I love to play the guitar, but this is my new favorite instrument by far. I see it as a similar, but yet very distinct instrument. I love the feel of the guitarlele with it's small size and light action. It is much easier to carry around and play anywhere, and I love the light action and small size which makes it easier for me and my small hands to play. Plus, it is great for teaching early music lessons. My youth group kids, as well as my biological kids all love it! It seems to have sparked a whole new level of excitement for learning to play with the youth praise band. :)
I love everything you said in this comment, I think it’s dead on. I have also found much inspiration from it. It also works well if others are playing ukulele and you play guitalele. Which guitalele do you have?
@@Ukelikethepros, My daughter plays ukulele as her primary instrument. And, I have several kids in the youth group who are interested in learning both ukulele as well as guitarlele. So, your videos are super helpful and I am getting a great deal out of your guitarlele course. I personally have the Yamaha GL1. I have bought two more of them one for my son and one for a young lady in the youth praise band. I have a dream of getting a Koaloha like the one you use with the pick up. I have to save up for that one though :) Thank you for all you do!!!
@@successful4u1 Thanks for sharing this. The Yamaha GL1 is a good instrument, I have one as well. The nice thing about the KoAloha Opio with Acacia wood is that even though it's expensive about $750 it's a better price point than the KoAloha Koa D6 which they don't make anymore which would be well over $1000, probaby about $1200. It's great that your getting all your kids into playing. Keep up the great work you are doing.
@@deeman524 Why would you capitalize youth praise band? It would be incorrect English unless that is a specific proper name, which it does not seem to be in this case.
My dad bought me a kid guitar when i was 7 :) because of my small, female fingers it was hard for me to use the big guitar. I thought it was just a kid toy and yet it sounded so cool, now watching your post, i got it... what he bought is guitarlele :) thanks for your vlog, i learned to treasures the gift he gave me 40 yrs ago!
I've played the guitar for years and have only recently picked up the ukulele. This seems like the best of both worlds. Small, portable but with the same chords as the guitar. I do love the depth of sound that the guitar you are playing has. Not all nylon stringed guitars sound this rich. I retire soon... I might have to research this out and add it to my mix!
Yes, they are great. Guitars do sound fuller and this one I'm using is an Aria Classical guitar made in Spain. The best sounding guitaleles I have found are the KoAloha and the Romero Creations. Yes, I play both of them and sell them at my store.ukelikethepros.com but I have played many of the ones on the market and they are both great.
As an elderly Guitalele beginner, I have been greatly encouraged by your on-line demonstrations - thank you very much, Terry. I have progressed over the last few months by following your advice. The acquisition of an acoustic guitar (vintage, Japanese-made) has led me to progress on that instrument in tandem. In considering the difference between the two instruments, I would say the Guitalele sounds sweet and satisfactory - and is eminently portable. However, the guitar has the edge when it comes to sound quality due to the plangent amplification offered by the larger body. I intend to practice daily on the smaller instrument and swap to the larger one when I want to indulge myself!
I think the guitar sounds fuller and the guitalele is mellower and more uke sounding. Your demo makes clear the differences between the two and that they are two distinct instruments. I might have to get a guitalele and try it out. Great video!
Thank you this is great to hear. I just got back from Maui and I only took my guitalele. It was a perfect for the plane and a great beach instrument that is easy to take along. I also wrote new songs every morning sitting on the beach and it worked for that as well.
Terry was in a music store today sniffing around the Acoustic Guitar section.After playing Ukulele Baritone Ukulele and Guitarlele,I picked up the guitar and all the fears from the past hit me again.I tried 4 times over my life to learn music on the guitar and failed miserably. i am now i think an intermediate player because of the 4 string to 6 string progression.Thank you for offering the course at precisely the right time.Great song by the way.. think i recognize it..lol
On the guitalele we can use much more of the traditional Ukulele right hand (picking hand) techniques, which are very different from the picking on a guitar, either fingerstyle or with a plectrum. Also, Ukes usually are made from heavier (more dense) and kinda "softer" tonewoods, like mahogany, koa, or walnut, which sound totally different from Sitka Spruce, Pine, Rosewood, or even Cedar, usually used on guitars (which are much harder, and even if/when they're heavier like Rosewood, they still fell kinda a little "brittle").
6:25 Could you do a similar video like this one, comparing the guitarlele to a ukulele of the same size? - Maybe you can also add a 6-string ukulele to the comparison, too! Thanks.
What is your thoughts about tunning a guitarlele as a standard guitar. I did it with my Yamaha GL1 guita le le and sounds really good, of course I used different kind of strings. Can you make a video about how we can tune the guitalele as a standard guitar? Just wondering
I picked up a guitarlele so that I could practice guitar but have a smaller instrument to carry around. Thing is, now i LOVE my guitarlele and kind of don't want to play my guitar as much. I'm in a bluegrass band, so this might be a problem lol! Thanks for the videS!
Jessica Rinks hey! i was wondering if the guitalele makes it harder to play because of the tuning. i wanted to buy one because they’re smaller than guitar and seem really cool, but i was wondering if it would be better to learn guitar?
@@julesd9784 I'm having the same dilemma. I do like to play along with friends sometimes so that could be a challenge. I'm thinking about a baritone guitalele which would be tuned in E, but the sound isn't as distinct and not quite as compact. What to do...
@phaedrica no it isnt...but id highly recommend learning it...itll take a few days to get the hang of it and another week to smooth out transitions...let muscle memory kick in ....its one of thos3 chord shapes that you can move accross the fretboard ...so its very useful...smiliar for B major and B minor. Good luck Friend.
I am blown away by this thing. I have not heard a guitalele until now. It has a smaller sound, duh, but a good and full sound. I'm definitely going to go shopping for one. I can see this displacing the guitars in my life. I don't 'play' a guitar in the full sense, I just use one to self accompany for singing. The guitar is becoming more difficult for me to play as I get older and I can see this little guy moving right in. Thanks for your videos.
As a musician how two instruments are played physically is more relevant to their similarity than the sound. Because is has the exact same relative tuning as a guitar just transposed up a perfect fourth, all the muscle memory from guitar applies immediately. Any musician can find the root on any fret board and go from there. The open position chord names are simply a fourth higher at the root but remain major or minor, not a big deal. They have acoustic electric ones so you can amplify it as much as you need to too.
