You can do that with a ukulele? WOW!!!

[Xue Sheng]

Ukulele weeps by Jake Shimabukuro

Jake Shimabukuro - "Bohemian Rhapsody"

 

[granfire]

Ukulele weeps by Jake Shimabukuro

Jake Shimabukuro - "Bohemian Rhapsody"

Hah, maybe I should use IE to see the ukulele gently weep!

(of course NOW it works...)

 

[Steve]

Awesome vids. This is more to my taste, though:

http://youtu.be/RVTHhIVXwBc


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[Gnarlie]

I am often mocked for playing the Ukulele, because some people seem to see it as lacking credibility. I find the sound of a good ukulele amazing, and the sounds you can get out of it are only limited by your imagination.

Jake Shimabukuro is technically very impressive, and there's certainly more than a little flamenco guitar influence in his right hand style.

I do find his performances a little emotionally sterile though. I guess that happens with anything where you practise many times, like martial forms.

Emotional content!

Gnarlie

 

[Xue Sheng]

If you look into Jake Shimabukuro musical history you will see it starts with Hawaiian (he is from Hawaii) and it goes through Blues, Jazz, Rock, etc. he has a rather wide variation of styles in his musical background.

Watched a show on him on PBS the other night and it was quite good

 

[Steve]

I love the sound of the ukulele. I plunk around with it, but I'm not good for much more than simple chord progressions.

 

[Xue Sheng]

I have never even considered a ukulele before (and likely I still will not buy one) but I have to say after watching the show on PBS I was ready to go buy one and start "plunking around with it" myself

I forgot to add in my last post, another of his musical influences is also traditional Japanese, he was playing some, rather well on the show