Why Guitarlele? | KoAloha Guitalele
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- In this guitarlele video I'll explain, "Why Guitarlele?" Get your free guitarlele chord chart bit.ly/2PhXTZZ
For the next few days I'm going to be posting videos regarding the guitarlele.
Whether guitarlele is something that you is on your radar or not, I do believe these next few videos will be of value to you.
I am going to share with you why I'm so into the guitarlele.
Please leave a comment with any questions, what kind of guitalele you have or want, or if you just want to say hi.
I highly value your input as it helps shape the content I provide to you.
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I have a complete step-by-step video guitarlele course at ukelikethepros.com/p/guitarlele-course.
@Keithava There is no time limit for the course, it's your forever and you can work at your own speed and rewatch, even download the videos if you like.
The Guitarlele and the ukulele are in the same tuning so you don't have to do anything different and the same chords will work on both.
The guitarlele and the guitar are tuned differently, the guitarlele is a 4th higher than the guitar. So a C chord on the guitar becomes an F chord on the guitarlele.
Wish I could get free guitarlele or ukulele from you😢😢
Uke Like The Pros
Can you tune it the same as a guitar. Thx
I don't know to play ukulele or guitar,but i have guitalele.....😐....will the course help me to start playing ??
We have the YAMAHA guitarlele
A guitar with a permanent fifth fret capo.
In simplest terms you are right. I think that ukulele size of the body and neck make it feel and sound different than a capoed guitar.
Or tune your guitar any way you like, and get a permanent spider capo or whatever you want to call it.
@@toady460 would rather not capo my guitar too often. It is still to big for me at this point in my life.
@@Ukelikethepros Just saw your reply to David's comment that a guitarele is a "guitar with a permanent fifth fret capo." I disagree with David's overly simplistic definition. Like you said, the guitarlele's size of the body and neck do make it feel and sound different than a capoed guitar. The best comparison is my classical acoustic guitar (with nylong string) vs. my guitarlele. If I put a capo on the fifth fret of my classical guitar, it will still sound different than my guitarele. I think the guitarele needs to be looked as an instrument in its own right. It's not a guitar or a ukulele. It's it's own thing.
Can the strings be reversed for a left hand play? Or is the low string too large to fit without some cutting of the nut?
In a perfect world, a factory left handed version would be nice!
Great video either way!
He's 90 and 30 at the same time.
It's called having 45
It's hard work getting my hair this white.
@@Ukelikethepros lol
Leave the man alone! Having white hair is not against the law.
I loveeeeeee his hair I think it’s pretty and it suits him ❤️
so it is like when a classical guitar and a ukulele *made a baby*
Haha, I like that. Essentially yes, but the tuning remains like the ukulele (A - D - G - C - E - A)
Want to see a real horror? The love child of an alp horn and a double bass.
@@whynottalklikeapirat Alright I got to give it up to you that is funny. Thanks for commenting.
@@Ukelikethepros Why, thanks for posting ;)
I wanna like this comment but 99 is such beautiful number ╰(*´︶`*)
In my language (Indonesian), lele means catsfish, so when I found this, I thought the guitar is made of catfish.
😂Interestingg, thank you for teaching me that about the Indonesian language.
Pacel lele
What's funny about that is that I was today years old when I came across this yt channel and when I first saw mr Carter I immediately thought he look like that one guy who is a host in one of the MTV shows. The show is called Catfish.
From an organological perspective, this instrument is indeed a type of guitar: a small bodied requinto guitar. Requinto guitars are tuned a fourth higher than standard guitars. I think the term “guitarlele” is a marketing term, since most English speaking people know what a guitar and a ukulele are, but they don’t know what a requinto guitar is.
Historically, most instruments were developed as a family based on the SATB (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) ranges of the human voice. The guitar is no different. In addition to the standard/prime guitar, there are also requinto, alto, and bass guitars, each covering a different tonal range. Like orchestral strings, these can be assembled into a guitar orchestra.
I personally picked up a Yamaha GL-1 recently, and find it delightful. I don’t bother to transcribe the music I play on it, but since I play alone, I treat it simply as a standard guitar that sounds a fourth higher using standard guitar fingerings. I play classical guitar and ukulele, and this little requinto combines the best of both worlds in a very portable package.