I play the Guitalele in a punk ukulele band! I installed a pick up in it, and I love it! I don't play it very subtly, Whacking it with a pick and playing the odd solo's! It doesn't take long to finger a 'C' chord and automatically think 'F' so that I can jam with someone who is on guitar, and translate their chords instantly. although, I do picture and target the 12th fret area of guitar for solos (7th on Guitalele)
Well Terry you know my Goldie Locks story but i'll share it for others to see. Once upon a time I really wanted to learn to play guitar but everytime I tried to hold one and play. I thought it's too Big and too long! Too heavy. If I had to play a guitar I would choose the yamaha electric acoustic apx2 I think that's the name of it . However even this small guitar I find too long! Then my mom suggested a ukulele because of the smaller size and simple chords shapes for C F A Cmaj 7 C7 etc... But I found many ukulekes to small and too high pitched and tinny sounding. I tried the baritone but I didn't like the tuning, it was a tad long but not too long but not many baritone tutorials. So I brought a cheap soprano ukulele mostly because of price! I got it home and played it for a few days and returned it. Too small, to tinny sounding. Now I had tried a Guitarlele at the music store and thought wow! I love the size, the sound, and the price! But when u checked TH-cam for Guitarlee tutorials I only found a handful done by you. Then I saw one of your Guitarlele vidoes where you talk about your Guitarlele course and at a discounted price! Well that's where like Goldie Locks I said this one is Just Right! Your Guitarlele course is Awesime and FUNtastic! So which do I prefer? Need I say more after that Epic reply! 😜🙃😎 The Guitarlele hands down! I love the warmer sound! Plus I live in the best of three worlds now! I can watch and learn from ukulele and guitar tutorials ! I took my Guitarlele to jam at World Ukulele Day at West Edmonton Mall and It was a perfect fit! I see 1 billion people playing this instrument in the merry near future.because of its size , tone, price and adaptability! Nuff Said finally! 🎼🎼🎼🎼😎😎😎💃🏾💃🏾👍🏿👍🏿🎤🎤🎬🎬🌅🌅😜😜😜 JR 😎 🌅
Priscilla McIntire thank you Priscilla I love your story too! I believe within the next 1-3 years the Guitarlele will be very popular! It would work well in many music genres! And it looks so cool! Klos will probably make a carbon composite one, there will be all kinds of colours styles and shapes of Guitarlele's hitting the market and Terry Carter and ukelike the pros will be at the forefront of this awesome fabulous FUNtastic Adventure in music! Our community of Guitarlele players will be 1 billion strong and sooner than we think! JR
Having watched this video I can hear the difference between the guitar with a capo and the guitarlele. I had to give up the guitar due to shoulder problems and took up the ukulele which I love. I am not at this moment considering another instrument but if I were, I would consider a guitarlele.
Thank you for sharing this story, many people, mainly guitarists, don’t understand the problems many people have playing a full sized acoustic guitar. I’m happy you found the ukulele and I think you will enjoy the guitarlele once you try one.
I have a Kanile'a 5 string ukulele (both low- and high-G strings), which I love. I've tried playing my classical guitar since starting the ukulele about 2 years ago, and it feels SO large and bulky in my arms (and I am a pretty big guy - 6'1"). I'm considering getting a guitalele and just playing some regular guitar music from tabs. I know that it will be a 4th higher than the written sheet music, but since I play solo fingerstyle WITHOUT singing, it really doesn't matter. Thanks for the very useful information.
Hi Terry... Great video as always... I have an Uke and a guitarlele... When I purchased the guitarlele I tuned like guitar on the 5th fret... But when start to play rock songs looks it sounds very high... So I tried a few things and found that tuning it like a guitar on the 3rd fret sounds better, at least yo me...
6:09 I hear what you were just saying now. The guitar, with the capo, had a bigger/more resonant sound, coming out of a larger body - compared to the guitarlele, which has a higher/more mellow (ukulele-like) sound.
I play a 6 string baritone and a guitar as well as use. I can play my 6 string baratone in EADAGBE with hard tension strings but if I capo it at fifth fret it sounds similar to my tenor Ike. Like to see you do a video on that comparison.
I find it interesting how many feel there is only one name for this instrument. One of the earliest commercial developers of this instrument, Kanile'a calls it a 'Guitarlele'. In fact based upon the following lines from the web … it appears there are several different name for this instrument ("Several guitar and ukulele manufacturers market guitaleles, including Yamaha Corporation's GL-1 Guitalele, Cordoba's Guilele and Mini, Koaloha's D-VI 6-string tenor ukulele, Mele's Guitarlele, Kanilea's GL6 Guitarlele and Islander GL6, Luna's 6-string baritone ukulele, the Lichty Kīkū, the Kinnard Kīkū, and the Gretsch guitar-ukulele." ) Call it what you like, it is a portable instrument that is relatively easy to learn and transport with extended tonal range compared to a four string instrument. I think I will call mine a "Ukitar".
I have really small hands, which makes it really hard for me to play the guitar properly. (I do succeed at playing the ukelele since it is smaller.) Do you think the guitalele would be a good alternative for the guitar for me? Is it easier to play chords and all? Thanks!
Easier than a steel string guitar 1000000% and if you have small hands a classical nylon string can also be super hard due to the wider neck and more space between the frets. If it's the size that's an issue I think a guitarlele would be a good option
It is a totally different instrument in tone, yeah. I don't know if it is because I'm a guitar player stuff but I still prefer the sound of the guitar overall, it's more "full" and has a lot more bass in it. I'd still want to study the guitarlele because it seems like a fun little instrument to bring to the beach and play with a group of friends. I'm actually interested in finding out if, with higher tension strings (like those found in small/kid guitars), I'd be able to tune it in standard E
Good point. Yes the guitar is fuller sounding for sure. But if your use to playing an ukulele than the guitarlele sounds fuller. I did try to tune my guitalele down to E - E like a guitar and it’s didn’t work. I actually have a video on it. So to your point maybe with high tension strings it may work, I will talk to Pepe Romero Jr about it, he’s an expert and can give an good answer to this
The little dude is a lot brighter but not in a bad way. I am looking forward to doing this as soon as mine shows up. Really enjoy these videos man thanks
I just bought a 1/4" guitar myself and I'm beyond excited to get it, I plan to add nylon strings and use it as a guitarlele, the Yamaha guitarlele is actually the same size as a 1/4" guitar so I am expecting it to work well! 😄
i would love to learn how to play a guitarle, i’ve never played a guitar and i know nothing about string names, tuning, care, or literally anything about it, what’s the best way to learn and what kind of guitarle should i get??
