The term given to the part of the ukulele that the neck connects to - the part with the soundhole in it! The body is made up of three main parts, the top, the sides and the back, and holds the bridge on the top. It is not essential and only employed to add to the attractiveness of the instrument.Ī style of ukulele shape that has no Waist and resembles a Boat Paddle. Binding can also be found on the edges of some fingerboards and around headstocks. The term given to a cosmetic finish applied around the edges of the ukulele body (where the top and back meet the sides) usually in a contrasting colour and used to hide the join between the woods. The action of placing a finger (usually the forefinger) across all strings of the ukulele at a certain fret to effect the action of moving the nut down, and shortening the strings.Ī technique when plucking a note on a string, created by pulling the string across the fingerboard whilst still holding it at the fret creating a slight sharp tweak to the note, proving expression to the playing. The largest scale of ukulele (19 inches approx) developed in the 1940's and usually tuned DGBEĪ sub-division of time in musical notation. The back of the ukulele, this refers to the pieces of wood that make up the rear face of the instrument. Attack refers to the first point on that scale as the note appears from previous silence and reaches maximum volume. When a note is plucked on a ukulele, the full sound of that note has a beginning, middle, and as it fades away, an end. The process of plucking the individual notes in a chord separately opposed to strumming them together. Too low an action and the strings may buzz on the frets or, in the worst case, mute out altogether. Too high an action makes the ukulele harder to play and will create some issues with tuning accuracy on the fretboard. Most commonly this relates to the height of the strings away from the fingerboard. The term that describes the setup of the strings in relation to the ukulele body and neck. A pure electric ukulele makes very little sound on its own, without being plugged in to an amplifier. The term that means the ukulele makes it's sound with no amplification, utilising its own construction and soundhole to project the tone and volume. A highly prized shiny material obtained from shells and often used on ukulele fret marker inlays, on headstocks, or on binding around the edge of the instrument or around the soundhole.
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