Tim, you make some good points and I do agree that many people in general, English speaking or not aren't familiar with requinto. Yes, the tuning is typically the same with a requinto and a guitarlele or guitalele, but the biggest differences is that the body and scale length are much bigger than the guitarlele. My KoAloha guitarlele has the same body size as their tenor ukuleles. I also own a Yamaha GL1 and a Flight GUT 350 guitarlele and although the bodies are a little longer than the KoAloha they are roughly the size of the tenor ukulele (although the Yamaha website says the GL1 to have the body size of a baritone ukulele, which I don't agree with. I have a Kanilea baritone and it's body is bigger than the GL1.
The other thing is the scale length (from the nut to the bridge). My KoAloha guitarlele, along with the GL1 and Flight are 17", which is what many tenor ukuleles are. My research on the requinto (as I do not own one) says it's roughly 21 inches. These 4 inches does make a difference in the feel and most likely the sound of the instrument.
Is it just semantics? Maybe or maybe not. The piccolo is essentially a mini flute yet nobody calls them mini flutes.
Scale length and body size also vary among guitars. A classical guitar has a scale length of 25.6” while a travel guitar may have a scale length of 21”, a difference of 4.6”, yet they are both called (standard) guitars. Requintos have a scale length around 21”, but it can vary. I think the salient common feature between a requinto and “guitarlele” is six strings tuned like a requinto and not like a standard, terz, or alto guitar.
Guitars have varied greatly in body size, scale length, and number of strings over the centuries. Just compare a Baroque guitar with its five doubled courses to a modern dreadnought.
My thought is that if a modern musical instrument design has a historical precedent, the name of that precedent should be used. This keeps language more precise and reduces clutter.
@@timlinnabary8296 I can understand what you are saying here, it's a good point. Looking at the definition "The term requinto is used in both Spanish and Portuguese to mean a smaller, higher-pitched version of another instrument."
Since you are saying that a guitarlele is just a requinto, I guess a question is why do we need to use the term, requinto, if it's just a small guitar that is tuned differently?
When someone plays guitar in a alternate tuning we don't call it a different instrument.
I don't really think it's right or wrong the way we call these instruments different names but it's an interesting debate.
Uke Like The Pros Yes, it is a very interesting subject! And the nomenclature of various instruments gets very confusing and convoluted the farther back in history you go since a lot of the terminology was never standardized until modern times. I think we can agree that whatever we call it, it’s a versatile, fun little instrument to play!
@@timlinnabary8296 Yes, we can totally agree on this. It's been fun and I learned a lot through our interaction. Thank you.
I actually really love this concept/hybrid instrument! I played guitar a bit in my twenties, but did not like the bulkiness, or the hard strings, so I gave up....fast forward a few _decades_ ...I'm now 56 and yesterday morning, seemingly on a whim, I picked up a simple soprano beginner's Ukulele. I say 'seemingly' because I have actually thought about picking up the Ukulele for quite a number of years and so, I finally stopped thinking about it and just did it.
Now, I have no illusions about quickly "mastering" the Ukulele...I'm just enjoying the process one mellow happiness-inducing step at a time. Even so, I'm still very surprised at how fast I was able to start making far more than passable simple melodies, and how much gentler the strings are on my finger tips! Again, I got my first Ukulele *yesterday*
I've subscribed to this channel, because the tutorials are wonderful. Thank you!
_ps: I'm definitely thinking about a Guitarlele purchase down the line_
me too...a uke beginner over 50. I tried a full sized steel string guitar in my early 20s'... , for my 5'4" somewhat petite frame, it was the wrong instrument for me.
Thinking about getting a guitalele although I’ve never played a guitar or a ukulele before, I think this page may help me out a lot :) so glad I found it
I'm in the same situation so what did you do?
Thank you! This is very informative - I just started playing ukulele and I love it. For me it's a perfect instrument - perfect size and form. So it's great to hear that there's even a little guitar in the same shape and size - with all the possibilities to expand into new areas in the future! Great channel, like your other videos too!
Thank you for the comment and welcome to the ukulele, it's a great instrument. The guitarlele is also a great instrument and like you said just an expansion of the ukulele.
I have a Yamaha version and I appreciate that it is like starting on the 5th fret of a guitar. There is relatively easy access to high notes used in solos that otherwise might be hard with a traditional guitar that is not cutaway.
