The Best Ukulele Investment: Buy a Baritone and Skip the Rest!
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- čas přidán 8. 12. 2023
- This video is a bit tongue-in-cheek because life really wouldn't be so gay without all sizes of ukulele, and truth be known I will always have soprano, concert and tenor ukuleles in my collection . . . but it really does seem to me that just owning a baritone could suffice quite well! The three best reasons I give are: 1. Baritone ukulele with capo can play five amazing tunings including low G,CEA 2. Playing one size ukulele all the time would prevent the difficulties presented by playing soprano one minute and baritone the next! As I say in the video, that's like playing one hole of golf with a kids' set of clubs and the next with an adult set. Adjusts have to be made! 3. Money saved by not having to buy many instruments!
So, which baritone ukulele do I recommend? I have several caramel baritone ukuleles including rosewood, ebony, acacia, and spalted maple. All are good.
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It may be that the perfect ukulele for you is not the same as for me, but for my buck I don't see how I could do better than buying a baritone!
The Best Ukulele Investment: Buy a Baritone and Skip the Rest! Why you should buy a baritone ukulele. - Hudba
This is one of the best videos ever for me, due to my obsession with baritone ukuleles. I play mine with capo on fifth fret since I don’t want to learn the actual baritone chords. I have been seriously thinking about getting rid of all my other sized ukes because this sounds better than all them. I might keep one soprano tuned with the high g. Thanks Rich for this.
Capo on the second fret of baritone also sounds very good using regular ukulele chords. You play the same chord shapes with baritone as with concert, it's just DGBE chord names are different. 😊😊😊😊
I spent New Year's Eve tossing up between whether to acquire a Bari or a Tenor as my first uke. It's decided, Baritone it is!
Good choice. I hope you enjoy it! Rich
Why not both?
@@zoozooe Financial reasons. Ultimately, I changed my mind though. I have purchased a tenor uke and I will string it baritone, that way I have the best of both worlds. 🙂
@@zoozooe 😊😊Everyone should play and enjoy the ukulele they have. If they want another size, that's great too. My video here just provides one option! You can do the exact same thing with a tenor ukulele if it is tuned DGBE. For most people starting out, they should just be happy with the ukulele they have and learn to play it!! Rich
yup! i did something similar with a travel banjo. i put baritone uke strings on it (same scale), so i can tune it in standard banjo tuning. i built meself a little muffler for the chanterelle at the top. so with a flick of a wrist, i can tune the banjo d-string up to e, muffle the string at the top and strum and pick it like a baritone uke. very handy for busking!
you earned yourself another subscriber! keep up the good work!
Thanks for sharing some of your tips. Sounds fun!
I'm playing a Kala KA-BG baritone uke in this video. A beauty!
Rich, I have both a Romeros Creation 6 String Tenor and a 6 String Baritone. I keep coming back to the Baritone for its rich sound. It has become my "Classical" guitar. All the best!
Thanks for sharing your experience with ukuleles. My life would be simpler if there were no such think as smaller ukuleles, but they are fun, too! Baritone Rules! Rich
I just got a spruce top Ohana Bari-tenor hybrid and I LOVE IT! Baritone body with a tenor scale, and Ukulele tuning. I had a wound low G string installed and it sounds really nice. I like switching to different sized instruments for practice, because it challenges me and I think it improves my playing. I've never used a capo, thanks for the tips! And thanks for giving me an excuse to get a Baritone! 😁 Ukuleles are like potato chips, I can't have just one! Lol!
Even though I could get by nicely with just one baritone acoustic-electric, I like variety and will have a hard time reducing my collection below 80 or so. Thanks for sharing your experience, tips and techniques. 😊😊😊😊
Thank you so much for this particular spin on the baritone ukulele. Was just second guessing myself about buying my new Pono baritone. Now with all this wise information my anxiety is diminished. The universe put you in my sights, just a perfect interesting while informative video. Strum away. 😊
If I could only have one size, it would have to be baritone. It can do whatever you want it to and sound better than the others doing it.
Thank you, sir, I enjoyed watching this video a lot! ❤
Glad to hear that! I appreciate your very kind words! Rich
Agreed with all, Rich. Great video! Another cool thing about putting a capo in the 5th fret of a Bari is that it sounds sonically different than a tenor with the same tuning (GCEA). The bigger body of the Baritone lends to a bigger sound with way more resonance (and more comfortable playing 😊).
Yes, yes, yes! Thanks. Rich😊😊
I want to go from Tenor to Concert for a more comfortable size and you're telling me to go Baritone 😂 Not going to lie, I was thinking about it.
