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For New Ukulele Owners II - Your First Chords
Tamás GállI could just as well have called this post "the first steps", because learning to fret and sound chords is when the little masterpiece we call a ukulele truly becomes a musical instrument in our hands. Learning chords is a long process. Week after week and month after month we will encounter new one…
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Raiders of the Lost Ukulele
Tamás GállWho would believe that people have been raiding the Lost Ark for more than thirty-one years already? Yes, Raiders of the Lost Ark reached cinemas in 1981, and I confidently maintain that it can still compete with any modern action-adventure film. It won four Oscars, all in technical categories. The…
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Már itt, e Földön...
Tamás GállLászló Komár left us yesterday for the eternal fields of rock 'n' roll. I am deeply sorry, because he was an excellent performer, and we will never again hear him tell us that he managed to buy a pair of patent-leather shoes last week. Or rather, of course we will. Fortunately the recordings remain…
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Lanikai LU21-CE
Tamás Gáll...or: the neighbours must have loved it . For a few weeks I had the chance to put a Lanikai LU21-CE electro-acoustic ukulele through its paces. The Lanikai did not disappoint; they have made a very good little instrument. Although the LU model designation represents Lanikai's entry-level range, do…
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Heavy Metal Jones
Tamás GállI know I recently made a post about the Indiana Jones soundtrack, but while testing the electro-acoustic ukulele and strumming whatever came into my head, I suddenly started playing the Indy theme. It sounded surprisingly heavy, so I thought I would share it with you: This recording is what is known…
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Relative Tuning
Tamás GállIt is best to tune a ukulele with an electronic tuner or a tuning app on your phone, but sometimes neither is available and we still want to get reasonably in-tune chords from the instrument. One solution is what I call "relative tuning" - I could not think of a better term - where we compare the pi…
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On Listening to Music
Tamás GállHave you ever laughed because of music? Have you ever smiled at the way someone plays, or at what they play? On any instrument - piano, drums, anything. I do not mean funny videos that are amusing because people are fallible. I mean that feeling when laughter tickles your stomach because someone is…
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Ukulele from Quarantine
Tamás GállMillions of articles, books, films and other works have dealt with the story of the first Moon landing, but there is one interesting detail that I think many people do not know. A friend of mine, Marci, drew my attention to it - thanks again! When the astronauts returned to Earth, they spent twenty-…
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KALA, the Colourful Little One
Tamás GállFor a few weeks I tested a fun soprano ukulele made by Kala with an unusual colour scheme. It comes from the series that recently appeared in a few photographs on the blog's Facebook page. Obviously, whether you like a uke painted this way is a matter of taste. I personally prefer the traditional na…
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Happy Birthday!
Tamás GállToday the Hungaria Ukulele Blog celebrates its second birthday. When I started the blog I had no idea I would inspire so many readers to learn music and take up the ukulele. I would like to thank you for all the kind enquiries and reports you have sent about buying and learning the ukulele. I hope y…
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Size Doesn't Matter!
Tamás GállI think I may have to reconsider the idea that a soprano ukulele is not necessarily suitable for a man's hands. I found this unbelievably good video: With some chords the number of left-hand fingertips per square centimetre reaches its absolute maximum. It takes incredible dexterity to make your han…
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Adele - Rolling in the Deep
Tamás GállThere is not much to add about this song: it is brilliantly composed, inventive and has a genuinely distinctive atmosphere, and I am sure everyone knows it. At the moment I am writing this post, its view counter stands at around 384 million. Adele's exceptional voice is almost impossible to imitate.…
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