Thank you for making this! I didn't know that this instrument existed until now. I just discovered your channel, and after watching 2 videos, I'm subscribed! I've been thinking about getting a uke, and I can tell your channel will definitely help me be even better informed on ukuleles! I look forward to seeing more of your videos.
Thank you for the comment and subscribing. Which ukulele are you thinking of getting? Did you see this video on the different ukulele sizes? th-cam.com/users/edit?o=U&video_id=hmW2ccWJOk4
@@Ukelikethepros In fact, that was the first video I saw from you :D I was definitely interested in all of them, but finally I realized that the concert uke would probably be the best fit for me as I want it to be good to play individual notes on and still be simple enough to learn and play comfortably as a beginner!
Would you please make comments on comparing the baritone ukulele with a guitalele? I thought they were the same size, but I have just learned that the guitalele is smaller, like the tenor uke. I am particularly interested in the size and spacing of fretboard. I have been learning a bari. Thankyou!
Yes you can play it like a guitar. The chord shapes are the same but the chord names are different store.ukelikethepros.com/products/guitarlele-book-for-ukulele-and-guitar-players
The comparison here is between 2 nylon strung instruments. I have a Guitalele and a steel strung acoustic guitar and the sound difference between the two is a lot greater (even at the 5th fret). So having a Guitalele gives me a totally different sound.
@@Ukelikethepros it's because of you that I know of koaloha, and now the guitarlele. Cant express how much I appreciate all the hard work you put into your channel. I cant wait to track down a steal of a deal on a koaloha guitarlele. Wish I could make the Friday meetings (I'm at work 🧐) super excited to really dive in and see what your online membership videos are like 🤙🤙
@@nackmurphy832 Thank you for the kind words, it's so great to have you on this musical journey of ours. Let me know if you have any questions and I'm looking forward to hearing what you think.
Thanks Terry for the demonstration. .I'm considering a guitarele... I play ukelele now. I'm not sure I can transition to the different chord shapes though.
They have different timbres due to the size of the soundbox, but barring the guitalele sounding a fourth higher they essentially play the same, if I know a song on guitar, I could play it a fourth higher on guitalele easily, like I already can for many songs on guitar or ukulele, starting on a guitalele would probably be ideal for someone struggling with guitar and learning one essentially opens the other up, I think learning multiple instruments benefits your musicality in general, instead of looking for shapes first and learning about why, you learn to figure it out based on your knowledge of music in general. I always struggled with guitar but when I got a violin, then a mandolin and an ukulele, I found my progress on guitar speeding up rapidly as musical ideas became more accessible, as stringed instruments are quite funny to try and play if you only look at tabs and chord diagrams. Learning how to construct chords on multiple instruments opens many doors! I can try out weird tunings and know all the places I can find the note I want, I can construct a chord based on it's intervals and embellishments rather than having to look up every chord for every instrument and potential tuning!
How to play the barre chords with this small space for the fingers? It is very hard for me.. So.. I think that it is a nice instrument but not for all music.
Is it possible to put some bassier strings on their to increase the lowend? The body and string shape lengths and neck make me think it will sound high, but the other video you showed it's got decent lows
To my untrained ear they sound the same (with guitar fretted at the fifth). Used to play a baritone uke but now play both a nylon string and a steel string guitar. In general prefer the sound of nylon over steel strings so am interested in getting a nylon stringed guitalele (for those that don't know Ibanez make a steel stringed guitalele).
Thank you very much for the info. Still relevant! I really want to re-learn the guitar again but with small hands and me moving house constantly, any additional weight to move around with is too much for me. I'm really considering the guitarlele, though it seems i have to set my mind to Transpose everytime i play a song. Would this be wise if i eventually want to graduate to a guitar?
if using a piezo or a mic and an amp, it's possible to make the guitalele (yamahas name) more sound like a guitar by also using the fatest availiable strings
Could you just shift all the original strings down and buy just a low E string to tune it EADGBE? Would it sound weird? I would like to buy a guitalele and wonder if that is an option. Thanks. It sounds great.
Good question and I have a video coming out on that. Typically no, because guitar tuning is down a 4th, the strings have too much slack in them and sound funny. You would need a high tension string in order for it to work effectively.
I think that baritone ukuleles probably sound closer to a guitar than a guitalele does because the strings are the same as the bottom ones on the guitar and they're also pretty big and closer to a guitar with the sound. On a scale the guitalele would be closer to the ukulele and the baritone uke to a guitar. Without using capos, I actually think the two sounded really close to each other with the capo on the 5th fret. But I don't have a baritone myself so I can only judge that by TH-cam videos and knowing what my own ukuleles and guitar sound like. But thanks for that very comprehensive video!
You bring up some great points. I have a baritone so I'll have to compare it with both the guitar and the guitarlele. I see more videos coming. Thanks for the comments.
Very nice.. how bout tuning the guitalele same as the standard guitar. Is it posible? Is it still playable? Coz if im gonna have a guitalele, im gonna tune it to standard tuning (open E).
I have a Kala guitarlele I bought on a whim, but it sat unplayed for a few years. I want more range than I get from my ukes now, so... Also, I like the wider neck of a classical guitar/guitarlele, but for medical reasons can’t handle the stretch required for the upper guitar frets. This seems like a good place to start. Maybe a requinta guitar later? Thank you for these tutorials.
Does the guitalele require less strength in the fingers of the left hand than a regular guitar? I have aa disease that comes with a few muscle problems and have trouble gripping the cords on a guitar because I lack the strength - I do not have that problem on my ukulele but I would prefer a six-string instrument.
To my ears the guitar has more of the lower end, probably due to bigger body. But to have them played behind a curtain might give a different result. Volume goes to the guitar.
Good point and great suggestion on a blind test. That's how they audition musicians for orchestras, they play behind a curtain so the judges can't see who the performers are.
