Love the history of this tiny and adorable instrument! A nice present from Portugal to Hawaii! I love the guitar, but while travelling it's the ukulele without a doubt my travel mate.
Will continue to grow in my ukulele learning and very much a newbie at 55yrs old..Love both the Koaloha and Kanile'a tenors and praying as a former Marine stationed at Kaneohe Bay I can afford a Kanile'a K1-K3 soon...Thanx for fantastic video Joe and God bless ya for what ur doing !!!!
Concerning the name "ukulele", I think that the quick movements of the fretting hand, with fingers looking like they are jumping over the frets, are only part of the name. When you look at Portuguese playing cavaquinho, they also strum super fast, and this could also give the impression that the player are scratching themselves... due to the fleas ! Just my two cents, lol.
Kanile'a, Kamaka, KoAloha, Ko'olau are all beautiful. I don't think one is more superior to the other. Rather, they each have such an amazing, distinct sound and high production quality! I've got ukulele fever, and the only prescription is more ukulele! Haha. I'll have to get a Kanile'a some day!
I don't have a Hawaii made one but I do have a few Chinese made ones. They aren't bad at all, in fact, good enough for me to practice and enjoy. But I do love Joe's passion for the instrument.
Parabéns pelo vídeo. Em Portugal nas pequenas cidades de província, há muita gente que não deixa que se perca o hábito de tocar cavaquinho. Muitas Universidades Seniores têm-no como discplina musical.
What a fantastic presentation and so much great information, wonderful speaker! I got my first ukulele right before the pandemic hit. I’m so glad because I’ve fallen in love with this instrument and it’s saved my sanity during this time. Now learning some of the history I love it even more! Thank you!
Mahalo Joe Souza for your sharing in ukulele building, that's what Hawaii's all about, -sharing and a lot of caring in what is called upon as the "aloha spirit" - kekahi I kekahi, aloha pono ke akua pu, e ho'omau Hawaii aloha aina.
Glad you could afford it. I play a Kamaka soprano from the late 60's. Made in Japan as some were back then. That old Kamaka plays louder and with more depth than my Kala Acacia alto and my Lanikai NKT.
Love this lesson. Someday I hope to play and buy a Kanile'a! My skill and bank account just aren't there yet though! I'm learning on some beginner ukulele that don't look or sound as nice but I'm enjoying the journey
I've picked up the ukulele as my first musical instrument and i am loving it! I have a cheap soprano but just bought my real concert Ukulele and i am enjoying the journey!
Verdade Paulo :) E os havaianos/americanos descobrirem o braguinha e o rajão, já que todos falam só do braguinha como pai do ukulele mas de certeza nunca viram braguinhas nem rajões na vida.
Tom Anderson when he was at Schecter guitars developed the use of UV finishes NOT Taylor. Taylor take credit for many many technologies like their flush mount bolton necks (developed by Roy Noble in the mid 1960's) that other people invented
No. See www.ysw-tct.com/tele/UVCoatings.pdf. Anderson and Taylor had completely different requirements and developed very different processes and finishes. As far as the bolt-on neck goes, I have a banjolele from the early 1920's made this way. The basic technology is very old. Taylor developed the 3-bolt mount that supports the fretboard all the way to the 19th fret.
Thanks I wanted to learn more about because it's becoming a trend and now I have one but i don't want to give in to cultural appropriation. So here I am learning all I can as I fall in love with my ukelele. (pronounced OO-KOO-LAY-LAY) Thanks!
Hey Jose I like you to read about son jarocho in México and if you like we can talk about music some day you are going to be amazed about the similarities
Do they have a Kahuna bless the ukes before they send them out beyond the islands? I mean isn't Koa a sacred Hawaiian plant/tree? I know you should not take stones or sand off the islands.
Well done! Joe Souza does a better job of selling the ukulele and his Kanile'a brand than Steve Jobs does selling his overpriced Apple products. I hate the plinky sound of the Ukulele, only masters such as Jake Shimabukuro can make it truly musical. BGTW, please, everyone pronounce it "oo-koo-le-le"! N.B. The beautiful ukulele that Joe is playing is an eight string like a mandolin but inferior?
The braghina and quavaquero are tuned the same as always has been. There are more differences than the name. Neither instrument is actually a melody instrument but rather used to play cords as the singers voice is the melody instrument. However the ukulele is tuned like a guitar not the braghinia. Was it king David that made the changes. The braghinia has not changed at all since then. I think they went overboard with the bracing in the top. Remember this was just as metal strings of the required thin were just invented. I believe that Hawaii at the time it would be a problem to get replacement strings where as the material to make gut strings was readily available. So the strings the tuning and bracing had to be changed to make it into a ukulele from the braghinia.I believe the good kind David was responsable for the birth of the ukulele.
+Russell LaRoche 'Master Luthier' is a title other luthiers put on you when they think you are doing a really good job. I'll bet Joe doesn't think of himself as a 'MASTER', especially considering lutherie is an evolving skill. Doing the best that can be done with existing technology makes you a 'MASTER'.
Russell LaRoche : I to have the feelings that a Master Luthier is someone that builds each and every one of his instruments " by hand " not by machinery with built with his hand and hand tools , it's called craftsmanship .