There are pros and cons to both. If your voice is specially suited for GCEA or Low GCEA and your hands are not large like mine, concert could be the one for you. Some chord shapes require a finger stretch on baritone that don't at all on concert. The basic chords are very manageable, though. 😊😊😊
I just inherited my little brother's ukulele. I love it ❤ Oscer schmidt Aloha
Go!! Enjoy your good luck. Oscar Schmidt is one of my favorite ukulele brands. That brand goes back to the 1800s! Rich
I agree with all that you have said about the baritone uke. I have one. It is a Kala. I love it.😊
It's looking more and more like I'll be playing baritone most of the time. The sound suits my voice. I do have a tenor tuned DGBE I can use. Kala makes super baritone ukes. My favorite ukulele is a Kala baritone. Rich
Couldn't agree more. Bari uke is the most versatile stringed instrument available. I've neglected my other ukes for months since getting my Kmise spruce top baritone.
If sound and flexibility are important, baritone ukulele rules!
Brilliant 🎉🎉
Thanks! 😊😊😊😊
Thanks Rich… 😀🥳!
You are welcome! Very best wishes. Thanks. Rich
Had them all and given them all away. Now have two baratones , a Snail and a Pono. They’re all I need. Love baratone
Super! I guess we think alike on this. Rich
Rich, i'm looking to buy a baritone uke with dgbe strings for myself for Christmas. Reasonably priced of course. Any suggestions?
I'd search out Caramel baritone uke either on Amazon or eBay.
This would be a great one and less than $100. tinyurl.com/2jmmtne7
Dear Rich, I understand your recommendation about Caramel however, they do not ship or sell overseas are there other comparable ukulele that you would recommend along the same price range for a Baritone Ukulele, The Horse ukulele that you have recommended seems to have some inconsistencies in manufacturer from what I have read of the manufacturers review, so it seems they have not cleaned up thier manufacturer process or maybe there is just a lot of old stock floating around
The baritone ukuleles I own are Caramel (4), Kala (2), Kmise and one vintage York. Your best bet is likely to find ukuleles that are available to you. If you can find a reasonably priced Kala, that would be super. If I was looking for an inexpensive baritone, I would have to go with Horse or Kmise. Possibly you have other choices I don't know about.😊😊
Hi Rich … a follow-on to this question. Where I live the Caramel baritones are available on Amazon. How do you rank them compared to the Kala, the Kmise, or the Horse?
What do you think is the best ukulele investment for an over 70 year old petite female with small hands, who has been playing for almost 16 months.
Everybody loves the Concert size. I presently have only soprano ukuleles. I find it difficult to stretch to reach certain 3-finger chords. I can't decide it I should get another soprano or a concert. There is not much difference in size between soprano or concert. Do you think I am ready to move up to a concert?
The concert is not much more of a stretch than soprano. I say buy at least one concert for your collection.
I would think the soprano the more difficult instrument. It may take a few days adjustment, but I do think you should give concert a try and probably make that your main instrument. Concert ukuleles usually are priced better than all the others so you could get a good bundle for not much money. Here's a solid top mahogany Enya on sale today for less than $50 and a coupon for 20% off that! Enya Concert Ukulele 23 Inch Solid Mahogany Top Ukelele for Beginner with Gig bag, Capo, Strap, Strings, Pick (EUC-25D Nature)
@@richdavis4007 Thanks. That is an excellent deal. But, it is not exactly what I want.
I already have a solid top Enya ukulele: a soprano in blue matte paint over solid mahogany. I bought it exactly a year ago on a pre-Xmas Amazon deal. It is lovely, but I find it a bit heavy to hold. I prefer a good laminate. Because of limitations of space and money, I don't want to acquire too many ukuleles.
@@richdavis4007 I do plan to give a concert size ukulele a try. Right now
the soprano size in brand I am looking at is a better buy than a concert.
When I first started learning to play ukulele 16 months ago, I was such a naive beginner. I choose a soprano
instead of a concert, because I thought I was not qualified or entitled
to have a concert ukulele, since I was not going to be performing concerts.
I thought a concert ukulele was for
a professional player.
Happy shopping!
I like baritones, but they don't sound much like ukuleles, more like small guitars. Also they are usually not in reentrent tuning like the smaller ones, it is basically the four top strings on a guitar. If all you ever get is a baritone then you're not really getting the full ukulele experience (who does this anyway?)
I will give up GCEA tuning (high G) in exchange for DGBE, Low G,CEA, D-Tuning, and a couple other lovely tunings I've found. As lots of people know by now I'm not doing things exactly like everyone else! However, I notice guitar players, banjo players (the better ones) use capos. Yes, baritone ukulele is definitely a small four string guitar, but with capo transforms into whatever you want it to be! Is this a fad for me? Time will tell! Thanks, Keef. Rich
Yes ❤Baritone Ukulele 😮😮😮 are the best
Kala Makala
Super!!😊
Whats the ukulele your playing here please? ❤
kala ka-bg