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Hi Geoff, thanks for the follow. To be honest my fingerpicking skills are not the greatest and I've always found what is referred to as as 'two finger' picking ie thumb and first finger and on this video it's a pretty standard simple roll of thumb and finger. Just my own view is that with fingerpicking it's best to find a pattern that suits you and also the song you are doing rather than any prescibed patter ie thumb then a certain finger on a certain string etc to me the emotion in a song will always give you were to places accented thumb or finger pick. I hope that helps a bit and there;s defo some real uke finger picking maestros out there worth checking out who more advanced styles and info. bets wishes, Tel

John thanks for the follow. The strings on the wooden tenor reso are standard GCEA (low G), The Beltona was strung with metal strings GCEA but do check if your own instrument is strong enough to cope with metal strings if you go down that route. The wooden tenor is GCEA. The final uke (baritone) is DGBE string set returned to CGCG. Hope that helps!

What I've been using for a while is set from The Southern Ukulele store here in the UK who make up a bespoke set which I believe the low G comes from a classical guitar set. I used to use a set made by Aquilla which were called 'GCEA for baritone' but I tried finding them recently online but no luck apart from ones that had a Hi G. I'm not sure if Aqullia still make the set with a low G but if you like their strings maybe worth doing some googling. There may be other excellent sets out there that people could advise you on but these are the only two I have personal experience of.

Thanks for the question. I did try this uke with a raised nut but it affected how it played when playing it in regular non slide. So I lowered it to the regular setting and to be honest it was fine. Just personally I think the biggest difference is by using a glass slide on a uke as metal ones seem just too weighty on the nylon strings and you can get a lot of fret buzz. Good luck with your uke sliding!

Thanks for the great feedback about the video and so nice to hear that it was helpful in your playing. I genuinely think a bari with GCEA (Low G) produces a really nice warm sound and just perfect if you don't want to relearn all the chords in regular bari DGBE. Enjoy your strumming!

Hi Edmund, on this wooden bodied Kala I use and standard G (Low) CEA set by Aquilla which I think give a nice rounded and warm sound. On another tenor resonator I have by Beltona I currently use 'Worth Browns' which as I'm trying to get a slightly more snappier sound on that instrument. On my baritone resonator I use D'Addario 'Titanium's. Hope that helps and apologies for the late response!

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Oh so cool!

Just my own opinion but I'd say not to. Uou can get specific string sets called 'GCEA for baritone' which I think would be a much better option. The two I know of are by Aquilla or The Southern Ukulele Store in the UK also sell there own which I mostly use on my baritone I have in GCEA.

Thanks for the follow and hope you give them a go and they prove useful to you. I think for things like blues, old time and trad folk they can be a real bonus and give a whole different vibe to your playing. BTW Thanks also to you for sharing all your vids on insta which I've been following for a while and really enjoy them!

@@telsmith6688 Glad to hear that you enjoy my playing, it's taken a lot to be confident enough to share my style.

Thanks for the follow Edmund. The uke I'm playing here is an 8 string tenor made by Ashbury. It's strung with GCEA string sets with an octave pair (hi and low G at the bottom). On this video I've retuned it to open F tuning (FCFA) and put a capo on second fret, so playing this song in the key of G. The other two chords in the song are C and D.

Hi Tom, thanks for the follow and kind feedback. Apologies for the late reply too! I don't have chord diagrams as the chords are so simple and to play in other keys you just use the same shapes and a capo. But I can very quickly explain them main four here. C is either just all open strings or you can fret the 3rd string 5th fret which gives a really powerful and harmonic C chord. The F is either a bar across the 5th fret or you can fret the 3rd and 1st string at 2nd fret. G is either a bar across the 7th fret or 4th and 2nd string second fret. The relative minor chord is 4th string 4th fret and 2nd fret 2nd string. As it's an open tuning to play in different keys you just need a capo so for the key of D you capo the 2nd fret etc. Hope that helps. Tel

Thanks for your great feedback which is really appreciated. I hope you get a bari at some point in the future. I really like the sound of them strung GCEA which I use a lot. I do play some in DGBE too, but mostly I use GCEA (Low G) in my uke club sessions. Enjoy your strumming!

Thanks for the follow and the kind words. Much appreciated!

I guess so! Hope you enjoy your playing in it.

Hi Augusto, thanks for the follow. Its an 8 string Baritone I'm playing here. It's strung with a DGBE set but I've tuned it to CGCE open C tuning so I can use the bottleneck slide.

Thanks for the follow Maria and the great feedback. Really hope some of my videos helps you start playing the that way you're looking for.

Thanks for the follow Robert and your kind words about the performance. Really interested in your comments as before playing uke I used to primarily play guitar in a Celtic band so almost exclusively in DADGAD. After quite a bit of experimentation with tunings to try and get as close to that as I could I found CGCG on the baritone for me worked best. Have fun with it and really hope it works for you too. Thanks Tel

Really sorry for such a later reply here but thank you for the kind words which are genuinely appreciated!

Thanks for watching and hope the video was useful. Yes it is GCEG with a low G. The uke is a Kala tenor resonator.

@@telsmith6688 thanks! gonna try this

Hi Kit, this was such nice feedback to receive and just only to pleased people like yourself find them useful. Thanks so much for taking the time to post your kind comments.

The main reasons I play OT's on the bari is for certain types of music such as Old Time, Celtic nd blues it can give you a bit more space and freedom to fit in some extra picking within the chord. The main tunings I use are CGCE, CGCG, DGBG and DGCD all depending what seems to work with the particular song best. Hope you enjoy giving OT's on the bari a try. Good luck with the playing.

For me it's all about depth of sound......there is enough difference between Tenor and Baritone to justify owning both. There is also the difference in scale length.....making some things easier to play on Baritone......

I guess it depends on the scale length and body size of the baritone and tenor you are comparing but I'd say the bari would generally give you a mellower and fuller tone. I tend to stick to low G on the bari when use GCEA as I want to work with something not re-entrant as I use the low G for 'bass' with my thumb particularly on blues.

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Thanks for the nice feedback James. I like DGBD too and I do use it a lot particularly for country blues and clawhammer where I think it makes playing those styles a bit easier as well.

Hi Christian, thanks for the kind words. Being honest my finger picking is not a a real strength for me so I'd love to be able to do a proper pattern but I tend to stick to beat with the thumb for a sort of montotonic base and play the other strings as needed.

Thanks for the follow and nice comments on the song. We both have these Kala 8 strings and really like their sound. Think they’re really solid instruments. On this song Michael Stannard is playing the Kala Bari and I’m playing a tenor 8 string.

Must be the camera angle I’ve used as just an off the shelf Kala baritone.