The Best Ukulele Investment: Buy a Baritone and Skip the Rest!

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@judyarfa2240 11 ай бұрын

This is one of the best videos ever for me, due to my obsession with baritone ukuleles. I play mine with capo on fifth fret since I don’t want to learn the actual baritone chords. I have been seriously thinking about getting rid of all my other sized ukes because this sounds better than all them. I might keep one soprano tuned with the high g. Thanks Rich for this.

@richdavis4007 11 ай бұрын

Capo on the second fret of baritone also sounds very good using regular ukulele chords. You play the same chord shapes with baritone as with concert, it's just DGBE chord names are different. 😊😊😊😊

@brandongillette6463 6 күн бұрын

That's hilarious. I have the exact opposite problem. I originally learned on the Baritone, but when I switch to other ukes, I mostly just use my tab software to transpose the chords so that the baritone uke chord shapes match the chords that are called for on the GCEA uke. So for example, if the song needs a G chord, after I transpose it to where it says 'D' on the tab for the song, and then I play what would be a D on my baritone uke. It turns out that that chord shape is a G on a GCEA uke. Learning Baritone first can create some troubles if you want to use other ukes and uke-like things. e.g. my banjolele, which is tenor scale and is GCEA

@61keypiano 11 ай бұрын

I spent New Year's Eve tossing up between whether to acquire a Bari or a Tenor as my first uke. It's decided, Baritone it is!

@richdavis4007 11 ай бұрын

Good choice. I hope you enjoy it! Rich

@ŽỌỌŽṢ̌Z 10 ай бұрын

Why not both?

@61keypiano 10 ай бұрын

@@ŽỌỌŽṢ̌Z Financial reasons. Ultimately, I changed my mind though. I have purchased a tenor uke and I will string it baritone, that way I have the best of both worlds. 🙂

@richdavis4007 10 ай бұрын

@@ŽỌỌŽṢ̌Z 😊😊Everyone should play and enjoy the ukulele they have. If they want another size, that's great too. My video here just provides one option! You can do the exact same thing with a tenor ukulele if it is tuned DGBE. For most people starting out, they should just be happy with the ukulele they have and learn to play it!! Rich

@Exodus.22.22 2 ай бұрын

Just got a baritone and I’m in love. I think I’ll keep the tenor with a high G because that’s the original uke sound but my low voice suits the baritone with the metal strings. Only ukes I’ll ever need.

@richdavis4007 2 ай бұрын

That's right! Those two should do it. Super!

@ProductivePM 9 ай бұрын

Rich, I have both a Romeros Creation 6 String Tenor and a 6 String Baritone. I keep coming back to the Baritone for its rich sound. It has become my "Classical" guitar. All the best!

@richdavis4007 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your experience with ukuleles. My life would be simpler if there were no such think as smaller ukuleles, but they are fun, too! Baritone Rules! Rich

@GeekandUke 10 ай бұрын

Agreed with all, Rich. Great video! Another cool thing about putting a capo in the 5th fret of a Bari is that it sounds sonically different than a tenor with the same tuning (GCEA). The bigger body of the Baritone lends to a bigger sound with way more resonance (and more comfortable playing 😊).

@richdavis4007 10 ай бұрын

Yes, yes, yes! Thanks. Rich😊😊

@brandongillette6463 6 күн бұрын

You can get a KALA (Makala line) Baritone for under $100 with some useful accessories, and it sounds far better than any sub-$100 instrument has a right to sound. When you're ready for an upgrade, your next step up is a KALA, too. I play a cedar topped acacia Baritone from KALA that sounds absolutely heavenly, and was still not wildly expensive. Maybe one of these days I spring for the Kala Nautilus (probably not, lol)

@richdavis4007 6 күн бұрын

Baritone ukulele is magical.😊😊

@diannes8592 11 ай бұрын

I just got a spruce top Ohana Bari-tenor hybrid and I LOVE IT! Baritone body with a tenor scale, and Ukulele tuning. I had a wound low G string installed and it sounds really nice. I like switching to different sized instruments for practice, because it challenges me and I think it improves my playing. I've never used a capo, thanks for the tips! And thanks for giving me an excuse to get a Baritone! 😁 Ukuleles are like potato chips, I can't have just one! Lol!

