The largest scale of ukulele (19 inches approx) developed in the 1940's and usually tuned DGBEĪ sub-division of time in musical notation. The back of the ukulele, this refers to the pieces of wood that make up the rear face of the instrument. Attack refers to the first point on that scale as the note appears from previous silence and reaches maximum volume.
#Action strings composition full#
When a note is plucked on a ukulele, the full sound of that note has a beginning, middle, and as it fades away, an end. The process of plucking the individual notes in a chord separately opposed to strumming them together. Too low an action and the strings may buzz on the frets or, in the worst case, mute out altogether. Too high an action makes the ukulele harder to play and will create some issues with tuning accuracy on the fretboard. Most commonly this relates to the height of the strings away from the fingerboard. The term that describes the setup of the strings in relation to the ukulele body and neck. A pure electric ukulele makes very little sound on its own, without being plugged in to an amplifier. The term that means the ukulele makes it's sound with no amplification, utilising its own construction and soundhole to project the tone and volume.
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A highly prized shiny material obtained from shells and often used on ukulele fret marker inlays, on headstocks, or on binding around the edge of the instrument or around the soundhole.