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A Shared Ukulele Performance — Let's Play Together!
Tamás GállEncouraged by the success of our shared Christmas ukulele project at the end of last year, I am inviting all of you to another big group strum — unfortunately once again only in virtual form. Just like the "Ó, Gyönyörű Szép" project, I am asking you to send me videos of yourselves playing. I will co…
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Lanikai CDST-T Tenor
Tamás GállAbout two months ago I had the chance to try a very beautiful electro-acoustic Lanikai ukulele with a solid cedar top, the CDST-CET. This time its non-electronic counterpart, the CDST-T, stayed with me, and unsurprisingly it made a positive impression. There are two differences between the previousl…
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Chords 18: E7
Tamás GállE7 is a genuinely beautiful chord. It sounds excellent on the ukulele, and although the fingering may look strange the first time, the second attempt will already feel much easier. Compared with our usual hand position, we need to rotate the hand slightly. Turn the back of the hand a little toward t…
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Interview with Charlotte Pelgen
Tamás GállFor the English version please click here. / Open the English version. In my previous post, The Hungaria Ukulele Blog Is 10 Years Old , I wrote a few words about how I use Instagram and Twitter less often, but that my Instagram account has nevertheless led to several ukulele friendships. That is whe…
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Happy 10th Birthday, Hungarian Ukulele Blog!
Tamás GállDear Ukulele Players! Fasten your seat belts — this is going to be a long blog post! December 30, 2010 was an important date in my life. It is one of the relatively few dates I can actually remember without looking it up . That was the day I published the first blog poston the blog.hu platform. Exac…
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Lanikai QM-BKCEC Concert
Tamás GállBefore Christmas, I am back with one final instrument-review post. I have now tried a third premium Lanikai ukulele, and I would like to show you a few photos and a video. Last December you could read the review of my Lanikai QM-BLCETtenor ukulele, and this autumn I wrote about its smaller sibling,…
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Ó, Gyönyörű Szép — MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Tamás GállAs you could read in the previous post, I invited you, dear ukulele players, to take part in a shared Christmas ukulele performance. I asked anyone with the time and enthusiasm to play — and sing — the song beginning Ó, gyönyörű szép, then send me the recording so that I could make a video in which…
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Chords 17: G7
Tamás GállJust when a beginner finally starts to believe that nothing could be worse than the finger-twisting horrors of G major, they see G7 and realize that yes, something can. Of course it is not really that terrible either. As I always say, it is a matter of practice. A good way to exercise the fingers is…
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Lanikai MA-T Tenor
Tamás GállNot long ago I wrote a blog post about the Lanikai MA-C concert-size ukulele, and I did not have to wait long before I could also try its tenor-size big brother and show it to you. The entry-level MA-T tenor, like the concert model, is made from laminated mahogany. In terms of quality and playing ex…
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Ó, Gyönyörű Szép — Let's Play Together!
Tamás GállI would like to invite you to make some Christmas ukulele music together. Unfortunately it can only happen in the virtual space, but I hope this shared "project" will still bring us a lot of joy. The final result would be a video in which everyone can be seen and heard: a ukulele choir playing, acco…
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Lanikai MA-C Concert
Tamás GállAfter so many tenor and soprano ukuleles, I finally had the chance to test another concert-size instrument: the Lanikai MA-C, made from laminated mahogany. This is an entry-level Lanikai, yet while holding it, looking at it and playing it, I had the impression that Lanikai strives for very good qual…
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Flight NUS-310 Blackbird Soprano
Tamás GállUntil now I had never held a completely black ukulele. This time, however, I got to try the Blackbird from Flight's 310 series, and it is so black that even the strings are black. Apart from that, it is essentially the same as the Flight NUS-380 I tested recently. As with that Flight, what we get he…
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