@richdavis4007 11 ай бұрын

Even though I could get by nicely with just one baritone acoustic-electric, I like variety and will have a hard time reducing my collection below 80 or so. Thanks for sharing your experience, tips and techniques. 😊😊😊😊

@pamelasteele6991 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this particular spin on the baritone ukulele. Was just second guessing myself about buying my new Pono baritone. Now with all this wise information my anxiety is diminished. The universe put you in my sights, just a perfect interesting while informative video. Strum away. 😊

@richdavis4007 6 ай бұрын

If I could only have one size, it would have to be baritone. It can do whatever you want it to and sound better than the others doing it.

@Jean-ys3px 2 ай бұрын

Wow Thanks, just expanded my world with my new Kala baritone uke!❤

@richdavis4007 2 ай бұрын

Great choice of ukulele. Enjoy!! Rich

@stoneyrunva 11 ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more. Bari uke is the most versatile stringed instrument available. I've neglected my other ukes for months since getting my Kmise spruce top baritone.

@richdavis4007 11 ай бұрын

If sound and flexibility are important, baritone ukulele rules!

@ŽỌỌŽṢ̌Z 10 ай бұрын

I just inherited my little brother's ukulele. I love it ❤ Oscer schmidt Aloha

@richdavis4007 10 ай бұрын

Go!! Enjoy your good luck. Oscar Schmidt is one of my favorite ukulele brands. That brand goes back to the 1800s! Rich

@lesliecaraher6238 2 ай бұрын

Capo's are wonderful things alright but they don't represent different ukulele's except for the fifth fret use. I suggest that you have two ukuleles only. The other uses are just changes in pitch. So a capo at the second fret, for example, is the key of A if you use G chords and D if you use C chords. However, you can simulate one other instrument with the baritone uke. If you are a banjo player, just lower the high E string to D and you have a banjo tuning or open G tuning. This allows you to play a whole bunch of fiddle tunes normally played on the banjo. I use this tuning all the time when jamming with Old Time fiddles or with Bluegrass players. I really enjoy my baritone uke.

@richdavis4007 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing information and tips from your experience. I appreciate your comment! Rich

@ajits64 11 ай бұрын

Thank you, sir, I enjoyed watching this video a lot! ❤

@richdavis4007 11 ай бұрын

Glad to hear that! I appreciate your very kind words! Rich

@jimcummings4712 11 ай бұрын

I agree with all that you have said about the baritone uke. I have one. It is a Kala. I love it.😊

@richdavis4007 11 ай бұрын

It's looking more and more like I'll be playing baritone most of the time. The sound suits my voice. I do have a tenor tuned DGBE I can use. Kala makes super baritone ukes. My favorite ukulele is a Kala baritone. Rich

@cynthiawigington1236 4 ай бұрын

Always good to see you and your ukes! Like you though, I love them all. The day a friend put a soprano uke in my hands and said, "learn how to play this then come back and teach me" changed my life. Just laying back in the lazy boy playing it - I could not put it down. I should write a song about how it turned my life inside out, upside down and changed it all around...

@richdavis4007 4 ай бұрын

That's quite a story. You must have followed through since it changed your life. That's a bit like what Ginger and I are going through now. She never wanted to learn to play ukulele, but suddenly things just changed. A magical moment. I was happy to hear from you today!!! Rich

@cynthiawigington1236 4 ай бұрын

@@richdavis4007 I'm so tickled Ginger got the bug too. Yes I play still. That happened on a Sunday afternoon. I literally could not put it down. The next day, a dreary dreary cold one here in Vermont, I stopped by the music shop and found a wonderful tenor uke. Then I spent the entire day at the hospital having endless tests. By 4 PM when I got out of there I went back to the music store and rented that tenor uke, and bought the Daily Uke book. On Thursday I called the owner, a long-time friend, and told him I did not want to rent it anymore. Shocked, he said, "WHY????" I told him because I wanted to buy it. So I went down there, bought it and the Leap Year uke book. The following Monday night at was aat my first uke club meeting and the rest it, as they say, history. I'm sure you two could find a local uke club down there and would have a blast playing and singing with others. Best always to both of you. Ave Maria. Cynthia in Vermont

@cynthiawigington1236 4 ай бұрын

@@richdavis4007 kzbin.info/www/bejne/emamYZt8bbuqhK8 You will love playing with these simple and beautiful chords - and he has a gorgeous Martin baritone that looks like glossy ebony. You take care of yourselves.

