![]() The “SUStain” feature, when activated, keeps the current pitch of note displayed on screen for longer than with other tuners, allowing you more time to make adjustments. Thankfully, the real-time response and added SUStain feature developed by Peterson specifically with instruments like Ukulele in mind, tuning becomes simple and straightforward. The short-voiced nature of some instruments presents a problem, the tone generated by plucking an open string is often too brief to register on regular electronic tuners. Baritone Ukulele is tuned a fourth below at D3 G3 B3 E4 and bass ukulele is tuned E2 A3 D3 G3. The standard tuning for Concert Ukulele is G4 C4 E4 A4, the tenor Uke is tuned very similarly but with the G string one octave below Concert at G3 C4 E4 A4. In the Uke world, there are there are four main instruments, Concert, Tenor, Baritone & Bass Ukulele. The name Ukulele means “dancing flea” or “gift that came to us”, depending on which version of history is to be believed. DGBE tuning can also be used with a tenor ukulele.The Ukulele has very strong ties to Hawaii, having been introduced by the Portuguese to those islands. ![]() This is exactly how the 4 high strings of a guitar are tuned. DGBE: (German: DGHE) Standard tuning for the baritone ukulele, usually with low D string, as a linear tuning.linar tuning (Low-A): a d’ f#’ b’ (German: a d’ fis’ h’).re-entrant tuning (Standard, High-A): a’ d’ f#’ b’ (German: a’ d’ fis’ h’).The exact tones for ADF#B tuning, respectively for the strings 4, 3, 2, 1: Although the ADF#B tuning is most commonly used for soprano ukuleles, there are players like James Hill who is using it even for tenor. In addition, the higher pitch can be advantageous, for example when children want to sing along. Anyway, the - compared to GCEA - two semitones higher ADF#B tuning is well suited to get more sound out of some sopranos. By now, in Germany rather the GCEA tuning is preferred. very popular in Canada, and was considered the standard tuning for the ukulele in Germany for a long time. ADF#B: (German: ADFisH) This tuning is i.a.re-entrant tuning (Standard, High-G): g’ c’ e’ a’.The exact tones for GCEA tuning, respectively for the strings 4, 3, 2, 1: Even some sopraninos can be used with GCEA tuning, and there are special strings which allow GCEA tuning to be used even with bariton ukuleles. Well suited for all soprano, concert and tenor ukuleles and widely used. In my opinion, it’s the best tuning for learning. Nevertheless, linear tuning has its own charm with the ukulele, but in my opinion re-entrant tuning is much more interesting and versatile. If you’re using a linear tuning because you’re “serious” about playing the uke, you’re giving away a large part of its potential. Besides, re-entrant tuning makes a good part of the charm of the ukulele. There are lots of interesting techniques and possibilites especially for solo playing, which can be realized only with re-entrant tuning. high-G), while the latter is best suited for strumming and accompaniment playing. ![]() You will often hear that linear tunings (usually low-G) are better suited for solo and melody playing than re-entrant tunings (e.G. Similarly, high-A refers to re-entrant ADF#B tuning, and so on… This is what we know from the guitar: The common tuning for guitar is linear: The tones of the strings get deeper in the ordering of their numbers.įor the ukulele, the terms high-G or low-G are commonly used to refer to re-entrant GCEA (high-G) or linear GCEA (low-G) tuning. The counterpart of re-entrant tuning is linear tuning. This results in an interesting, cheerful sound when strumming the open strings. However, on the ukulele, the 4th string is tuned one octave higher as you’d expect from a “guitar point of view”. If you know the guitar, you’d expect that the string with the highest number is tuned to the lowest tone. The most common way of tuning an ukulele - with a high 4th string – is called re-entrant tuning. GCEA tuning: string 4 = G, string 3 = C, string 2 = E, string 1 = A Re-entrant and linear tunings Perhaps it helps a bit to know that this odd string numbering scheme is common for other stringed instruments (like guitars) as well. So, for GCEA tuning, the 4th string is tuned to a G, the 3rd is tuned to a C, the 2nd is tuned to an E, and the 1st is tuned to an A. It’s a strange fact that the strings are numbered in the reverse order compared to the “name” of a tuning. Therefore, I definitely recommend this tuning for getting started. Almost all exercises and e-books on this web page were made for GCEA tuning with high G. This tuning can be used for all soprano, concert and tenor ukuleles. For the hurried: The most common tuning is GCEA tuning with a high G string.
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