@@justincoleman3805 Try unforgiven here and tell me what you think! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-obguFYiw0V4.html Nothing Else Matters is also on there but yeh, they sound amazing!
As a person who grew up in Honolulu and loves Metallica, I feel like this video is totally relevant to my life. I am actually wanting to get the ukulele I had as a kid from my brother’s house so I can try this!!
It looks like you chose a soprano ukulele, I think a tenor might have given you a better tone and playability. You will also have a broader selection of linear strings low G rather than reentrant tuning standard on ukes.
I remember I had a tiny ukelele like that. My dad gave it to me when I was like 5 or something, and it looked gigantic to me. It felt like staring up at a huge ukelele-shaped statue. Now that I'm much older, Looking at the ukelele I'm like "bruh this is smaller than my breakfast"
@@neonbelly4 Yeah, i remember seeing videos of small kids orchestra playing some classical stuff on guitars, they looked gigantic with them I suppose nothing a classical posture and a little time can't fix
Given the Ukuleles tonal restrictions (and it being at least an Octave too high compared to Guitar), I thought this was pretty cool. The songs are recognizable and “fun”, which is why the Uke is such a fun instrument.
@@TheNothing6 Golly yes! Haven't some people got better things to do with their time than always mentioning Megadeth? If you like 'em so much, go comment below a Dystopia or Th1rth3en video jeez!
Nice, do a mandolin next please!! I bet you could do a whole album on one and it would sound great! I would get some electric ones, a banjo, a mandolin and an electric ukulele.
Oh, what fun! Mike, I noticed that you discovered that inverting the 5ths on the ukulele helps fatten the chords. Dropping the C string a 1/2 step to B also works well for many songs in the keys of E and E minor, as well as B and many others. Cheers from the Green Bay Ukulele Club!
My friend actually played the master of puppets solo on ukulele. I think he rigged it with a whammy bar too. It had that classic Eddie van Halen look, and even could plug in with a cable. The most awesome ukulele ever!!!
Advice: You need a low g string on that uke. Perhaps also wound strings. Also, if you had an acoustic-electric uke, you could plug into an amp to use distortion and other pedals to help with sustain and the tone.
As a guitar player when I play ukelele i use these things called low g strings, basically the string become arranged the way a guitar would though it’s tuned to like g standard still makes it easy and fun though
Have you heard of the baritone ukulele? It is actually the top 4 strings on the guitar d g b and e. Plus the sound those make is awesome. I love the baritone lol
I love all of the songs normally, and while none sound better on uke, they all sound pretty good. My reaction to a lot of the riffs was that I thought they sounded “cuter” and “tingier.” Fade to black’s solo sounded a lot happier as well
They do say that metal without distortion sounds a lot like surf music so perhaps this video reinforces that idea... Kirk Hammett be like "What, no wah?" ;)
@@it0moribasket799 There's a video (or actually a series of videos) by Paranormal Guitar Channel called "Metal Without Distortion" (at ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dVqqWUyDPzA.html) that discusses this whole idea. In the video he plays Slayer (thrash metal), Pantera (groove metal), and Cannibal Corpse (death metal) as just some examples without distortion. Check it out if you'd like :) (Also sorry to Mike for somewhat promoting this video on his channel)
My honest opinion. That machine gun part on One sounded the heaviest on this vid . Sounds awesome. I have a 19 fret ukulele which im going to try learning Metallica on . With ukulele it sounds all choppy in sound which makes it difficult. I play Metallica on electric and a bit of bass electric aswell .
Dude you need to try a solid body steel string electric uke - Flight Pathfinder, Risa Electric, or anything by Fanner Electric Ukulele - they will blow your mind
I thought all the originally-acoustic lines sounded good on Ukulele.. Fade To Black, One, The Unforgiven, Sad But True and Wherever I May Roam are my favourites. The heavy parts of Wherever I May Roam and For Whom The Bell Tolls sound really good - the former as it has a Flamenco vibe and the latter as it sounds entertaining :0 This was a great video idea!
I love Metallica and it is inspiring me to learn to play my Ukelele. I want to play these songs! Thanks for the book referral. If you swap the high G string for Low G string you get better sound (more like a guitar) and it will give you 5 more notes that you wont get with the hig G string. Electric ukeleles have a lot more options for playing these songs also.
Y'know there IS such thing as steel stringed electric Ukuleles? Right? Try these songs with them and add a few pedal or more and an amp and you'll be golden! PS: As a Metallica fan who also lives in Hawai'i AND have two electric ukes, I'm going to try find this book, and learn them uke style.
i had a ukulele (or a Uke, as they're called in the ukulele community) and it was the cheapest piece of garbage i ever bought. i got it at a 5 and below (which for those who don't know, it's basically a dollar store, but the prices range from $5 and less) and it just looked cheap, and sounded even cheaper. it was so cheap in fact, my little sister was messing around with the tuners when i was at a friends house and broke every string. but i didn't bother getting mad at her, because it was just a cheap hunk of plastic. i actually tried to play actual songs on it, and i could only play Wait and Bleed by Slipknot, Mutter by Rammstein, Freak on a Leash by Korn and Nothing Else Matters by Metallica, but you wouldn't be able to tell that's what i was playing, because the strings were like a silicon material, so instead of making melodic sounds, they just sort of clicked in a vaguely melodic tone. even though it was cheap, it still felt like a waste of money...
I wonder if you could tune it differently, like to D standard, i.e. like a guitar but without the A and low E strings. Not exactly the most revolutionary thing in the world, but given its medium to high pitched nature he may be good for licks and harmonies.
I learned on the ukulele in intermediate school and transitioned to the guitar because I felt shredding on the ukulele just wasn’t enough for me. It’s still a really good instrument though and people like Jake Shimabukaro and Honoka and Azita can do some pretty amazing stuff on it. edit: I wanted to mention that you should’ve gotten yourself a tenor ukulele as it’s bigger and more comfortable to play than the concert uke you have. Also, you should get yourself a string set with a low G so you have better range.
I have a Led Zeppelin ukulele tab book that is pretty good..I’m not a big fan of Zeppelin but I have a ukulele that was passed down to me from a great man in my life who passed away..Anyway I seen the book and figured why not and to my surprise Zeppelin actually rocks on the ukulele lol…
Nice video! I try to translate heavy music on my uke, some songs can be played smoothly in the original tuning, others have to be transported to another key.
odd...I don't remember March of the SOD on Headbanger's Ball, but I do remember Chromatic Death and the crashing train footage in black & white. Not saying it wasn't, mind you, I guess just musing about my crappy memory lol
Sesrch for MK Ukulele Academy (or maybe MK Fingerstyle Academy) and check out his version of Nothing Else Matters. Its so fuckin good. Most of these probably could have sounded better on a low g tenor uke rather than that high g concert. Or I'd bet the baritone would be really good. Still great playing though! Loved the video. Ive seen that book in the library and have wondered if it was any good, so thanks!
TheDooo has a video where he plays the machine gun solo from "One" on the uke. That was some beyond impressive skill! His video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3p1bEOw89oQ.html
Rock/metal Ukulele is pretty much for tweenage girls when they're not strumming bad Nirvana on their ultra hipster Mustang/Firebird and posting it to Ultimate Guitar followed by an ironic one liner.