@donnar9594 8 ай бұрын

Brilliant 🎉🎉

@richdavis4007 8 ай бұрын

Thanks! 😊😊😊😊

@DrWoofOfficial 9 ай бұрын

I want to go from Tenor to Concert for a more comfortable size and you're telling me to go Baritone 😂 Not going to lie, I was thinking about it.

@richdavis4007 9 ай бұрын

There are pros and cons to both. If your voice is specially suited for GCEA or Low GCEA and your hands are not large like mine, concert could be the one for you. Some chord shapes require a finger stretch on baritone that don't at all on concert. The basic chords are very manageable, though. 😊😊😊

@joesiemoneit4145 8 ай бұрын

yup! i did something similar with a travel banjo. i put baritone uke strings on it (same scale), so i can tune it in standard banjo tuning. i built meself a little muffler for the chanterelle at the top. so with a flick of a wrist, i can tune the banjo d-string up to e, muffle the string at the top and strum and pick it like a baritone uke. very handy for busking! you earned yourself another subscriber! keep up the good work!

@richdavis4007 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing some of your tips. Sounds fun!

@trishbattersby5749 6 ай бұрын

Had them all and given them all away. Now have two baratones , a Snail and a Pono. They’re all I need. Love baratone

@richdavis4007 6 ай бұрын

Super! I guess we think alike on this. Rich

@richdavis4007 4 ай бұрын

I'm playing a Kala KA-BG baritone uke in this video. A beauty!

@keefmeister77 11 ай бұрын

I like baritones, but they don't sound much like ukuleles, more like small guitars. Also they are usually not in reentrent tuning like the smaller ones, it is basically the four top strings on a guitar. If all you ever get is a baritone then you're not really getting the full ukulele experience (who does this anyway?)

@richdavis4007 11 ай бұрын

I will give up GCEA tuning (high G) in exchange for DGBE, Low G,CEA, D-Tuning, and a couple other lovely tunings I've found. As lots of people know by now I'm not doing things exactly like everyone else! However, I notice guitar players, banjo players (the better ones) use capos. Yes, baritone ukulele is definitely a small four string guitar, but with capo transforms into whatever you want it to be! Is this a fad for me? Time will tell! Thanks, Keef. Rich

@missbritt288 3 ай бұрын

There is some cool clips of the uke legend cliff Edwards playing a baritone ukulele in an old western movie as well as Buster Keaton the old silent movie star. Arthur Godfrey is also another baritone uke player

@richdavis4007 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your experience! I've seen the Cliff Edwards clip you are talking about. Your other tips are worthy for people to follow up on, too. Rich😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

@missbritt288 3 ай бұрын

@@richdavis4007 kzbin.info/www/bejne/o53LappobZxpY7s Heres the buster Keaton one

@richdavis4007 3 ай бұрын

I've never seen that one before. There's a great movie clip of Buster Keaton and Cliff Edwards together in their prime. It was in an army barracks. 😊😊

@gordonssongs8640 Ай бұрын

I keep my concert because it was my first ukulele, a gift from my kids, and getting used to transposing made picking up my new concert banjolele easier. But my baritone is still my favorite. Of course, coming to it from guitar might have something to do with that. 😀

@richdavis4007 Ай бұрын

It would be hard to skip the rest, but if I only get one instrument it'll be a baritone ukulele. Well, I must have a keyboard, too!

@gordonssongs8640 Ай бұрын

@@richdavis4007 I have a pretty varied collection. Two keyboards, five guitars, two banjos, a bass, a lap steel guitar, and a variety of little flutes.

@richdavis4007 Ай бұрын

Yes, varied it is! I have several flutes but my keyboard flute sounds best. Ho ho.

@Jenny-kg7zb 4 ай бұрын

I would sell every instrument I own before I would ever sell my Bari. And I'd still be happy. I started with Bari after not doing well with guitar, my hands are like a five year old's, tried soprano after Bari but it was too small. I have guitars and a keyboard, but my Bari sleeps in my bed. Seriously! 😂

@richdavis4007 4 ай бұрын

Wow! Now that's a testimony. 😊😊😊😊

@Bugtortoise 3 ай бұрын

I just ordered the matte CB207 yesterday. I read that the matte might have a better sound than the solid glossy. Have you heard the same thing? I have a glossy Kala and don't like the sound. The CB207 looks LONG. What is Honeycomb's problem? Does she get jealous when you play your ukes? I had a cat named Reggie once who got upset whenever I picked up an instrument but I don't think it was jealousy. I think he just hated my playing. 😆😆😆 Great video, Rich.