This could be the answer to my prayers! I have struggled to learn the guitar - small hands and small brain! LOL. I gravitated to the baritone ukulele but it lacks the depth of sound. I am going to definitely check this instrument out now. Thank you Terry for a really educational video.
Pam Avery hello! i’m trying to decide whether to buy the guitalele or the baritone ukulele. is either one easier to play?
@@julesd9784 im having the same question!
@@julesd9784 hi i know im not the one ure asking but i personally think that if u went from playing the guitar and is more familiar with guitar chords than ukulele chords, it’s much better to buy guitarlele in starting but if you are coming from ukulele and wants to start playing the guitar but isnt ready for a standard size one, i think it’s better to start familiarising yourself with the baritone ukulele. hope this helped!
I started on a guitalele (as a smaller kid) and upgraded to a full sized classical guitar a few years after that. Gotta say, the guitalele probably held me in for long enough to the point that i enjoy playing music in general now
I recently got one as my first instrument and I’m pretty excited to learn it
Please update on how u r learning...like there aren't much of guitarlele tutorials on TH-cam...i wanna buy one but am scared :(
Studies are gonna rob my kpop and kdrama life! It’s the same thing as a normal ukelele.
I love my guitalele. I have a Kala. I’ve only played an ukulele, but I love the deeper tones of the guitalele. Thanks for putting tutorials out there. Much appreciated!
The chart was really helpful, thank you so much, my parents always ask me to learn these weird wacky instruments they find and buy, and I had given up guitalele, but this really helped.
Good to know about this instrument Guitalele.. thank you for sharing..
Just order my first Guitarlele yesterday after 4-month on learning Guitar. The travel size and the low A,D string amaze me! Thanks for the video, Now I get excited to go on my "guitar" learning journey on a Guitarlele!
Bought a Yamaha a few years ago and just picked it up again to play. Thank you for your videos, they were perfect to get me going. I’ve studied Suzuki violin and played some worship guitar so very excited to learn this instrument!
I just got an Ibanez EWP13 - I love the sound and I can’t wait to familiarise myself with it! Thanks for the useful videos, I’ll be checking out the full course, of course...
I bought a Luna Guitalele about a year ago. I struggled with it for a long time and then since I used to play the guitar just tuned it as a guitar. I like playing it like a guitar but your video is making me think of trying again to try to tune and play it like a ukulele. Thanks!
I just purchased the Sound Smith Guitalele. Waiting for it to ship....Your video is most helpful. Thank you!
So, I just got a Donner Guitarlele for Christmas. I started on a soprano Moukey Ukelele last Christmas and have loved it. I always wanted to play guitar but my hands seemed too small to reach many of the chords. Excited to get started! Love the sound and the added richness of the lower 5th and 6th strings!
My mum got me one for my birthday and I’m loving it
Awesome, congrats. Which one do you have?
Uke Like The Pros Yamaha GL-1
@@zacevans1683 Perfect, I have one as well. Great instruments and great price.
Been playing Ukelele for 5 yrs years , wanted to try guitarlele first time saw it. Purchased a Sound Smith, Love it . Not alot of tutorials,Thank you for the easy to follow lessons.
Been playing ukulele for a while (not very well), and just got a Yamaha GL1 Guitalele. Super excited to learn it but finding it a little hard at the moment as I'm not used to the extra strings. Super cool instrument though. Thanks Terry for making these videos, there's not much else around to help learn this instrument.
I have a Yamaha Guitalele. Great little instrument and I look forward to learning more about this one. Might be another purchase in my future!
To anyone that's thinking about getting a Guitalele, for whatever reason, I love mine. First off, you don't have to break the bank to afford one. I have a Yamaha GL1 Guitalele, in Persimmon Brown; they're available on Amazon and from music stores like Sam Ash & Guitar Center for $100. You can pay between $100 & $200 depending upon wood type and finish, but you don't need too. From what I've seen, the GL 1 is probably the most common of these instruments and it plays and sounds just great. I own and play a Kala KA-CE (and just got a KA-8E) and the GL 1 - or any Guitalele - does what the video says. It rounds out that sound and makes it thicker, adds low end, and makes it easier to play different types of music that are simply much more difficult on a Ukulele.
