# The bad bad bad ukelele. Yes I have musical aspirations **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 20, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-ukelele-yes-i-have-musical-aspirations/940342 "2021-04-20T01:17:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-ukelele-yes-i-have-musical-aspirations/940342/21 "2021-04-23T06:20:44Z")
nope… ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-ukelele-yes-i-have-musical-aspirations/940342/22 "2021-04-23T06:24:12Z")
Fine. You can take tickets. You’re also in charge of hair and makeup. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-ukelele-yes-i-have-musical-aspirations/940342/23 "2021-04-23T06:27:32Z")
I deleted my reply. Don’t feel like getting banned tonight. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-ukelele-yes-i-have-musical-aspirations/940342/24 "2021-04-23T07:32:26Z")
why does he do these things🤨 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-ukelele-yes-i-have-musical-aspirations/940342/25 "2021-04-23T13:40:30Z")
I am an enthusiast of The Drink. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-ukelele-yes-i-have-musical-aspirations/940342/26 "2021-04-23T14:13:53Z")
Hydration! ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-ukelele-yes-i-have-musical-aspirations/940342/27 "2021-04-23T14:29:41Z")
Learn the super easy C, G and F chords and you can play all kinds of songs and nearly halfway tiptoeing through some tulips. All the major chords are easy except for the E. It’s the dreaded F chord of the guitar 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-ukelele-yes-i-have-musical-aspirations/940342/28 "2021-04-23T14:50:14Z")
No ukulele thread would be complete without this: Jake Shimabukuru playing Bohemian Rhapsody: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PB3RbO7updc/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AGuA4AC8AGKAgwIABABGHIgTig5MA8=&rs=AOn4CLDESG_OuQ1AAqaj1SqDU6nPVga0Yg "Jake Shimabukuro - "Bohemian Rhapsody" - TED (2010) - ukelele cover") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB3RbO7updc) And ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0gaWuadgL3g/hqdefault.jpg "Jake Shimabukuro-While My Guitar Gently Weeps") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gaWuadgL3g) ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-ukelele-yes-i-have-musical-aspirations/940342/29 "2021-04-23T17:11:35Z")
Perfect examples of what you can play learning just the C G and F chords I mention immediately above! 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-ukelele-yes-i-have-musical-aspirations/940342/30 "2021-04-23T19:37:28Z")
Stay thirsty, my friend ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-ukelele-yes-i-have-musical-aspirations/940342/31 "2021-04-23T20:12:30Z")
Over-slaking leads to besottedness. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-ukelele-yes-i-have-musical-aspirations/940342/32 "2021-04-23T21:41:41Z")
BTW, it’s ukUlele, with a U, not an E. Since we’re fighting ignorance and all that good stuff. I had a brief flirtation with a [tiple](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiple), which is tuned like a uke, only with beaucoup more strings. Impossible to keep in tune, I gave up on it after a few months. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-ukelele-yes-i-have-musical-aspirations/940342/33 "2021-04-24T04:13:09Z")
> [@jaycat](#): > > BTW, it’s ukUlele, with a U, not an E. Since we’re fighting ignorance and all that good stuff. And, as I learned when I took a ukulele lesson in Hawai’i, the typical mainland pronunciation, “YOOK-uh-lay-lee,” isn’t how it’s pronounced in Hawaiian – the traditional Hawaiian pronunciation is “OO-koo-ley-ley.” ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-ukelele-yes-i-have-musical-aspirations/940342/34 "2021-04-24T05:41:12Z")
I always reckoned Granny Hawkins would be better fixed to playin’ a Banjo. EDIT: Washtub Bass, with a big old corny bare foot holding it down! 🤠 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-ukelele-yes-i-have-musical-aspirations/940342/35 "2021-04-24T05:50:16Z")
“sit down, son…let me show you how it’s done” ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-ukelele-yes-i-have-musical-aspirations/940342/36 "2021-04-24T19:55:54Z")
There’s always a song. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vIiO5J4q5d8/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGH8gEygTMA8=&rs=AOn4CLDkPMAcNz3rBm65Ygi2Rz5v02i1BQ "Ukulele Lady") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIiO5J4q5d8) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-ukelele-yes-i-have-musical-aspirations/940342/37 "2021-04-25T03:23:00Z")
🙁 … 😢 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-ukelele-yes-i-have-musical-aspirations/940342/38 "2021-04-25T20:14:45Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Paul Mccartney will notice me. Get him to teach you this one: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6uTIT91Tq_I/maxresdefault.jpg "Paul McCartney - Ram On [Live at Ahoy, Rotterdam - 24-03-2012]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uTIT91Tq_I&t=6) A bit of uke trivia: the actress who played Susan, George’s late fiance, became something of a ukulele star after leaving the show. She tours occasionally leading the _Heidi Swedberg and The Sukey Jump Band_ ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-ukelele-yes-i-have-musical-aspirations/940342/39 "2021-04-25T22:40:21Z")
Sultans of Swing Uke Cover: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4TalPkFcQM4/hqdefault.jpg "Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing - (Ukulele Solo Acoustic Cover) Overstyle") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TalPkFcQM4) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-ukelele-yes-i-have-musical-aspirations/940342/40 "2021-04-25T23:14:12Z")
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