I like the timbre on a guitalele more than guitar. But i don't usually strum it because it doesn't handle it very well it's much better on the picking side and also like that you can get away with really weird chords shape much more so than on a guitar infact i can do certain things on a guitalele i just can't do on a standard guitar.
When you capo the guitar on the 5th fret, it does sound similar to the gutalele but the guitar is much fuller and richer sound than the gutalele. I like the guitar better.
Uke Like The Pros Thank you so much for your reply. Really appreciate it. Went to the site. I think it’s a little high price-wise for me right now. I’m going to get the Gretsch G916 and ride that out for a year and see how I enjoy the six string uke before I pay for a more expensive one.
actually the body is bigger then the tenor ukulele, and those that say the guitalele is the same as a guitar with the capo on the 5th fret is the same are right when you capo the 5th fret of the guitar the string tuning is the same as the guitalele the sound of the guitar will be better because of the larger body, the capo alters not only the sound but the key as well as in this case yes the tuning due to the capo and its purpose or job that is does, if you capo the 7th fret of the guitalele the tuning is now the same as a guitar with no capo but the pitch is alot higher..
I think, "guitarlele" is a (relative) new name for an old thing. There have always been guitars of different sizes and standard tunings. So in this sense a guitarlele is a 1/4 guitar and a quart guitar (adgcea). For me a standard guitar has 6 strings and a ukulele has 4 strings (maybe some strings doubled played as 1 string -> 6 string ukulele, 8 string ukulele, 12 string guitar) and for me it feels different playing a guitar or a ukulele (specially the strumming). I discovered the guitarlele (Cordoba mini + the GL1) after a long time playing guitar (level: avanti dilettanti) and the ukulele. i like it.
You make some great points here. I do like the 6 string ukulele that have the C and the A strings doubled, very cool. I don't own a 1/4 size guitar but based on my research I think the body size and neck length are still bigger and longer than the guitarlele. I have a GL1 as well and I saw on the Yamaha website they say it's a baritone size body which I don't agree with. Although the shape of the Yamaha GL1 is longer than my KoAloha I don't think it's as big as a baritone ukulele. Thanks for the comment and the perspective.
There is a South American instrument called a Charango which has 10 steel strings in 5 double courses which is about the same size as a Guitarlele. They are very popular all across the Andes, particularly in Peru.
I too like the lighter, more airy sound of the guitalele, not to mention it's portability. For me, I use the uke as a singalong campfire instrument. I own a lovely Washburn parlor guitar for classical music, a Kala tenor ukulele, and a banjolele. Now I want get a guitalele. Like your voice and videos.
They do have a similar sound. The biggest difference to my ears is on the bass notes. The guitar capoed on 5 sounds a lot like a requinto. That's no big surprise. The guitalele sounds like an ukulele with a broader bass end. The two instruments just have a different timbre, with the guitar capoed at 5 have a more baritone/bass resonance and the guitalele have a more tenor/alto sounding resonance.
Hiya Terry, I agree with you that the Guitarlele should be treated as a separate instrument in its own right. I'm beginning to really like the Guitarlele, which could be bad news for my bank account!! Take care and stay safe and well. 🎶🎸🌞🇬🇧
I love to play the guitar, but this is my new favorite instrument by far. I see it as a similar, but yet very distinct instrument. I love the feel of the guitarlele with it's small size and light action. It is much easier to carry around and play anywhere, and I love the light action and small size which makes it easier for me and my small hands to play. Plus, it is great for teaching early music lessons. My youth group kids, as well as my biological kids all love it! It seems to have sparked a whole new level of excitement for learning to play with the youth praise band. :)
I love everything you said in this comment, I think it’s dead on. I have also found much inspiration from it. It also works well if others are playing ukulele and you play guitalele.
Which guitalele do you have?
@@Ukelikethepros, My daughter plays ukulele as her primary instrument. And, I have several kids in the youth group who are interested in learning both ukulele as well as guitarlele. So, your videos are super helpful and I am getting a great deal out of your guitarlele course. I personally have the Yamaha GL1. I have bought two more of them one for my son and one for a young lady in the youth praise band. I have a dream of getting a Koaloha like the one you use with the pick up. I have to save up for that one though :) Thank you for all you do!!!
@@successful4u1 Thanks for sharing this. The Yamaha GL1 is a good instrument, I have one as well. The nice thing about the KoAloha Opio with Acacia wood is that even though it's expensive about $750 it's a better price point than the KoAloha Koa D6 which they don't make anymore which would be well over $1000, probaby about $1200. It's great that your getting all your kids into playing. Keep up the great work you are doing.
Capitalize "Youth Praise Band"! Proud of you , God Bless you
@@deeman524 Why would you capitalize youth praise band? It would be incorrect English unless that is a specific proper name, which it does not seem to be in this case.
My dad bought me a kid guitar when i was 7 :) because of my small, female fingers it was hard for me to use the big guitar. I thought it was just a kid toy and yet it sounded so cool, now watching your post, i got it... what he bought is guitarlele :) thanks for your vlog, i learned to treasures the gift he gave me 40 yrs ago!
The guitalele is great for travel and practicing. I keep it in the computer room to practice with music on the monitor.
I agree, I just got back from Maui and all I took was my Guitarlele, was day to travel with, write with and even jam with a ukulele group with
Do you use guitar chords?
The Guitalele sounds softer and more mellow. That's why I don't play acoustic guitar anymore
Good point. I didn't adjust the volume at all and you can definitely tell it's quieter than the guitar.
Maybe it was because u didn’t use a classic guitar?
How you considered the classical guitar?
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Guitarlele sounds more "happy" to me 😀
Right, more like an ukulele.
I've played the guitar for years and have only recently picked up the ukulele. This seems like the best of both worlds. Small, portable but with the same chords as the guitar. I do love the depth of sound that the guitar you are playing has. Not all nylon stringed guitars sound this rich. I retire soon... I might have to research this out and add it to my mix!
Yes, they are great. Guitars do sound fuller and this one I'm using is an Aria Classical guitar made in Spain. The best sounding guitaleles I have found are the KoAloha and the Romero Creations. Yes, I play both of them and sell them at my store.ukelikethepros.com but I have played many of the ones on the market and they are both great.