Yes, perfectly said. The Yamaha is probably the most common, it may be the one that's been around the longest. Kala and Flight make nice ones as well at a great price point. At some point soon I will be comparing many of the different types of guitarleles. I find them extremely fun to play and love that I can do all my jazz chords on them.
guitarbrad Omg! Great Souls think alike, I just picked up the exact same guitarlele you have a Yamaha GL-1 in Persimmon Brown! In Canada it goes for 129.00 plus tax but it's still cheaper than a lot of ukes plus you get that rich full sound from the lower G and the A and D. I'm actually just finding beautiful chords just messing around on it! I'm so excited because it's actually my very first day playing a guitarlele!
@@rjp63vip That is great, so glad to hear. The Yamaha is a great instrument and one of the first guitaleles on the market. It's such a fun instrument, it's what I take when I walk my kids and usually get a few hours of practice in while they run around the park.
I had my instrument for almost 2 years before I found out online how to tune it properly so I could enjoy playing it, and that was on the year 2014 when I bought it, thank you for your video, I could use that information.
You are welcome, I'm glad it helped. I have a bunch of guitarlele videos here on my guitarlele playlist bit.ly/2SQsFIg
Hi there! Can you PLEASE tell me... for the guitalele course, is it for brand new beginners who have NOT played the uke or guitar?? I am brand new to the guitalele and enjoyed your videos, playing along the best of my ability. I keep going to your checkout/complete my purchase for this course but am afraid it will be too hard! I have never played guitar or uke.
THANKS and I hope to hear back from you with hopefully good news so I can purchase your course!!!
CHEERS and much thanks!
I appreciate your videos. Thank God for TH-cam. I can learn from home. I have a Yamaha GL1 and love it. :-)
helpful for me confusing decision thanks a lot
This would be perfect for me! The bossa flair is perfect on this, I need one right away
I have a Yamaha GL1 i bought second hand. Very useful for making sense of you tube guitar tutorials.
This reminds me of when the 7 string electric guitar was invented in the 80's and then the 8 string in the early 2000's. Extended range instruments really open up some cool possibilities.
I just got an guitarlele for my birthday and so it's time to practise:)), It is my first time with a instrument with strings:)
Well, in latin América exist the "Requinto", it has the same tunning but bigger (like a little Martin Scale) and has more frets
Exactly, perfectly said.
My son got me a guitarlele for Christmas and I really want to learn.
Nice video. Just wondering, can you tune the Guitarlele in the standard guitar tune? If to do so, would it damage or bend the neck of the guitarlele in the long run? Thanks
The baritone ukulele is like the perfect instrument to play before learning guitar man that’s how I learned it
The baritone is a great instrument, I agree, and yes I can see how it can transition into the guitar since they share the same tuning. Thanks for your input.
Uke Like The Pros I have mine to my little brother, smaller guitar like things are perfect for smaller hands to learn on
Interesting, I am the other way around. I have played guitar for years now just picking up the Uke.
Great introduction to the instrument! Thanks for the video
I was just gifted a Yamaha guitalele and this will be my introduction to learning to play either instrument.
I Love your content, your dedication and enthusiasm:)
I would like to learn how to play the guitar, ukulele, and this guitalele. I also have a guitar already. What do you recommend learning first among the three? Would the transition from guitar to ukulele be easier or the other way around? Realistic, I'll probably only buy a guitalele or a ukulele though. Which would you recommend. Thanks for your videos.
I know this is late but I would recommend starting with a guitar, because even though it's harder, I've heard of people liking ukulele and deciding guitar is too hard compared to ukulele, whereas I started on guitar and then going to ukulele was easy. If you only get a guitalele and uke though, I don't think it would be too big of a difference to matter.
Hi, would you only recommend this to guitar and uke players or also for beginners in general? Im interested in picking up a string instrument for the first time and was strongly thinking uke. what would your suggestions be? Thanks
I thought about the guitalele for the reasons you mentioned: the cumbersome nature of the guitar, and was looking for a small-body guitar and landed on its 4-string descendant of a Portuguese branch of the guitar family tree. I"m happy with my choice of tenor-sized ukulele.
I bought a Yamaha gl1 because I wanted a travel guitar and here in Brazil we do not have a lot of those availible. I tried every trick around the internet to tune it like a regular guitar (E-B-G-D-A-E) - but sounded horrible. Then I realized how great was the original tuning in A - and now I play the guitalele a lot. Lots of fun.
Thank you for sharing this info, I have others that ask to tune it like a guitar. I would imagine the guitar tuning is too low and caused the strings to be too loose. It really is a great and fun instrument to play.
