Chords for good uke tunes - Tiki Music

HK Haole Kat Member St Petersburg, FL Joined: Aug 02, 2004 Posts: 271	HK Haole Kat Posted posted on Wed, Nov 24, 2004 10:16 PM Beatnikine - No, uke chords are not the same as mandolin chords. A Uke is tuned in 4ths, like a Guitar, whereas a Mandolin is tuned in 5ths, like a violin. Freakbear - gCEA is the most common tuning for Uke. Some folks tune the G string down an octave, which increases the range, but general opinion is that it doesn't seem to sound as "hawaiian as with a high G. Baritone tuning is often applied to Baritone or Tenor Ukes, and that would be dGBE, just like to 4 treble strings on a guitar. Once again, some folks like the added range of a low D, but the trditional way is to keep that D string tuned up an octave. Hope this helps. Josh

Beatnikine - No, uke chords are not the same as mandolin chords. A Uke is tuned in 4ths, like a Guitar, whereas a Mandolin is tuned in 5ths, like a violin.

Freakbear - gCEA is the most common tuning for Uke. Some folks tune the G string down an octave, which increases the range, but general opinion is that it doesn't seem to sound as "hawaiian as with a high G.

Baritone tuning is often applied to Baritone or Tenor Ukes, and that would be dGBE, just like to 4 treble strings on a guitar. Once again, some folks like the added range of a low D, but the trditional way is to keep that D string tuned up an octave.

Hope this helps.

Josh

Post #127388 by Haole Kat on Wed, Nov 24, 2004 10:16 PM