As an elderly Guitalele beginner, I have been greatly encouraged by your on-line demonstrations - thank you very much, Terry. I have progressed over the last few months by following your advice. The acquisition of an acoustic guitar (vintage, Japanese-made) has led me to progress on that instrument in tandem.
In considering the difference between the two instruments, I would say the Guitalele sounds sweet and satisfactory - and is eminently portable. However, the guitar has the edge when it comes to sound quality due to the plangent amplification offered by the larger body.
I intend to practice daily on the smaller instrument and swap to the larger one when I want to indulge myself!
That's great! Thank you for the information and keep up the good work!
I think the guitar sounds fuller and the guitalele is mellower and more uke sounding. Your demo makes clear the differences between the two and that they are two distinct instruments. I might have to get a guitalele and try it out. Great video!
Thank you this is great to hear. I just got back from Maui and I only took my guitalele. It was a perfect for the plane and a great beach instrument that is easy to take along. I also wrote new songs every morning sitting on the beach and it worked for that as well.
Terry was in a music store today sniffing around the Acoustic Guitar section.After playing Ukulele Baritone Ukulele and Guitarlele,I picked up the guitar and all the fears from the past hit me again.I tried 4 times over my life to learn music on the guitar and failed miserably. i am now i think an intermediate player because of the 4 string to 6 string progression.Thank you for offering the course at precisely the right time.Great song by the way.. think i recognize it..lol
You are most welcome. Thank you for sharing your story your not the only one that this has happened to. I love my Baritone as well.
On the guitalele we can use much more of the traditional Ukulele right hand (picking hand) techniques, which are very different from the picking on a guitar, either fingerstyle or with a plectrum.
Also, Ukes usually are made from heavier (more dense) and kinda "softer" tonewoods, like mahogany, koa, or walnut, which sound totally different from Sitka Spruce, Pine, Rosewood, or even Cedar, usually used on guitars (which are much harder, and even if/when they're heavier like Rosewood, they still fell kinda a little "brittle").
Thank you for that but of information!
6:25 Could you do a similar video like this one, comparing the guitarlele to a ukulele of the same size? - Maybe you can also add a 6-string ukulele to the comparison, too! Thanks.
What is your thoughts about tunning a guitarlele as a standard guitar. I did it with my Yamaha GL1 guita le le and sounds really good, of course I used different kind of strings.
Can you make a video about how we can tune the guitalele as a standard guitar?
Just wondering
I picked up a guitarlele so that I could practice guitar but have a smaller instrument to carry around. Thing is, now i LOVE my guitarlele and kind of don't want to play my guitar as much. I'm in a bluegrass band, so this might be a problem lol! Thanks for the videS!
Jessica Rinks hey! i was wondering if the guitalele makes it harder to play because of the tuning. i wanted to buy one because they’re smaller than guitar and seem really cool, but i was wondering if it would be better to learn guitar?
@@julesd9784 I'm having the same dilemma. I do like to play along with friends sometimes so that could be a challenge. I'm thinking about a baritone guitalele which would be tuned in E, but the sound isn't as distinct and not quite as compact. What to do...
Can I practice it the same way as a guitar or learn the same cords from a guitar tutorial video?
GuitarMan with white hair -Let’s start strumming * proceeds to play time of your life by green day *
Me - okay . I’m buying both
@phaedrica no it isnt...but id highly recommend learning it...itll take a few days to get the hang of it and another week to smooth out transitions...let muscle memory kick in ....its one of thos3 chord shapes that you can move accross the fretboard ...so its very useful...smiliar for B major and B minor. Good luck Friend.
lol that is not green day
I am blown away by this thing. I have not heard a guitalele until now. It has a smaller sound, duh, but a good and full sound. I'm definitely going to go shopping for one. I can see this displacing the guitars in my life. I don't 'play' a guitar in the full sense, I just use one to self accompany for singing. The guitar is becoming more difficult for me to play as I get older and I can see this little guy moving right in. Thanks for your videos.
As a musician how two instruments are played physically is more relevant to their similarity than the sound. Because is has the exact same relative tuning as a guitar just transposed up a perfect fourth, all the muscle memory from guitar applies immediately. Any musician can find the root on any fret board and go from there. The open position chord names are simply a fourth higher at the root but remain major or minor, not a big deal. They have acoustic electric ones so you can amplify it as much as you need to too.
Honestly Terry, I cannot tell a difference in the sound between the guitar with the capo, and the guitaralele.
I play the Guitalele in a punk ukulele band! I installed a pick up in it, and I love it! I don't play it very subtly, Whacking it with a pick and playing the odd solo's! It doesn't take long to finger a 'C' chord and automatically think 'F' so that I can jam with someone who is on guitar, and translate their chords instantly. although, I do picture and target the 12th fret area of guitar for solos (7th on Guitalele)
Well Terry you know my Goldie Locks story but i'll share it for others to see. Once upon a time I really wanted to learn to play guitar but everytime I tried to hold one and play. I thought it's too Big and too long! Too heavy. If I had to play a guitar I would choose the yamaha electric acoustic apx2 I think that's the name of it . However even this small guitar I find too long! Then my mom suggested a ukulele because of the smaller size and simple chords shapes for C F A Cmaj 7 C7 etc... But I found many ukulekes to small and too high pitched and tinny sounding. I tried the baritone but I didn't like the tuning, it was a tad long but not too long but not many baritone tutorials. So I brought a cheap soprano ukulele mostly because of price! I got it home and played it for a few days and returned it. Too small, to tinny sounding. Now I had tried a Guitarlele at the music store and thought wow! I love the size, the sound, and the price! But when u checked TH-cam for Guitarlee tutorials I only found a handful done by you. Then I saw one of your Guitarlele vidoes where you talk about your Guitarlele course and at a discounted price! Well that's where like Goldie Locks I said this one is Just Right!
Your Guitarlele course is Awesime and FUNtastic! So which do I prefer?
Need I say more after that Epic
reply! 😜🙃😎
The Guitarlele hands down! I love the warmer sound! Plus I live in the best of three worlds now! I can watch and learn from ukulele and guitar tutorials ! I took my Guitarlele to jam at World Ukulele Day at West Edmonton Mall and It was a perfect fit!
I see 1 billion people playing this instrument in the merry near future.because of its size , tone, price and adaptability!