Rick_Santana I bought one 2 years ago and thought it was junk cause I tuned it like a standard guitar. I almost threw it away. I can’t wait to get home and tune it properly.
Thanks for this comment. The proper tuning should make the difference in sound and feel. Keep me posted on how you like it.
@@wileyearly4831 The same here. I'm a guitar player and songwriter and was stuck in the standard tuning mentality. The guitalele helped me to keep fresh and I've already written a song for it. Challenge yourself to do the same.
Isn't a regular guitar tuned E-A-D-G-B-E ?
I bought a Guitarlele and I do not have any regrets (Yamaha G1). I am originally a guitar player, but I had to move and couldn't take my guitars with me, so the guitarlele came into my like. I can play almost everything that I used to play, even shredding.
Nice, I think it's a great instrument. I do find the frets get closer together than a guitar as you move up the neck which makes playing some chords more difficult but that's about it.
I've been playing a soprano uke for about 2 years and I love it. I'm going to get a guitalele next month and start learning that. I won't stop playing the uke though. I really like the deeper sound on the guitalele more guitar like as you mentioned. I tried a low G string on the uke but I didn't like it so I took it off. it just didn't sound right to my ear. Thank you for the guitalele chord chart. That's really going to help when I bring the guitalele home. So far I like the Yamaha guitalele
That is so cool. Sopranos are fun to play. The low G I think sounds better on a tenor or even a concert ukulele. It's good to have both a high G and a low G ukulele so you can play a wider variety of material.
Once you get a guitarlele, check out the other guitarlele videos I have here on TH-cam as well as my guitarlele course bit.ly/2R0R4JS
I just got the Guitalele Bible a month ago, now I have all the chords and inversions
As a guitarist I use it to texture parts and as my travel companion. I’ve gotten a really cool sound recording my guitalele with a light overdrive.
I think its main advantage IS the size. I’ve come up with a lot of interesting chord voicings. Even when capo’ing a guitar, you still see the neck as a capo’s guitar.
I just ordered the yam.
Iv owned a few Ukes been a bassist for 21 years. I play double bass and a lot of acoustic guitar in my punk band and sing. This thing is something I am really pumped about. A fellow bassist friend of mine owns own and loves it. Can’t wait.
just ordered up a baritone uke.. electrics and occasional acoustic guitars have been what i mostly played. I appreciate the tuning which carries over the same scales that Iam finally learning how to use and the easier finger placeing will be a win-win for me...
Of course this 6 string uke has possibilities.
I've been hmming and hawing about one for awhile. I don't own a guitar and primarily play a Ukulele (well, or my steel lap guitar) but a small guitar sounds nice. What are you playing at 3:48 ? Sounds almost like Raindrops....
Hi. I just got a Yamaha Guitarlele GL1 and I am an absolute beginner. I have never played any instrument before! Hoping to learn more about guitarlele from you!
Interesting. This video didn't really make me crave a Guitarlele, as I already own more guitars than I have room for, but it did make me think more seriously about trying a low-G on my concert ukulele. What would be the right gauge of string for that?
I’m thinking about getting a guitarlele. A starter one. I’ve been messing around with the Córdoba Mini. I’m just not sure if I should try it. I’ve always wanted to play guitar but found it to be challenging. So you recommend trying one?
Have recently purchased the Yahama guitalele. I don’t fit around a more standard sized guitar, but wanted more than just four strings on a uke. Absolute beginner, so some interesting times ahead!
Hi, I'm strongly considering the purchase of the guitarlele, especially after seeing this video! I've played guitar since 14 yo, but never a ukulele. I really like the sound of the guitarlele vs the ukulele, so now it's about finding the right maker and tonal woods. Any suggestions/advice?
I bought the Yamaha guitarlele and am using regular guitar tuning. AEDGBE. It sounds fine. Later I may experiment to see the difference in tunings.
Hey guys. Was looking at your website and thinking about joining to learn how to play my Uke. Now I see this and I’m very intrigued. Do you offer a complete beginners course for the guitarlele? Sorry if you answered this already somewhere else.
Very informative video. Do you know wich is the diference between the ukulule and a venezuelan cuatro?
I don't have one but want one. I have a tenor, baritone, and a concert. Love the sound of this one and the option to expand.
