GLENN’S UKE GUIDE

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L E A R N I N G H OW T O P L AY

• Check the community board at your local

music store for the ads of local instructors.

• Find a beginning method book to help you get started

• Plan to practice about 20 minutes everyday to make steady progress

T O N E WO O D S

Tone woods play a vital role in the construction of the ukulele top or soundboard, which amplifies and gives character to the transmitted vibrations of the strings.

MAHOGANY:

Mahogany gives good responsiveness, though less than the spruces and cedars, and gives a tonal balance more voluminous in the mid and higher ranges, as well as higher dynamics. Overall, it has a warmer overtone quality than the spruces and cedars.

KOA:

This exotic wood is native to Hawaii and is known for its rich, meaty warm tone

SPRUCE:

Spruce wood has one of the fastest sound velocities, the rate at which sound waves are able to travel through it, thereby making it one of the most responsive woods for uke soundboards.

H OW T O C H O O S E YO U R

U K U L E L E

The right ukulele should:

•Look good

•Sound good

•Feel good