Nuff Said finally! 🎼🎼🎼🎼😎😎😎💃🏾💃🏾👍🏿👍🏿🎤🎤🎬🎬🌅🌅😜😜😜
JR 😎 🌅
I love this story, it never gets old. Thank you for the comment and all the wonderful support.
Roylin, I love this story!!! I totally agree with the Guitarlele being just right. I absolutely love this instrument!
Priscilla McIntire thank you Priscilla I love your story too! I believe within the next 1-3 years the Guitarlele will be very popular! It would work well in many music genres! And it looks so cool! Klos will probably make a carbon composite one, there will be all kinds of colours styles and shapes of Guitarlele's hitting the market and Terry Carter and ukelike the pros will be at the forefront of this awesome fabulous FUNtastic Adventure in music! Our community of Guitarlele players will be 1 billion strong and sooner than we think!
JR
With the help you both of you we will make the guitalele HUGE. Thank you both for the comments and support.
I love the sound of the Guitalele. The notes are so beautiful and vibrant.
Having watched this video I can hear the difference between the guitar with a capo and the guitarlele. I had to give up the guitar due to shoulder problems and took up the ukulele which I love. I am not at this moment considering another instrument but if I were, I would consider a guitarlele.
Thank you for sharing this story, many people, mainly guitarists, don’t understand the problems many people have playing a full sized acoustic guitar. I’m happy you found the ukulele and I think you will enjoy the guitarlele once you try one.
I have a Kanile'a 5 string ukulele (both low- and high-G strings), which I love. I've tried playing my classical guitar since starting the ukulele about 2 years ago, and it feels SO large and bulky in my arms (and I am a pretty big guy - 6'1"). I'm considering getting a guitalele and just playing some regular guitar music from tabs. I know that it will be a 4th higher than the written sheet music, but since I play solo fingerstyle WITHOUT singing, it really doesn't matter. Thanks for the very useful information.
It sounds exactly the same when using the capo. That's pretty awesome. Enjoyed this video!
5:11 which song is this.... it's soo awesome hearing this..
Hi Terry... Great video as always... I have an Uke and a guitarlele... When I purchased the guitarlele I tuned like guitar on the 5th fret... But when start to play rock songs looks it sounds very high... So I tried a few things and found that tuning it like a guitar on the 3rd fret sounds better, at least yo me...
Thanks for that good and I formative video! I use guitars and Ukuleles but saw first time that Guitarlele.
From my experience, the Guitalele has a warmer softer sound, which I love better
So much fun playing D cross harp blues along with my Guitalele .Great Presentation and observations.
6:09 I hear what you were just saying now. The guitar, with the capo, had a bigger/more resonant sound, coming out of a larger body - compared to the guitarlele, which has a higher/more mellow (ukulele-like) sound.
I play a 6 string baritone and a guitar as well as use. I can play my 6 string baratone in EADAGBE with hard tension strings but if I capo it at fifth fret it sounds similar to my tenor Ike. Like to see you do a video on that comparison.
I find it interesting how many feel there is only one name for this instrument. One of the earliest commercial developers of this instrument, Kanile'a calls it a 'Guitarlele'. In fact based upon the following lines from the web … it appears there are several different name for this instrument ("Several guitar and ukulele manufacturers market guitaleles, including Yamaha Corporation's GL-1 Guitalele, Cordoba's Guilele and Mini, Koaloha's D-VI 6-string tenor ukulele, Mele's Guitarlele, Kanilea's GL6 Guitarlele and Islander GL6, Luna's 6-string baritone ukulele, the Lichty Kīkū, the Kinnard Kīkū, and the Gretsch guitar-ukulele." ) Call it what you like, it is a portable instrument that is relatively easy to learn and transport with extended tonal range compared to a four string instrument. I think I will call mine a "Ukitar".
I have really small hands, which makes it really hard for me to play the guitar properly. (I do succeed at playing the ukelele since it is smaller.) Do you think the guitalele would be a good alternative for the guitar for me? Is it easier to play chords and all? Thanks!
This is my question too
i think you can try one in music store to feel if it fits on your hands
Sameee
Easier than a steel string guitar 1000000% and if you have small hands a classical nylon string can also be super hard due to the wider neck and more space between the frets. If it's the size that's an issue I think a guitarlele would be a good option
It is a totally different instrument in tone, yeah. I don't know if it is because I'm a guitar player stuff but I still prefer the sound of the guitar overall, it's more "full" and has a lot more bass in it. I'd still want to study the guitarlele because it seems like a fun little instrument to bring to the beach and play with a group of friends. I'm actually interested in finding out if, with higher tension strings (like those found in small/kid guitars), I'd be able to tune it in standard E
Good point. Yes the guitar is fuller sounding for sure. But if your use to playing an ukulele than the guitarlele sounds fuller. I did try to tune my guitalele down to E - E like a guitar and it’s didn’t work. I actually have a video on it. So to your point maybe with high tension strings it may work, I will talk to Pepe Romero Jr about it, he’s an expert and can give an good answer to this
The little dude is a lot brighter but not in a bad way. I am looking forward to doing this as soon as mine shows up.
Really enjoy these videos man thanks
I just bought a 1/4" guitar myself and I'm beyond excited to get it, I plan to add nylon strings and use it as a guitarlele, the Yamaha guitarlele is actually the same size as a 1/4" guitar so I am expecting it to work well! 😄
I believe that this would work better for me when it comes to chording with the strings wider apart from each other. Does that make sense?
i would love to learn how to play a guitarle, i’ve never played a guitar and i know nothing about string names, tuning, care, or literally anything about it, what’s the best way to learn and what kind of guitarle should i get??
Thank you for making this! I didn't know that this instrument existed until now. I just discovered your channel, and after watching 2 videos, I'm subscribed! I've been thinking about getting a uke, and I can tell your channel will definitely help me be even better informed on ukuleles! I look forward to seeing more of your videos.
Thank you for the comment and subscribing. Which ukulele are you thinking of getting? Did you see this video on the different ukulele sizes?
th-cam.com/users/edit?o=U&video_id=hmW2ccWJOk4
@@Ukelikethepros In fact, that was the first video I saw from you :D I was definitely interested in all of them, but finally I realized that the concert uke would probably be the best fit for me as I want it to be good to play individual notes on and still be simple enough to learn and play comfortably as a beginner!
