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To my ear, the octave ukulele sounds a little like a cello
- pshapiro99 3y agoFew people know about an instrument called the "octave uke," but to my ear it sounds as pretty as a cello.
- mholt 3y agoI appreciate this (as a cello player). I didn't know about the baritone uke, thanks for the videos!
- dhosek 3y agoSpeaking of 4(ish)-stringed instruments, the mandolin family has a whole set of instruments corresponding to all the orchestral strings. The common mandolin having a tuning identical to the violin, the mandola down a fifth with tuning matching the viola, the mandocello down an octave from the mandola to match the cello and the mandobass, like its orchestral cousin tuned in fourths EADG (this last is also the only one of the mandolin orchestra instruments to not have doubled strings in each course, although other mandolin family instruments have single strings in each course.
- aeonik 3y agoIt sounds nice, and I like it more than a regular ukulele. But I remain unconvinced: I still haven't heard anything at beautiful or mesmerizing at the sound of Cello.
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- jackbravo 3y agoOh! You should listen to `Corridors of Time` from Meine Meinung: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p636Rw_L3XU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p636Rw_L3XU
- robotresearcher 3y agoUnless I'm mistaken, that's a double bass, not a cello.
- analog31 3y agoYou're right. This is the cello: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0TlRSIPhQE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0TlRSIPhQE
- aeonik 3y agoThanks, that was really nice. The double bass is really wonderful. I need to explore it more.
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- CrankyBear 3y agoIt's no cello, but to hear that kind of sound coming from a ukulele is amazing.
- gracieterzian 3y agoI don't see ukulele topics very often on HN, thanks for posting! I'm a uke player and I have an "octave ukulele" too. If anyone is curious to try this out themselves, here's a link to the strings I use on mine (they're called Perry's Octave Ukulele Strings). You just put them on a baritone uke and tune them to (low)GCEA. They are great strings: https://starlightukes.com/product/776499 https://starlightukes.com/product/776499 I must admit, I don't think the octave ukulele sounds that much like a cello, but I see you only said it sounds a "little" like a cello, and I get what you mean with it being a deeper sound :).
- mattmaroon 3y agoNever knew I could string my bariuke with that. I am going to.