Fun Fact: There are apps that do this exact same thing! You can go download it on your smartphone right now, and start tuning! This is very convenient for on-the-go tuning, and it can be a much cheaper alternative.
Some tuning apps that we recommend are: Pitched Tuner, gStrings Tuner. With relative tuning it is ideal to begin with one string that you feel is somewhat close to being in tune. By assuming that this one string is in tune, we adjust the others.
We have broken the method down into steps below:. This method is quite fiddly and can take some getting used to. If you have a tuned piano or a keyboard available, then this is a great way to tune your ukulele because pianos can be used as a reference. This method involves playing notes on the piano and tuning the respective string on your ukulele until it sounds the same as the piano note.
Note: Most headstock tuners are designed to tune different instruments and contain different instrument settings. The instrument setting on most headstock tuners can be changed by pushing the power button several times. The instrument name will be indicated at the bottom of the tuner. Step 2: Choose a string to tune. Starting with string 1 and sequentially tuning to string 4 is recommended.
Now turn the tuning pegs slowly clockwise or counterclockwise tighten or loosen the string. Step 4: Tighten or loosen the string until the needle reaches the center of the tuner indicating that the string is in tune. This is where it is important to know the chromatic scale. Once you think you get your instrument in tune, your strings will probably have stretched a bit. Sometimes, depending on your strings, the humidity, the types of tuners you have, and the type of wood your ukulele is made of, your ukulele will not be in tune immediately after you tune it.
So you have to go back through the whole process two or three times to fine-tune your ukulele. Now you might have one of several types of ukuleles. Here is a chart that covers the various types of ukuleles and the notes of their standard tuning. You can create a few fun alternate tunings by tuning each string up or down two steps. I find that if you try tuning more than two steps, you will break strings. What goes with G?
The E chord would work. You could try Open C tuning and tune your top A down to a G. Or try C7 tuning, and tune the A to a Bb. There are so many different types of tunings that you can try. If you find an alternate tuning you like, let us know in the comments section below! Simply download a ukulele tuning app on your smartphone or tablet. Looking for some of the best ukulele tuner apps? There are many good ukulele tuning apps for free out there. Here are a few I recommend checking out:.
You can download Free Chromatic Tuner from the iTunes app store. This free app works for both standard tuning and alternate tuning. Tuner lite turns your smartphone into a chromatic tuner and pitch pipe. Fine Chromatic Tuner uses the built-in mic on your phone to help you get your uke in tune.
I have just listened to him play on YouTube and the virtuosity is astounding! James Hill a virtuoso also to be sure recently wrote me that he used to play low G mostly but now is doing more high G tuning playing.
I need all the help I can get playing learning this thing! Many thanks. I recommend experimenting with both to see what you like. I agree that standard tuning can feel a little counterintuitive, especially if you come from a guitar background.
I have a tenor uke tuned to gCEA. My Lanikai S-T tenor has the original strings from when I purchased it, they are black nylon g, E, and A strings and a metal wound C string. There would be too much tension on the top string that could potentially break the string or cause harm to your ukulele. Hello, I am NEW to ukulele and am so happy to have come across your site! Does this make sense? Is this tuned correctly?? Hi Kristen, the middle two strings should have slightly less tension since they are tuned lower, but they should still ring out in a clear tone and pitch.
Are they ringing out clear for you? I just got my new Mahalo Tenor… trying to tune it up I noticed that the top string is smaller in dia. I should have read all of the string first………… With a tenor, can i tune it like a baritone??? Hi Bob, I would be concerned about doing this because of the tension the higher gauge baritone strings would put on the neck of the tenor ukulele.
Hi Bob, yep, this is right. The ukulele is tuned in a reentrant tuning, where the top string is tuned higher than the bottom three strings. This is unlike a guitar or bass where the tuning is linear across the strings. In another post, you said it would probably want to get better strings than the ones that it comes with. What kind of strings do you reccomend? My sister and I bought a Lumanog Ukulele. The seller says its a baritone ukulele with 19 frets.
We made him seller tuned the ukulele. But as I try to play the ukulele, it sounds strange and much lower than the typical baritone ukuleles I hear on youtube. I noticed that most baritone ukuleles have two thick strings on the upper part while my two thick strings are on the middle of the thin strings.
Help me please? Hi Ansherina, as you play your ukulele, it will naturally go out of tune as the strings stretch, so it will need to be retuned. The easiest way to tune your ukulele is to purchase a chromatic ukulele tuner.
