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Curt Sheller • All Things `Ukulele and Jazz Guitar

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The Internet's largest collection of information for ukulele and jazz guitar.

Tying Ukulele Strings to the Bridge

Tying Strings

  • Tiki King "How to" section, How to change strings - link

    Slotted bridge, Tie bridge, Pin bridge

  • Tying Strings to Tuning Pegs and Bridge, Kawaiki Ukuleles - link
  • Ukulele - Changing Strings, Ukulele workshop by Rigk Sauer (RISA Musical Instruments) about changing the strings of your ukulele - link

    (Ed. Great information on tying and stringing all types of ukuleles. Rigk is the manufacture and builder it RISA ukuleles.

Bridge-Pin

Bridge pins are used on some musical instruments to locate the string precisely in the horizontal plane, and in the case of harpsichords to affect the sustain of the strings.

Slotted Bridge Pins have a groove or slot cut in them which providing room for a string to pass between the pin and bridge.

Solid Bridge Pins require a notch in the bridge to for the string.

Bridge Pin Material affect the tone of the instruments and can be any material and typically wood, bone, plastic, fossilized ivory or metal.

  • Bridge-Pin Science by John Mickelson - link

    What role do bridge pins play in sound? Aren't they just to keep the strings from flying off?

    Site discusses slotted vs. no slots. Bridge pin material and how it affects an instruments tone.

  • Guitar Bridge Pins and their effect on tone by Mury's Music
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A Guide to Ukulele Chords - 2nd Edition

A Guide to Ukulele Chords is designed as a guide to ukulele (pronounced “oo-koo-lele”) chords. Covering the basic ukulele chords that ALL ukulele players SHOULD know. A Guide to Ukulele Chords covers movable chord forms, rock chords, how to transpose chords, learning the ukulele fingerboard and includes an introduction to 4-part, a.k.a “jazz” chords and more...

From a few “core, basic chord shapes and a understanding of how chords are constructed. Your chord vocabulary can be dramatically increased without memorizing countless chord shapes. There are too many chord shapes to memorize.

More info and complete samples of entire book.

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