He wheako whakahihiri, he wheako taumaha hoki te whiriwhiri i te ūkulele tino tika, inā koa he maha ngā kōwhiringa e wātea ana. Hei āwhina i a koe ki te whakatau whai whakaaro, whakaarohia ēnei āhuatanga matua: te rahi, te taumata pūkenga, ngā rauemi, te tahua, me te tiaki.
**Rahi**: He maha ngā rahi o ngā ūkulele, tae atu ki te soprano, te koniseti, te tenor, me te baritone. Ko te soprano te mea iti rawa, ā, ko te mea tuku iho, he oro kanapa, he oro harikoa hoki e puta mai ana. Mena he tīmatanga koe, he pai ake pea te whakamahi i te koniseti, i te tenor rānei, nā te nui o ō rātou papa pere, kia māmā ake ai te purei i ngā aho. Whakaarohia ō hiahia ake me te āhua o te rahi i roto i ō ringaringa.
**Taumata Pūkenga**: He mea nui te taumata pūkenga o nāianei ki tāu whiriwhiri. Tērā pea ka hiahia ngā tīmata ki te tīmata me tētahi tauira utu iti ake, he ngāwari ki te purei, engari ko ngā kaitākaro waenga me ngā kaitākaro matatau ka rapu pea i ngā taonga puoro kounga teitei ake e pai ake ai te tangi me te ngāwari ki te purei.
**Ngā Rauemi**: He pānga nui ngā rauemi e whakamahia ana mō te hanganga o te ūkulele ki tōna tangi me tōna pakari. Ko ngā rakau noa ko te mahogany, te koa, me te spruce. He mahana te tangi o te mahogany, ko te koa ia he kanapa, he haruru te tangi. Mena kei te rapu koe i tētahi kōwhiringa iti ake te utu, whakaarohia ngā ūku i hangaia mai i ngā rauemi laminate, ka taea tonu te whakaputa i tētahi tangi pai.
**Taupānga**: Kei raro iho i te $50 ki te rau tāra te utu mō ngā ūkulele. Whakatauhia tō tahua i mua i te hokohoko, me te maumahara he pai ake te kounga o te utu ina teitei ake. Heoi, he maha ngā kōwhiringa utu iti e tuku tonu ana i te oro pai me te ngāwari ki te purei.
**Te Tiaki me te Tiaki**: Hei whakamutunga, whakaarohia te tiaki me te tiaki e hiahiatia ana mō tō ukulele. Mā te horoi auau me te penapena tika ka roa ake tōna ora. Ki te whiriwhiri koe i tētahi taonga puoro rakau totoka, kia tūpato ki ngā taumata haumākū hei ārai i te piko.
Mā te whai whakaaro ki ēnei āhuatanga—te rahi, te taumata pūkenga, ngā rauemi, te tahua, me te tiaki—ka taea e koe te whiriwhiri māia i te ukulele tino tika e tika ana mō ō hiahia, e whakarei ake ana hoki i tō haerenga puoro. Kia pai tō whakatangi!