I recommend some here:. Has anyone else had any experience with tuning a soprano to low G? So whats wrong ive seen videos and such, and the A string is deeper than the C string!!!!
Hey Victoria, hmmm… it sounds like your A-string needs to be tuned an octave higher. Did you double check to make sure the strings are on the right tuning pegs? My goal would be to use it a little like the 5-string Uke is used with both the high and low G. I would rather not use any wound strings but could live with one or even two if I had to. I believe it came with a set of classical guitar strings tuned up a fourth and it had three wound strings.
What would you recommend that I do to try what I have in mind to turn this great instrument into one with a high and low G and then a low C? Just need to know what strings to buy. Thanks so much and this is a super site!
Or if I tune one string an active higher I have to do that to all my strings, but it might break, what do I do? What do I do? Or how am I supposed to do it? Hi Bre, you will need to purchase a standard-tuned ukulele string set g-C-E-A and restring your ukulele.
I like the strings from Aquila. Hi Johnny, what kind of string set are you using? Are you certain the string set is for English tuning? The other chords are reading C,E and A. Any help would be appreciated. Hi Brenda, it looks like the fourth string is a little flat in pitch.
An F note is just a whole step below a G note. You might have to give it a couple turns. I have just bought a tenor uke. The normal tuning for this is DGBE, yes? Hi, I just bought a baritone ukulele yesterday. The woman at the shop tuned it to GCEA for me.
Is this okay? Apparently baritone ukuleles have a different tuning, yes? Please, advise if I want to put Low G on soprano to have a set Herb Ohta plays and I do not have specially manufactured uke string low G, would it not be better to put 5th classical guitar string that is A? Because the mensure of the soprano is half of the classical guitar mensure and seems that A fits the best of all it will just one full step lower its regular tuning?
Hi Jonah, the an A-string on a classical guitar would be too low and put too much tension on the neck of the ukulele. Hi, Im trying to transpose Christmas carols playing a ukulele and a clarinet together. Both are DGBE tuning.
I played an 8 string tenor Uke the other day and the sound on it was incredible. Any recommendations on strings? Thanks in advance. Hi I have a ukulele with English tuning because I live in Britain and was wondering if I can still tune the ukulele to standard tuning or would the strings be to slack? Hi, Brett… I have a question regarding tuning.
I got a ukulele which I believe is a concert and apparently in d-tuning. I want to know if its possible to change it to c-tuning, since most online books, help, etc. Do I have to change the strings or something? Hi Christian, you should be able to tune it down to C tuning. If the strings are too loose, then that probably means you would need to get a gCEA string set. Also if I need to tune it up an octave, what happens with the chord shapes?
I feel like this is a newbie question but are chords completely different depending on the tuning? Hi Brett I have a what if question concerning ukulele tuning and cords.
Question If standard ukulele tuning was used on a 4 string bass guitar, could ukulele cords then be played on the bass guitar? Hi Bob, indeed, if the strings on a 4-string bass guitar were tuned GCEA, you could use ukulele chord shapes to find chords to play on the bass guitar. However, I will say that because of the deeper tone that is natural of a bass guitar, playing chords will sound a lot more muddy and less clear the lower you are down the neck.
Bass guitar, for the most part, is not typically used to play chords, although it can be used that way. Any time I messed around with a uke before, I would just tune it to a chord and play bar chords the whole time, adding an extra finger for a minor or seventh chord. Am I stupid to think I can just keep doing that? Hi Gracie, you could definitely tune it to an open tuning that would allow you to play barre chords to change chords.
Slack key tuning would be what you want: GCEG. I have recently brought a Kala KA-C concert ukulele and I already love it, but it seems like every night I have to tune it. I use an app on the iPhone to tune it and when I come to play it I check using the app whether it is in tune and it never is and during play it sounds like it goes out of tune instantly. I have a canadian tuned concert uke and i keep looking online for here comes the sun for it but they all show up in standard tunings can you help with notes or sheet music for me.
My 2-year-old Diamond Head soprano uke sprung the B! When I brought it to Guitar Cener to have it restrung, I was told that it would be impossible to restring the uke because the bridge was cracking. I also bought a chromatic clip-on tuner to tune the uke. Or will tuning this uke to D put a strain on the bridge and possibly damage it, like what happened to my Diamond Head uke.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. With the right strings, you should be able to tune to D tuning just fine. Other factors also affect the ukulele tuning like the quality of the ukulele: tuners, pegs, etc. Hi I just got my ukulele, and I am a first time player. Its a Luna Soprano one.
How do I fix this? Hi Brett.
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