Haha, that's good to hear. What concert did you end up getting?
Would you please make comments on comparing the baritone ukulele with a guitalele? I thought they were the same size, but I have just learned that the guitalele is smaller, like the tenor uke. I am particularly interested in the size and spacing of fretboard. I have been learning a bari. Thankyou!
I just bought a Guitalele can I play it like a guitar as I don't want to learn the new chords as I know a few guitar chords . Thanks
Yes you can play it like a guitar. The chord shapes are the same but the chord names are different store.ukelikethepros.com/products/guitarlele-book-for-ukulele-and-guitar-players
The comparison here is between 2 nylon strung instruments. I have a Guitalele and a steel strung acoustic guitar and the sound difference between the two is a lot greater (even at the 5th fret). So having a Guitalele gives me a totally different sound.
Love it. Next instrument is the guitarlele. It may be a smidgeon thinner but the overall size and sound are still more appealing to me than a guitar.
Right on, so glad to hear that, you won't be disappointed.
@@Ukelikethepros it's because of you that I know of koaloha, and now the guitarlele. Cant express how much I appreciate all the hard work you put into your channel. I cant wait to track down a steal of a deal on a koaloha guitarlele. Wish I could make the Friday meetings (I'm at work 🧐) super excited to really dive in and see what your online membership videos are like 🤙🤙
@@nackmurphy832 Thank you for the kind words, it's so great to have you on this musical journey of ours. Let me know if you have any questions and I'm looking forward to hearing what you think.
Thanks Terry for the demonstration. .I'm considering a guitarele... I play ukelele now. I'm not sure I can transition to the different chord shapes though.
Yeah, that's a good point. I was wondering whether playing ukulele would mess you up and make it harder to learn guitar.
A good comparison but is it a necessary addition to my ukulele collection?
They have different timbres due to the size of the soundbox, but barring the guitalele sounding a fourth higher they essentially play the same, if I know a song on guitar, I could play it a fourth higher on guitalele easily, like I already can for many songs on guitar or ukulele, starting on a guitalele would probably be ideal for someone struggling with guitar and learning one essentially opens the other up, I think learning multiple instruments benefits your musicality in general, instead of looking for shapes first and learning about why, you learn to figure it out based on your knowledge of music in general. I always struggled with guitar but when I got a violin, then a mandolin and an ukulele, I found my progress on guitar speeding up rapidly as musical ideas became more accessible, as stringed instruments are quite funny to try and play if you only look at tabs and chord diagrams. Learning how to construct chords on multiple instruments opens many doors! I can try out weird tunings and know all the places I can find the note I want, I can construct a chord based on it's intervals and embellishments rather than having to look up every chord for every instrument and potential tuning!
Terry I just bought a Klos travel guitar, wondering can I tune it like the guitarele ? And I would have to swap the strings to nylon right?
How to play the barre chords with this small space for the fingers? It is very hard for me.. So.. I think that it is a nice instrument but not for all music.
Is it possible to put some bassier strings on their to increase the lowend? The body and string shape lengths and neck make me think it will sound high, but the other video you showed it's got decent lows
To my untrained ear they sound the same (with guitar fretted at the fifth). Used to play a baritone uke but now play both a nylon string and a steel string guitar. In general prefer the sound of nylon over steel strings so am interested in getting a nylon stringed guitalele (for those that don't know Ibanez make a steel stringed guitalele).
how exactly is the cord different to translate to regular accords?
Thank you very much for the info. Still relevant! I really want to re-learn the guitar again but with small hands and me moving house constantly, any additional weight to move around with is too much for me. I'm really considering the guitarlele, though it seems i have to set my mind to Transpose everytime i play a song. Would this be wise if i eventually want to graduate to a guitar?
Great job! That’s a great mic you have!
Very, very interesting and very useful in fact. Thank you for the video. 🙂
if using a piezo or a mic and an amp, it's possible to make the guitalele (yamahas name) more sound like a guitar by also using the fatest availiable strings
what's it supposed to be tuned to and do all the strings need to be nylon core? i used some regular strings on it... not working too well
Is “Guitarlele” same as 4/4 guitar? I mean isn’t the guitar for little size kids a 4/4 student guitar with standard tuning?
Could you just shift all the original strings down and buy just a low E string to tune it EADGBE? Would it sound weird? I would like to buy a guitalele and wonder if that is an option. Thanks. It sounds great.
Good question and I have a video coming out on that. Typically no, because guitar tuning is down a 4th, the strings have too much slack in them and sound funny. You would need a high tension string in order for it to work effectively.
I think that baritone ukuleles probably sound closer to a guitar than a guitalele does because the strings are the same as the bottom ones on the guitar and they're also pretty big and closer to a guitar with the sound. On a scale the guitalele would be closer to the ukulele and the baritone uke to a guitar. Without using capos, I actually think the two sounded really close to each other with the capo on the 5th fret. But I don't have a baritone myself so I can only judge that by TH-cam videos and knowing what my own ukuleles and guitar sound like.
But thanks for that very comprehensive video!
You bring up some great points. I have a baritone so I'll have to compare it with both the guitar and the guitarlele. I see more videos coming. Thanks for the comments.
@@Ukelikethepros That'd be very cool to see side by side!
@@11jokerchen11 The baritone is still much smaller than a guitar but it is bigger than the guitarlele.
Are the string notes of guitalele different from guitar? Sequence wise
Very nice.. how bout tuning the guitalele same as the standard guitar. Is it posible? Is it still playable? Coz if im gonna have a guitalele, im gonna tune it to standard tuning (open E).
I have a Kala guitarlele I bought on a whim, but it sat unplayed for a few years. I want more range than I get from my ukes now, so... Also, I like the wider neck of a classical guitar/guitarlele, but for medical reasons can’t handle the stretch required for the upper guitar frets. This seems like a good place to start. Maybe a requinta guitar later? Thank you for these tutorials.
Good video please also do one for ukulele and guitalele. If one wants to learn one of them which instrument do you think they should pick?
The low strings of the guitalele are unwound nylon?
What’s the name of the guitar pattern you played? I love the tune and it sounds great both on the guitalele and guitar
Time of your life by Green Day
Does the guitalele require less strength in the fingers of the left hand than a regular guitar? I have aa disease that comes with a few muscle problems and have trouble gripping the cords on a guitar because I lack the strength - I do not have that problem on my ukulele but I would prefer a six-string instrument.
