Members karma279 Posted July 3, 2010 Members Share Posted July 3, 2010 Basically a guitar with a capo on the 5th fret?The finger positions for chords are exactly the same (minus #5 and #6 string) but they are 4 steps lower in scale? Or 3 steps higher, same difference? Like you finger a "G" as 0003, but it would be a "C" chord. If you finger 0232, does that give you a "G"? And would 2220 be a "D"?ABCDEFG gives you:DEFGABC equivalent (if that makes sense)? If this is correct, scales would be the same right? And is it just a matter of getting a larger gauge string to change the high G, reentrant, to low G? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members seagullplayer77 Posted July 3, 2010 Members Share Posted July 3, 2010 My understanding is that a baritone ukulele is tuned the same was a guitar (EADG), but I don't have much experience with regular ukes.Stackabones has a uke or two, and there are a few other people around here who play them as well. Perhaps they could offer some insights . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chicken Monkey Posted July 3, 2010 Members Share Posted July 3, 2010 That's one way to look at it. The lowest/closest to you string is the second highest in pitch, though, so the voicing is a little different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted July 3, 2010 Members Share Posted July 3, 2010 My understanding is that a baritone ukulele is tuned the same was a guitar (EADG) Bari is DGBE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chicken Monkey Posted July 3, 2010 Members Share Posted July 3, 2010 Bari is DGBE. Right. The top four strings of standard tuning, not the bottom four. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gitnoob Posted July 3, 2010 Members Share Posted July 3, 2010 So do you uke players think in terms of transposing from the guitar fretboard, or do you just memorize uke-specific chords and scale positions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members karma279 Posted July 3, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 3, 2010 That's one way to look at it. The lowest/closest to you string is the second highest in pitch, though, so the voicing is a little different. But you can change the gauge of the G to tune it down an octave and still maintain the tuning right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chicken Monkey Posted July 3, 2010 Members Share Posted July 3, 2010 So do you uke players think in terms of transposing from the guitar fretboard, or do you just memorize uke-specific chords and scale positions? I'm making the transition from thinking about guitar to memorizing the uke chords. It can be a tad crippling to jump through the same conversion hoops every time you try to have a conversation with your band mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jim Sallis Posted July 3, 2010 Members Share Posted July 3, 2010 Confusing, huh? Ukes come as (in order) soprano, concert, tenor, baritone --gaining an inch or so in lnegth and another couple of inches in the lower bout with each step up. Basic tuning is g C E A: staggered triad with sixth on top. (Ukes often retune to D, etc. An excuse to have many.) The uke sound largely comes from the "re-entrant" tuning, with the high string on the bottom. (Baritones, tuned to the top four strings of a guitar, while nice to play and cool-sounding, IMO forfeit the characteristic sound.) Most of us players think not about chords but work out of the Nashville system: If I'm in C, yeah I'm playing a G position, but I'm thinking 1-4-5-6 and so on -- not transposing each change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted July 3, 2010 Members Share Posted July 3, 2010 So do you uke players think in terms of transposing from the guitar fretboard, or do you just memorize uke-specific chords and scale positions? It's much easier to think uke C chord and play 0003, than to think G chord on guitar which is C chord on uke. I tried that for a while and it drove me nuts. I found it helpful to think in numbers. So I woodshedded all the 1-4-5 patterns and then all the 1-6-2-5 and etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted July 3, 2010 Members Share Posted July 3, 2010 But you can change the gauge of the G to tune it down an octave and still maintain the tuning right? Generally only on tenor, but not on soprano or concert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Opa John Posted July 4, 2010 Members Share Posted July 4, 2010 The ukulele was the first stringed instrument I learned when I was a kid. I played one for six years before ever picking up a guitar. Playing the uke screwed up my head for life......When I'm playing a G chord on the guitar, I'm still thinking of it as a C chord. E as A. C as F. A as D. etc., etc., etc. I really have to slow down and think sometimes if someone is calling out chord changes to a song I'm not familiar with. It works better if I just close me ears and watch their fingers. I suppose it would also work in the opposite manner for someone going from guitar to uke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members masterbuilt Posted July 4, 2010 Members Share Posted July 4, 2010 My understanding is that a baritone ukulele is tuned the same was a guitar (EADG), but I don't have much experience with regular ukes. Stackabones has a uke or two, and there are a few other people around here who play them as well. Perhaps they could offer some insights . The baritone is typically tuned DGBE, like the top four strings of a guitar. They are the same key. Sopranos are tuned re-entrant tuning with a "high" gCEA.Here is an online ukulele tuner for re-entrant tuning...http://www.get-tuned.com/ukulele_tuner.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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