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Twinkle Twinkle on Ukulele – Jazz chord Melody

Aaron Crowell manages to help people full time at our store and still run his own music school! He always has a nonchalant way of getting it done, and if you ever get a chance, grab a skype lesson from him. Sometimes of few ideas can really add to your musical undeerstanding. Here's the tabs and video for Aaron's own sophisticated version ...
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Choosing a Hawaiian Concert Ukulele

Many Hawaiian concerts weren't able to be with us today. Nevertheless, these are some of our best selling Hawaiian concert models, the KCM from KoAloha and the K1-C from Kanile'a. These are all base standard models, koa wood, and made in Hawaii. Each instrument is individual, but this could help as you decide on your next concert. For the KoAloha ...
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Kamaka Hawaii

Kamaka is the oldest Hawaiian company still in business. That's not a lucky coincidence.  Even after 100 years, they are still refining and improving their instruments. The koa wood is more beautiful than ever, as well as their fit and finish. And most importantly, the tone is as lush and rich as it has ever been throughout Kamaka history.Kamaka has been giving ...
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A Rhumba Rythym for Uke

This is another quick lesson from Aaron. They'll be much more ukulele tips and ideas to come, only found here at TheUkuleleReview. Subscribe at the side bar and you'll only receive an email when there is a new post. No sales on this side of HMS, just free resources for the peeps. Aloha from your friends in Hawaii! A hui ...
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KoAloha Pineapple- Regular or Long-Neck?

Quite a few times I have had customers choosing between these two models. Same ukulele but the second has a concert length neck, 2" longer. So a longer scale gives a higher tension which will have a slight affect on the tone. In this video you can hear these two models back to back, same exact body but different length ...
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Imua Ukulele

Imua is a new ukulele company located in Honolulu, Hawaii. Jorma Winkler heads the company. His family has been wood cutter's for many years, and a few years ago Jorma decided to cross over and use the koa for ukes. This became Honu and Big Island Ukulele. Jorma had these made overseas, Vietnam I believe, with Hawaiian woods he provided. Now ...
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6 Kanilea Concerts – Back to Back

So this video shows 6 models, all concert size, all koa wood, all made by Kanile'a Ukulele and played by Corey Fujimoto. Five of them have the regular concert scale length neck and the SC has the tenor scale. First up is the K1-C in gloss. Kanile'a has a beautiful gloss finish and this is their standard Koa, still super ...

Lichty Custom Baritone Ukulele

Always a treat to show a Lichty! Rich and soulful. Excuisite in build but made for musicians to use and love.  Those that desire the connection and inspiration you can experience with acoustics of the highest caliber.  I truly beleive that There is no "best"!. Great instruments excel and inspire in different ways. Variety is the spice of life and I ...

Comparing Kamakas +Tenor vs Tenor Long Neck

Kamaka is the oldest Hawaiian company still in business. That's not a lucky coincidence.  Even after 100 years, they are still refining and improving their instruments. The koa wood is more beautiful than ever, as well as their fit and finish. And most importantly, the tone is as lush and rich as it has ever been throughout Kamaka history. For ...

KoAloha Tenor- Regular or Slim?

KoAloha is a small ukulele factory here on Oahu and a household name here in the islands. They were started in the mid 90's when Alvin Okami, engineer, inventor, musician that he was, designed a totally new ukulele. Because Alvin came from other fields of study, he had an entirely different approach to the support and resonance of an ukulele. ...