Even though you have to get used to a new tuning, could the guitar skills transfer over exactly the same way for this instrument? ALSO: is English your secondary language? I noticed a few differences in how you pronounce things.
I have a question. I have musical goals. I have a concert and soprano ukulele. I’m in the process of learning and still have a ways to go. I also play piano. Piano skill is a bit all over the place. I can sit down to a lot of music and play or figure it out and play but I’m working on basic fundamentals that either I never learned or I forgot.
The next instrument I want to learn ( maybe in a year) is a 6-string banjo. Then a year later I want to start guitar. (My first guitar will be a Fender because I have always wanted one)
In any case, I want to know, first, are the strings and fingering on the banjo (6-string) like a guitar or something else entirely? I just love the banjo and that’s why I want to learn it before guitar but is that a bad idea or just a preference? Any advice would be great. Covid has made me more musically diverse and I’m loving it!
I just started getting into the ukulele and I am reading about different sizes and came across the guitalele.
Hi I am a novice regarding string instruments have been learning ukulele for a while and I find the tone a bit limited. So I am thinking about either getting a baritone or a Guitar, but this Guitalele seems to have the best of both worlds. What would you recommend (to get more fun learning) taking into account resources available online are basically for guitars or standard tunning ukes?. In my country the selection fo baritone ukes is limited (the makala is the best you can get or an overpriced oscar schmidt) and the only guitaleles around are the yamaha GL1
I have a yamaha GL1 that I purchased from guitar center on whim. Is the Ohana TKGL-20 noticably better than my Yamaha. I'm going to use this instrument while I travel for months at a time.
You have increased my interest in the Romero Creations TT6. I like the additional breadth that it gives . . .
Will nylon strings for the 4th,5th, and 6th string be tighter than using non nylon strings? My guitalele came with 3 nylon for the 1, 2, and 3 string and a non nylon for the 4, 5, and 6th which seems to be a bit loose? Will I get a tighter fit if I replace them? Thanks.
How would you compare the guitarlele with the baritone ukulele? My first guess would be that the baritone ukulele sounds louder, lower and is easier to play, but is a bit limited by the 4 strings. Is this right? How would you compare them?
I am interested in purchasing a guitarlele. Which brands do you like and why? I saw a Yamaha one for $99. Is that a good one? Also, where can I get some classical music to practice with it?
I'm toying with getting a guitalele one day. I used to want to play guitar but since learning uke instead i decided i like the more off-the-path instruments (everyone plays guitar) :). Do you think you'll still play standard ukes after learning the guitalele since you can do everything on a low g uke you can on a guitalele with strings 1-4. What about baritone? I assume the guitalele goes down an additional 3 tones (C, B, A) from a baritone so the baritone is almost as deep (but not as high). Just random musings and interested in your thoughts.
Great question. I do love the guitarlele but yes I will absolutely still play the 4 string ukulele. I do think the guitarlele definitely offers more flexibility with the extra strings and makes it easier to play bigger fuller chords especially for Jazz, Blues, and Classical. The low G ukulele is what I prefer over the high G when playing ukulele but still not as wide of a range as the guitarlele.
The baritone is a different beast altogether, you have a longer neck, bigger body and a different tuning. I do like the baritone but I seem to approach it differently than a standard ukulele. The guitarlele has a body and neck length of a tenor ukulele so it's easy to hold and play once you get use to the wider neck.
It helps a lot if you have guitar a background. Have played some GUsfor extended times here and there and would like to get one in the future.
Your right, the wider neck makes it a bit tricker to go from 4 string ukulele to guitarlele. Although I think the tenor sized body and neck lenght of the guitalele would make it easier for a beginner to learn than even a small sized guitar. What do you think?
Nice.,,glad im found you...thks
Right on, welcome and thanks for the comment.
Thank you!
I'm looking to buy Yamaha GL-1 Guitalele. I'm a complete beginner, your thoughts?
Cool video! Thanks.
Hi I have since a year a guitarlele. I play the guitar since 40yrs. I like the guitarlele for its size and sound. I’m glad you showed that it is not appropriate to tune it like the guitar ! although the tune pattern is identical to the guitar.
mine is an acoustic type.do u think i can fix a microphone in it ??
Kindly Reply,, How many octaves we can play in this amazing Guitarlele?
I can play almost 4 octaves.
