I am not saying you MUST like any of it (tastes differ), but please, don't ever dare to suggest that it is not ALLOWED, brings 'shame' or 'let's down' the imaginary community you seem to have elected yourself to the committee of by saying so.įirst up, the video that caused one group of ukulele players to suggest that Robin Grey had brought 'Shame on the ukulele world'. In fact, I would rather spend my time watching videos like those below than the lift musak that is Jake Shimabukuro or endless ukulele clubs, all dressed the same and all playing Wagon Wheel or Folsom Prison Blues with exactly the same strum patterns.Įmbrace different styles people - it's all music. Rather, it's here to showcase some of the great variety that is out there on the ukulele that sits far away from the norm. This post is not intended to go over that again (just read the post). In fact I blogged on the subject before which you can read here. It's a staggering concept - that the ukulele is only built for one style of music. Now, for some time I have been wanting to get hold of this imaginary rule book that tells people what they can and cannot do with a ukulele, but it seems that it's had a new chapter added - 'What you can and cannot play'. But it's quite something else when they start sending public and private messages telling performers they are 'an embarrassment to the ukulele community'. It's one thing telling beginners that they 'can't use a strap' that they 'can't use a pick' or 'you must use these strings', and in a sense their constant drum beating in that regard is rather amusing (if tiresome). For some time the ukulele community has been plagued with the 'you can't do that brigade', but some now seem to have taken a dislike to any music that is not played in the style of their preference. Something very odd has been happening in ukulele social media circles lately.
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