you can run them in Wine with a few hacks).

This sit has ben profesionaly red. awl tpyos aree free and no aditonal chrge • I'm blaming it on “jazz” fingers. “Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.”

Site developed, hand-coded, and maintained by Curt Sheller, Curt Sheller Publications , Pottstown, PA 19464 USA, North America, Northern Hemisphere, Earth, Solar System / Orion Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy, Virgo Supercluster, Laniakea Supercluster, Observable Universe ... and hosted on DigitalOcean , eCommerce using stripe , managed using Laravel Forge , and analytics (which we DO NOT share) by Plausible . See the LearningUkulele.com Site Credits page for credit to all the hardware, software, tools, and goodies we use to build this amazing site. A proverbial digital blob of music information.