I just bought the Yamaha GL1 Guitalele and love it already! Love the size, the sound, how nice the action is and love that it's so versatile. I learned to play my first string instrument which was a banjo ukelele. At the time I was the rhythm section to my Dad's lead mandolin. I hated that bango ukelele!! It was made of stainless steel, it was heavy for a child to play and to me always sounded tinny and too loud, plus my Dad's choice of music to play was light years from what I was interested in playing. I wanted to play guitar.
When i was sixteen i finally had the opportunity to purchase my first guitar, a Yamaha. i have no idea what model it was but it would''ve been 1979 so maybe you can guess. All I know is i walked into a local music shop, told them i wanted to learn guitar and the guy handed me this Yamaha. Well, I hated that guitar!! It was too big (a dreadnought), the action was too high which made effective chording almost impossible for me, and too loud in my opinion. Consequently the guitar lessons didn't go too well and ended up with me paying to hear my teacher show off what he knew and could play on his guitar. So endeth the first attempt at learning guitar.
Many, MANY years later when I hit my late forties I realised that i really did want to learn how to play a guitar reasonably well and set out to accomplish this goal. I bought a mint used Seagull Artist Mosaic accoustic guitar for $500 from a guy who didn't realise what it was worth and signed up for more lessons. I loved that guitar!! Nice easy action, great sound, perfect size for me. I ended up with a great teacher but sucumbed to a long episode of dealing with Carpel Tunnel Syndrome after I'd only had maybe two lessons. I underwent the surgery, a huge success but by that time was needing to make some money and sold my guitar to a guy who knew what it was worth, much to my economic advantage! So endeth the second attempt at learning guitar.
Now we're about five or six years later and again, as winter comes on I get the itch again, you know the one. I decide to start at the beginning where I would start a child. I purchase a ukelele and fool around on that for awhile.Then I ask for and receive a lovely little Seagull Merlin for Christmas 2017. Lot's of fun to fool around on and pick out melodies but the set up is more like a dobro and I have no idea how to attack chording on this thing, despite all the online stuff. And, it's just not a guitar. What I REALLY want to learn is the guitar so I can cross it off my list of "To Do's" in my lifetime. Hence the purchase of the GL1. I'm really, REALLY hoping this will be a good place to start yet again and then transition to a guitar when I start to feel the BIG itch!
So that's my story, and I'm sticking to it! I'm hoping that by watching some of your videos I'll learn some things and start to feel more confident and ready to take on a full size guitar again. I think though that this time I'll hang onto this sweet little thing and have it as a travel instrument!
Cheers!
Lynda Armstrong
Lynda, thanks for sharing you great journey of music and the guitar which has now lead us to the guitarlele and this video. I as well love the guitarlele, it's my go to instrument especially when I go out to the park and play. Although the tuning is different than the guitar all the chords and songs you learn on the guitarlele will transfer over to the guitar.
Yamaha is a great company, I do know the late 70's models you speak of but don't really know the model names. I have several nylon string Yamahas from the 70's.
I really like what Yamaha is doing with acoustic steel string guitars, for $150-$300 you can get a really nice acoustic guitar.
I recently bought a GL1 to do a comparison video vs. my KoAloha and the Flight GUT 350. I like the sound and shape of the GL1, for $99 it is a great instrument. My KoAloha has a little wider of a neck which is good for my fingers and the neck it slimmer than the GL1.
But we are also talking about a $750 KoAloha vs. the $99 GL1.
I have some Guitarlele videos here on TH-cam and will be posting more.
Also, when your ready I just released a Guitarele Course at www.ukelikethepros.com/guitarlele-course
Enjoy the lessons and stick with it.
Hi Terry, I have a question. There is a cable coming out of the Guitarlele. Is that also different then from the other ukelele's you described?
Thank you, for explaining how this instrument works.
Hi! I’m not Terry but that just means that he is using an electro acoustic guitalele. There are electric versions of ukuleles as well. This means that they can be plugged into an amplifier.
My son just bought me a Yamaha guitalele and I'm excited to learn to play it. I've only played guitars.
I Love my GL-1 Guitalele, just wish there was a complete instruction for it
The GL-1 is great, I have a comparison video with the GL-1, my KoAloha and the Flight GUT-350. I wrote a complete course for guitalele at www.ukelikethepros.com/p/guitarlele-course
Hi Terry! Maybe I ask the same question like 528.638 others did.... I do it again: which brand is this wonderful Guitarlele in your video? Is it available in Germany also and how much? Thank you in advance. Sepp Wylde
Wow! When I grow up, I will be a guitarlele... Maraming salamat po!
