A truly innovative and unique instrument the ohana bkt70g offers a baritone body with a booming voice while its tenor scale maintains the classic gcea ukulele tuning. Many older baritone ukes are a little thuddy but not this one. The only crack i can find is the one pictured in the last photo, but it feels stable. In 1990s musician jim beloff started to promote uke. We have a ukulele that my father purchased through a comic book during the 1920s. Composers typically write music for this voice in the range from the second f below middle c to the f above middle c i.
Our mission is to document, preserve and promote the history of the ukulele, its players, and makers, as well as to inspire and engage people everywhere in the perpetuation of the ukulele and ukulele music through. Baritone ukulele from scratch download ebook pdf, epub. He wrote over two dozen books featuring modern music as well as classic ukulele pieces. This method, written and taught by lil rev, has been designed to help you achieve a beginners level of mastery on the baritone ukulele. It has minor nicks and dings on it but looks good, and the old harmony decal is perfectly intact.
Late 40s perhaps has black lettering against gold back ground, with no border. Ukulele fever rapidly spread across the mainland, branching out to develop new sizes and designs. Here we have a nice little harmony all mahogany baritone uke. Vintage 1950s or 60s, solid mahogany, soprano ukulele made by harmony,shark fin style tuners. Makala ukes are about the best entry level ukuleles out there. A song from the 60s written and recorded by donovan. Uke minutes 31 harmony 3rds join the discussion about this episode here.
Get the best deal for harmony vintage ukuleles from the largest online. Its made of all mahogany with tortoiseshell inlay around the top of the body and mother of pearl on the fingerboard. It can make virtually any song sound great and people love hearing their favorite tunes played on a ukulele. In his book reckless daughter david yaffe asked joni about her first instrument. One edge along the white trim does have a few nicks.
Her website has videos of the songs included in each. The mahogany neck and brazilian rosewood fretboard area easy to play. The cout is an electronic tuner programmed specifically with standard ukulele tunings, as well as a chromatic mode to allow you to tune other instruments as well. Samantha muir, an accomplished classical guitar player from australia, has created four ebooks of classical guitar study pieces arrange for ukulele. Vintage harmony ukulele hawaiian 4 string guitar 1950s60. Jul 22, 2018 heres our vocal trio take on the beautiful classic dream a little dream of me. Martins historical price sheet from 1962 put a new t18 tiple at a retail.
All you need is love blackbird here comes the sun let it be michelle norwegian wood obladi, oblada penny lane something ticket to ride when im sixtyfour yesterday and more. Aug 21, 2010 our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. The label on the headstock refers to the ukulele as a professional tenor model by todays standards it would be considered concertsized. And then while im away, ill write home every day, and ill send all my loving to you. The largest of the standard ukulele varieties is the baritone ukulele. It has 14 frets clear of the body, which is a nice feature and it is surprisingly loud.
Set up with an aquila nylgut soprano set and ready to go. Original baritone ukulele song for adelle the greats kiss me contest. The ukulele is a popular instrument that is easytolearn and fun to play. Hal leonard baritone ukulele method book 1 woodwind. The ohana shakerlele is a solid ukulele shaped shaker made in collaboration with daniel ho. Easy baritone ukulele download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. The baritone shaped body allows for more projection. Solid mahogany top, back and sides with beautiful faux tortoise binding. The book helped me to achieve a beginners level of mastery on my new baritone. Rare mib vintage 1950s airline harmony ukulele soprano. Some of the vintage harmony ukuleles you find today have some really beautiful. The songs in this collection are playable by any combination of ukuleles soprano, concert, tenor or baritone. Allows a baritone dgbe uke player to play together with a sopranoconcerttenor gcea uke player without having to transpose, since all songs are written in the same key assuming, of course, that both the gcea as well as the dgbe editions of the book are available to the respective performers. The body shape and construction details clearly point to harmony.
Get the best prices on our vintage harmony ukuleles both instore and online. F 2 f 4 in choral music, and from the second g below. At the time harmony was led by joe kraus, who was chairman until 1940. Make offer 1940s era rare cowboy jack mahogany harmony baritone ukulele rosewood 1950s vintage harmony roy smeck ukulele solid mahogany set up clean.
Smeck appeared, playing the ukulele, in stringed harmony, a short film made in the. Its scale length is 19, with a total length of 30, making it significantly larger than the others. Vintage harmony ukulele hawaiian 4 string guitar 1950s60s. History get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports.
The big difference is that this edition is for the baritone ukulele with baritone chord fingerings, chord grids, chord chart but with all the same strumming. Its in good condition, and the neck is still very straight. That same year, sears roebuck bought the harmony guitar company to make ukuleles and cash in on the craze. Each arrangement features the melody, a harmony part, and a bass line. Click download or read online button to get baritone ukulele from scratch book now. The harmony baritone ukulele made in the 1950s was not a high end instrument when it was produced. Mint condition, all es in a new gig bag, shipped fully insured, signature required upon delivery, easy tracking. In 1928, harmony introduced the first of many roy smeck models, and went on to become the largest producer in the u. Stays in tune and has harmony white ivoriod tuners. Ukulele hunt has weltis 46 page solo ukulele for beginners available for free. Original baritone ukulele song for adelle the greats kiss me contest by mugambismonkey.