SchirileeCallista do you have a nylon-string guitar? I find nylon string guitars to require less strength than ukelele
To my ears the guitar has more of the lower end, probably due to bigger body. But to have them played behind a curtain might give a different result. Volume goes to the guitar.
Good point and great suggestion on a blind test. That's how they audition musicians for orchestras, they play behind a curtain so the judges can't see who the performers are.
@@Ukelikethepros Thank you.
@@onsesejoo2605 Your welcome.
Guitar sounds fuller... I don´t really get de Guitarlele thing, what's the difference with a Requinto??
I like the timbre on a guitalele more than guitar.
But i don't usually strum it because it doesn't handle it very well
it's much better on the picking side and also like that you can get away with
really weird chords shape much more so than on a guitar infact i can do certain things on a guitalele i just can't do on a standard guitar.
What happens if you play Ukulele chords on the Guitalele/Guitarlele
Can we still tune a guitalele the same standard E?
Bcoz I hate to bring my guitar out.
Is it possible to put classical guitar nylon strings on the guitalele?
When you capo the guitar on the 5th fret, it does sound similar to the gutalele but the guitar is much fuller and richer sound than the gutalele. I like the guitar better.
can you please tell me dm and c on guitar equal to guitalele?
Hey Terry, please help me out. Where do you purchase the guitalele you’re playing? I can’t find it anywhere online. Please help.
I have them in stock right now, have 3 left to choose from, the KoAloha Guitarlele. Check out store.ukelikethepros.com
Uke Like The Pros
Thank you so much for your reply. Really appreciate it. Went to the site. I think it’s a little high price-wise for me right now. I’m going to get the Gretsch G916 and ride that out for a year and see how I enjoy the six string uke before I pay for a more expensive one.
@@Ukelikethepros hi, i have question. If i can play the guitalele, then does that mean i can also play the guitar? 🤦♀😂
The nylon strings of my guitarlele are on the bottom, is that okay?
actually the body is bigger then the tenor ukulele, and those that say the guitalele is the same as a guitar with the capo on the 5th fret is the same are right when you capo the 5th fret of the guitar the string tuning is the same as the guitalele the sound of the guitar will be better because of the larger body, the capo alters not only the sound but the key as well as in this case yes the tuning due to the capo and its purpose or job that is does, if you capo the 7th fret of the guitalele the tuning is now the same as a guitar with no capo but the pitch is alot higher..
Are there tutorials for guitarlele? Also, I love your guitar strap! Where did you get it?
Hi, I have some guitar song guide saved in my phone. Can I play it with my guitalele?
Can we do strumming on guitalele?
Can tune the guitarlele to E?
Can’t you use same tuning as guitar?
is it okay if the tuning of guitarlele is the same as the guitar?
Have you tried Nashville tuning on the guitalele? Curious what that would sound like.
I like the guitalele but the frets too small for my fingers...
Kanikea makes baritone size Guitarleles
Check this out store.ukelikethepros.com/products/kanilea-gl6-guitarlele-imperial?_pos=1&_sid=410923fa1&_ss=r
I don't play guitar, I play baritone guitalele.
For the guitalele can it be used for as a Ukulele at the same time??
Despite the small size the Guitalele still sounds great!
Thanks for posting.
Maybe my ears are deceiving me, but were playing Green Day at the end there?
Your probably right. I’m a huge Green Day fan and got to surf with Billie Joel and the boys one summer when I lived up on Long Beach
CAN I DOWN TUNE THE UKULELE FROM A TO STANDARD E? AND HOW WILL IT SOUND?
Alliah Angelica a late reply, but your strings might get floppy. It may be possible if you get thicker strings or something.
Is this some song in 0:42?
I think, "guitarlele" is a (relative) new name for an old thing. There have always been guitars of different sizes and standard tunings. So in this sense a guitarlele is a 1/4 guitar and a quart guitar (adgcea). For me a standard guitar has 6 strings and a ukulele has 4 strings (maybe some strings doubled played as 1 string -> 6 string ukulele, 8 string ukulele, 12 string guitar) and for me it feels different playing a guitar or a ukulele (specially the strumming). I discovered the guitarlele (Cordoba mini + the GL1) after a long time playing guitar (level: avanti dilettanti) and the ukulele. i like it.
You make some great points here. I do like the 6 string ukulele that have the C and the A strings doubled, very cool. I don't own a 1/4 size guitar but based on my research I think the body size and neck length are still bigger and longer than the guitarlele. I have a GL1 as well and I saw on the Yamaha website they say it's a baritone size body which I don't agree with. Although the shape of the Yamaha GL1 is longer than my KoAloha I don't think it's as big as a baritone ukulele. Thanks for the comment and the perspective.
There is a South American instrument called a Charango which has 10 steel strings in 5 double courses which is about the same size as a Guitarlele. They are very popular all across the Andes, particularly in Peru.
I too like the lighter, more airy sound of the guitalele, not to mention it's portability. For me, I use the uke as a singalong campfire instrument. I own a lovely Washburn parlor guitar for classical music, a Kala tenor ukulele, and a banjolele. Now I want get a guitalele. Like your voice and videos.
Still trying to decide between a 3/4 guitar or Guitelele
Can you lead me to where I can find a guitarlele for a beginner
i need it too
Me too
They do have a similar sound. The biggest difference to my ears is on the bass notes. The guitar capoed on 5 sounds a lot like a requinto. That's no big surprise. The guitalele sounds like an ukulele with a broader bass end. The two instruments just have a different timbre, with the guitar capoed at 5 have a more baritone/bass resonance and the guitalele have a more tenor/alto sounding resonance.
how do you tune a guitalele
I am using Yousician app for learning music, what instrument I have to select to learn GL1 :- Ukulelel or Guitar?
Ukulele because the chords are different
Hiya Terry, I agree with you that the Guitarlele should be treated as a separate instrument in its own right. I'm beginning to really like the Guitarlele, which could be bad news for my bank account!! Take care and stay safe and well. 🎶🎸🌞🇬🇧
Excellent demo.
Hey what is the brand, make and model of that Guitarlele? Sounds amaze