@richdavis4007 3 ай бұрын

If you don't like the sound of your glossy Kala, you did the right thing by buying a non glossy Caramel baritone. I love the sound of my Kala KA-BG baritone and my Kala mango baritone, both of which are glossy. I also like very much the sound of all the Caramel non glossy baritones I have. I mostly play glossy ukuleles because I like the feel and look of them. If there was a better sound in non-glossy I think I would have found it by now, ho ho. Sound and taste in ukuleles is a personal thing. Rich

@Bugtortoise 3 ай бұрын

@@richdavis4007 I know. And it sounds beautiful when you play it. Also, I think I strum the uke difrerently than the way I see most people strumming it - probably not the correct way. My cat Reggie would have hated it.

@richdavis4007 3 ай бұрын

@@Bugtortoise I wonder if any two people strum the same way. I thought I was a rogue strummer. Your cat will prefer a soft thumb strum. Rich

@romelmadray6706 10 ай бұрын

Dear Rich, I understand your recommendation about Caramel however, they do not ship or sell overseas are there other comparable ukulele that you would recommend along the same price range for a Baritone Ukulele, The Horse ukulele that you have recommended seems to have some inconsistencies in manufacturer from what I have read of the manufacturers review, so it seems they have not cleaned up thier manufacturer process or maybe there is just a lot of old stock floating around

@richdavis4007 10 ай бұрын

The baritone ukuleles I own are Caramel (4), Kala (2), Kmise and one vintage York. Your best bet is likely to find ukuleles that are available to you. If you can find a reasonably priced Kala, that would be super. If I was looking for an inexpensive baritone, I would have to go with Horse or Kmise. Possibly you have other choices I don't know about.😊😊

@djba 7 ай бұрын

Hi Rich … a follow-on to this question. Where I live the Caramel baritones are available on Amazon. How do you rank them compared to the Kala, the Kmise, or the Horse?

@robertbenoit8794 11 ай бұрын

Rich, i'm looking to buy a baritone uke with dgbe strings for myself for Christmas. Reasonably priced of course. Any suggestions?

@richdavis4007 11 ай бұрын

I'd search out Caramel baritone uke either on Amazon or eBay. This would be a great one and less than $100. tinyurl.com/2jmmtne7

@stevecrawford3551 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Rich… 😀🥳!

@richdavis4007 10 ай бұрын

You are welcome! Very best wishes. Thanks. Rich

@phyllismorris94 11 ай бұрын

What do you think is the best ukulele investment for an over 70 year old petite female with small hands, who has been playing for almost 16 months. Everybody loves the Concert size. I presently have only soprano ukuleles. I find it difficult to stretch to reach certain 3-finger chords. I can't decide it I should get another soprano or a concert. There is not much difference in size between soprano or concert. Do you think I am ready to move up to a concert?

@fiendishthingy1630 11 ай бұрын

The concert is not much more of a stretch than soprano. I say buy at least one concert for your collection.

@richdavis4007 11 ай бұрын

I would think the soprano the more difficult instrument. It may take a few days adjustment, but I do think you should give concert a try and probably make that your main instrument. Concert ukuleles usually are priced better than all the others so you could get a good bundle for not much money. Here's a solid top mahogany Enya on sale today for less than $50 and a coupon for 20% off that! Enya Concert Ukulele 23 Inch Solid Mahogany Top Ukelele for Beginner with Gig bag, Capo, Strap, Strings, Pick (EUC-25D Nature)

@phyllismorris94 11 ай бұрын

@@richdavis4007 Thanks. That is an excellent deal. But, it is not exactly what I want. I already have a solid top Enya ukulele: a soprano in blue matte paint over solid mahogany. I bought it exactly a year ago on a pre-Xmas Amazon deal. It is lovely, but I find it a bit heavy to hold. I prefer a good laminate. Because of limitations of space and money, I don't want to acquire too many ukuleles.

@phyllismorris94 11 ай бұрын

@@richdavis4007 I do plan to give a concert size ukulele a try. Right now the soprano size in brand I am looking at is a better buy than a concert. When I first started learning to play ukulele 16 months ago, I was such a naive beginner. I choose a soprano instead of a concert, because I thought I was not qualified or entitled to have a concert ukulele, since I was not going to be performing concerts. I thought a concert ukulele was for a professional player.

@richdavis4007 11 ай бұрын

Happy shopping!