Heres our vocal trio take on the beautiful classic dream a little dream of me. Many stringedinstrumental manufacturers, like regal, harmony and martin added ukulele to their production lines to take advantage of the demand. Vintage harmony ukulele this auction is for a vintage ukulele from the late 1950s 60s. The body, frets, strings, and tuning pegs all look very nice and work properly. Read more intro to baritone ukulele a starters guide. Vintage 1940s 50s harmony baritone ukulele antique guitar plays nice bakelite parts and wood nice one is as shown i like it. The ukulele is commonly associated with music from hawaii where the name roughly translates as jumping flea, perhaps because of the movement of the players fingers. A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voicetypes. This is a circa 1950s harmony brand baritone ukulele. Mar 18, 2016 the harmony baritone ukulele made in the 1950s was not a high end instrument when it was produced. This is a vintage signature model johnny marvin ukulele. However, he soon developed the ukulele based on a native portugese instrument called the braguinha.
Vintage 194050s ukulele harmony baritone guitar usa superb tone kay uke up for sale we have a vintage 1940s harmony uke baritone acoustic guitar. Legend attributes it to the nickname of the englishman edward william purvis, one of king kalakaua s officers, because of his small size, fidgety manner, and playing expertise. It was manufactured by the harmony company in chicago, illinois circa 1940. So, if you play the notes of the main melody and the notes of the harmony simultaneously, you will no longer have a plainsounding melody line. It taught me note reading, tablature, basic melody playing, strumming, standard righthand strokes, essential strums, and even ukulele history.
I have an opportunity to buy a harmony baritone ukulele, never played one but strummed a guitar a loooong time ago. An old harmony baritone uke from the 50s in good condition. Their ukes werent as well made as martin or gibson ukuleles, but they were very popular, particularly after they hooked up with roy smeck. I have this ukulele in the soprano size and love it so i thought id expand my horizons and try a baritone. For groups with more than three or four ukuleles, the parts may be doubled. She played a baritone ukulele during her sets to be precise, it was. Ukes were massproduced in the thousands harmony sold 500,000 in 1931 alone. It also gives a good sized baritone ukulele chord chart. Hal leonard baritone ukulele method book 1 this comprehensive, easytouse beginners guide by uke master lil rev is designed for anyone just learning to play baritone ukulele. The big difference is that this edition is for the baritone ukulele with baritone chord fingerings, chord grids, chord chart but with all the same strumming and fingerpicking pattern suggestions. Jun 01, 2012 the book helped me to achieve a beginners level of mastery on my new baritone. Gold oval red and white border with stylized garland at top black printing harmony made by the harmony company chicago.
On that ship was a man named manuel nunes came to hawaii with his friends to work the sugar cane fields. Pleasantly surprised to see aquila strings already fitted. Overall a good vintage instrument at a reasonable price. The museum is a nonprofit organization with federal 501 c nonprofit status. Very nice baritone uke with great sound and nice action. Ill pretend that im kissing the lips i am missing and hope that my dreams will come true. Inducted into the ukulele hall of fame museum in 2001, he was honored for singlehandedly initiating the second great wave of ukulele popularity in the united states the first followed the panamapacific expo and.
Vintage harmony ukulele chicago, usa made in the 1950s. Buy classics for the baritone ukulele by michael walker isbn. An excellent collection of songs suited for the ukulele with lyrics. Harmony were one of the many guitar makers to jump on the ukulele bandwagon when they first became popular. If the label was removed it was done very carefully for there are no signs of scraping or scuffing on the head stock. Explore note reading, tablature, basic melody playing, strumming, standard righthand strokes, essential strums, and ukulele history. However, it is clearly based on the folk song black is the colour of my true loves hair. A bit of paint wear on the top fake binding and a few ding nicks is about it. The show was shortlived, but it put the ukulele in the spotlight and helped catapult godfrey into the ukulele history books. The baritone ukulele also uses a different tuning from any other uke variety, being tuned the same as the four highest strings on a guitar.
All the same great content found in the original ukulele mikes favorites for beginning ukulele as combined with the wonderful world of the ukulele dvd as a combo pak. Click download or read online button to get easy baritone ukulele book now. Variations on the original roy smeck uke designs would remain part of the harmony arsenal for the next 43 years. The collision of cultures that created the ukulele or uke can be. Johnny marvin tenor professional ukulele concert tenor the sunburst finish is warm and beautiful. Vintage harmony baritone ukulele mahogany bound body with yamaha gigbag you are bidding on a vintage harmony baritone ukulele mahogany body with binding. They sold 250,000 pieces in 1923 and 500,000 in 1930, including various. The two names most closely associated with the origin of the baritone uke are arthur godfrey and herk favilla. A pictorial tribute to the harmony ukulele of chicago.
Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. Hawaiian music also became incredibly popular, as a result. Baritone ukulele book 1 ukulele store shop uke mag. Glad to have had exposure to this bookhelped me a lot. The ukulele hall of fame museum was founded in 1996. Glad to have had exposure to this book helped me a lot. See more ideas about ukulele, ukulele chords and ukulele songs. Close your eyes and ill kiss you, tomorrow ill miss you, remember ill always be true. Only downside is the strings which i am about to change but overall i am extremely pleased with this purchase.
We are looking for a serious but hassle free sale here. Chord symbols are also provided if you wish to add a rhythm part. The tuners are the style that harmony was using in. Almond blossom ramble played ona vintage harmony baritone uke by cinderellalifestyle. Antique jacob stainer violin label dated 1625 with case. Ukulele styles how to tune your ukulele the easiest, fastest way to tune your ukulele is to use a lanikai tuner, model cout available at your authorized lanikai dealer. The seller mentions that the ukulele comes from 1945. The small size of ukuleles also means they are very portable making them the perfect option for taking camping or traveling. Have you ever picked out a melody on your ukulele and thought gee, that sounds so plain. A ship named the ravens crag arrived in honolulu on aug 23rd 1879 from madeira portugal.
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