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| Can a baritone be picked? | Rate Topic |
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| Posted: Mon Oct 6th, 2008 11:56 pm |
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gardner321 Approved
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Can a baritone uke be picked like a guitar? Tuned DGBE Instruction tutorials available?
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| Posted: Tue Oct 7th, 2008 07:13 am |
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Richard Hefner Administrator 
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Absolutely it can be picked, at least like the first four strings of the guitar since that's basically what it is. The baritone uke is like a classical guitar in that it has nylon strings, while most other guitars have steel strings, so there is a bit of difference there and you might want to just use your fingers as opposed to fingerpicks or a felt pick instead of a plastic pick if that's the kind of picking you're doing. Also, a baritone can be picked just like a "normal" soprano or concert uke. I play all of my own uke arrangements (including fingerpicking ones) the same way on the soprano or the baritone. I use a high tuning on the 4th string for both (gCEA and dGBE), which sounds better to me but they'll generally work with a low D as well since it's the same note but an octave lower.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 7th, 2008 07:15 am |
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Any stringed instrument can be "picked". You just need to learn the notes and chord patterns for that instrument. Violins are often plucked, single string and dual string or chords. All strung instruments, including hammered harps and autoharps can be plucked. It's a little trickier than strumming or hammering, but it can be and is done. Richard beat me by a second or two. Hi Richard! Is it not a bit late for you to be up?  Hi Dusty... It's EARLY for me to be up. I don't usually get up until 4:00! The older I get the earlier I get up it seems.Last edited on Tue Oct 7th, 2008 07:25 am by Richard Hefner ____________________ Let each day start as a blank page for life to write upon. http://ezfolk.com/audio/dusty http://cdbaby.com/all/theblackman http://youtube.com/DustinFLeer |
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| Posted: Tue Oct 7th, 2008 12:26 pm |
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gardner321 Approved
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Thank you for your replies. Where would I look to find a uke book that would teach me to pick?
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| Posted: Tue Oct 7th, 2008 12:53 pm |
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Richard Hefner Administrator
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gardner321 wrote: Thank you for your replies. "Teach me to pick" pretty much covers everything... could you break it down to what you're trying to do? Is there are certain kind of picking you're interested in or a certain type of music? 
____________________ Richard Hefner MP3 Page: http://www.ezfolk.com/audio/richardhefner Running Blog: http://old-runner.com |
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| Posted: Tue Oct 7th, 2008 03:13 pm |
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TomHB Guest
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IMO you'd be best served if you could learn to fingerpick, and finger-strum. But if you're set in your ways like me, and are a long time guitar flat picker... instead of the felt pick, I've found that these work really well: https://secureuke.com/uke/home.php?cat=73 I like the dark grey (hard) thin ones. But the medium thin ones work well too.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 7th, 2008 05:51 pm |
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Da Boy Approved
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I enjoyed using some Wedgie picks with the baritone, sounds real nice. i used the thick medim hardness with it an it sounded great.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 7th, 2008 11:41 pm |
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I am not musically inclined. I learned to play chords and can strum about fifty hymns . My playing is limited to mechanical, knowing the song, chording from a fake guitar song book that I bought from Books A Million and strumming with my thumb. To answer your question, picking and strumming folk songs and hymns. Thanks, Tom
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| Posted: Tue Oct 7th, 2008 11:49 pm |
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Richard Hefner Administrator
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gardner321 wrote: I am not musically inclined. I learned to play chords and can strum about fifty hymns . My playing is limited to mechanical, knowing the song, chording from a fake guitar song book that I bought from Books A Million and strumming with my thumb. Tom... If that's the case you can probably just do basically the same thing you've been doing on guitar -- just disregard the 2 top strings that you don't have on the baritone uke. You can use the same strums and the melodies on the first 4 strings are the same. 
____________________ Richard Hefner MP3 Page: http://www.ezfolk.com/audio/richardhefner Running Blog: http://old-runner.com |
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| Posted: Wed Oct 8th, 2008 03:07 am |
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Richard, I could not play the guitar. Because of arthritis I could not arch my fingers and would buzz adjacent strings. Since uke strings have a wider spacing, I can do rather well with it. I say this in order to tell you that I know nothing of picking the guitar as well. I did not realize that there were so many picking methods and for that reason cannot tell you which I want to do. I do appreciate all of the help and interest of those who replied. Tom
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| Posted: Wed Oct 8th, 2008 03:18 am |
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Will Approved 
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If you're used to playing with your thumb, just keep doing that. I play the same way, and I learned the baritone uke 6 years ago, because I failed in my first attempt to self-learn the guitar. I took me a few days to learn the baritone uke, but a few years before I learned guitar. When I need more volume, I use the Herco thumb-flat pick, which is a tear-drop shaped flat pick with a loop worn over the thumb. I eventually learned to pick melody notes out of chords.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 8th, 2008 03:34 am |
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gardner321 Approved
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Thanks Will, I wanted to learn how to pick, but now believe that may be beyond me since I did not know there were many different methods.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 8th, 2008 04:43 am |
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Gardner, nothing is beyond you. Just don't be overwhelmed or discouraged because there's so many different ways to pick or strum. Just try a few methods out, and if one feels comfortable, stick with it. Also, to get your rhythm down, just practice keeping time playing one chord, or even muting the strings. And remember, playing uke is ALL about having fun ;o)
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