12/31/2023 0 Comments Soprano uke tuning![]() ![]() To me, on a uke the sound is a little tinny and thin. The real difference on a uke is when the E4 string has been swapped put to the E5 that a mandolin uses. Think of it as "GDEA" instead of GCEA and the A and E strings transposed. Otherwise, how the song sounds when played by a uke using low-G GCEA is pretty much the same. It's sound is basically no different than a uke with the standard uke GCEA tuning, the exception being the C had been slightly upped to D. If the E string is one octave lower than intended than playing melody would sound weird for most songs. So the nut slots are simply to seperate the strings, the slots are filed wide to handle low-G and high-G of course is OK. My tenor uke has the zero fret as I intentionally built it this way, to avoid all kind of nut issues. Intend to bring it (and one guitar) to this Sunday picnic as my mandolins will not sound loud enough near the beach. I am glad that many folks tune ukes in fifth for various reason, I only though about it two days ago. It's an "ear" thing and no right or wrong way to set it up, but I prefer the low-G sound. If you decide to leave a high-G string in place instead of using a low-G, the sound will be different, somewhat higher overall in pitch. ![]() The uke nut will most likely be sized for a high-G (very thin) string, and you'll find it necessary to re-size the G slot to accommodate the wider low-G. Would recommend using the wound low-G string, as it will be a narrower diameter than an unwound low-G string. The 20-lb line has the tensile strength to handle the stress without popping. This will tune to E5 rather than E4 if you want true "fifths" tuning. All of the above, except replace the E with 20-lb monofilament nylon fishing line. The E will be an octave lower than you are used to, but sounds good on the smaller-bodied uke.Ģ. This will give you G3-D4-A4-E4 which will allow you to use your "regular" GDAE chording. Leave the low-G as-is, up-tune the C to D, swap the E and A strings around. Recommend getting a string set which has a low-G string (rather than the reentrant high-G string).ġ. The easiest way to do it is one of two ways, both starting with a standard ukulele GCEA set of strings already packaged for that size ukulele. I have all five of my ukes (one a tenor) tuned GDAE. ![]()
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