Thank you for the comment and teaching me a new phrase. Is "maraming salamat po" Filipino?
@@Ukelikethepros Yes! Again, thank you very much.
As an aside, have you played a tenor guitar? If so how do you think they compare?
Awesome 😎🤷♂️👏
Hello, thanks for your lesson. But i can't get an access to your chord chart link. Do you know why?
I'm lefty, Can i play if change the position of string or i got change the bridge too
Right. I’m gonna buy one
how'd it go?
I purchased an Ibanez Ewp14opn Piccolo guitar/ guitarele a little over a year ago. I've been a gigging jazz vocalist for years so I've always had great players around; never gone past dabbling with guitar, in spite of my husband being an instructor.
This little thing got me playing! It's so much fun to strum and sing with! Then I realized the high four strings were the same as the ukulele so I started playing ukulele chords on those strings. Got a Breedlove concert uke coming in tomorrow and I'm also getting the Luna 8-string tenor ukulele. Without knowing any of this my daughter got a soprano uke from a friend when the FB buyer didn't show up! Haha, simultaneously I'm playing bass and saving for an upright! Back to piano to make reading music and music theory more accessible. Exciting!!
Wow 😮 I sure got motivated just watching you play that guitalele I have ukulele but not that guitalele where can I order one for myself do you give lessons for beginners on your channel on TH-cam I’m willing to learn it’s a new year I wanna start as soon as I get a guitalele thank you for sharing have a great 👍 day
Yes, I like the excitement. I just released my Guitarlele Course at www.ukelikethepros.com/p/guitarlele-course. Also there is a 10% off coupon you'll see once you add the course to your cart.
As far as guitareles I do sell the KoAloha ones in my store, www.store.ukelikethepros.com but just sold the last one yesterday and waiting for a new shipment.
Did you grab the free guitarlele chord chart bit.ly/2PhXTZZ
Let me know if these help.
I'm a beginner guitar player student. Do you think trying this instrument would enhance my learning experience? Thank you.
i was really having hard time deciding what to buy because my budget is limited. I thought ukulele would be best because its not pricey like guitar but it feels like ukulele is not the sound that i wanted. but after watching this im convinced, i need guitalele. A good way to start
I somehow accidentally found out about Guitalele today, and then found my way here to your video.
I’m intrigued by this instrument. I’ve mostly avoided ukulele because I tend to like instruments that have some low end also. I play guitar and bass.
This instrument is really interesting though. I’ll check out your other videos about it.
The guitalele is great for the added low end, one of the reasons why I like it as well. Here is my playlist of guitarlele videos, with more on the way. th-cam.com/play/PLB4hT1OuHQ2e3ooowKUBh8gjpLpCttnLn.html
Hi, I'm Petter and I'm from Brazil. I'am studing ukulele and I've just bought an Ubass to learn this instrument to. But today I new the "gritarlele" and finaly I think I've found my guitar instrument. So now I want to especialyze in ukulele, but learn to play Ubass and Guitarlele either. But how to learn plaing Guitarlele? do you now any course? and I've just started to follow you on your chanels. Regards from Brazil
Do you know the Gretsch G 9126 ACE ? Is it better than the Yamaha guitalele ? Thanks !
It’s music, it’s artistic, it’s moving, not static. Awesome guitalele or guitarlele, whatever, it’s awesome! Music is moving and changing
Nicely said.
Hey!
I just bought a Guitalele!
I think it doesn't have specified name. It's called Guitlele or guitalele or even guitarlele!
It would be awesome if you could make a video on scales and chords though!
That is great, what one did you get? Yes you are correct I see guitele, guitalele, and guitarlele as well. I pronounce it guitarlele, it's just easier for me to say. Great point on the lessons, please continue to follow the videos I'll be posting this week as I will begin to answer those concerns.
I have downsized to a 3/4 size guitar, and learning to play a tenor ukulele. What is the challenge level of a guitarlele?
hey i have a guitarlele now in the past i found it difficult to play wit others like a normal guitar player becuase the tuning of the Guitarlele is the same as putting the capo on the 5th fret of the guitar how do you play with others