How to Restring a Ukulele : Tuning a Ukulele with a Tuner

Tuning a ukulele is much like that of a guitar but the string order is very different. Learn how to use a tuner to tune a ukulele in thisfree video clip. Expert: Thomas Marchevsky Bio: Thomas Marchevsky is a professional guitarist/composer and college professor. He has an MM in guitar from the New England Conservatory in Boston. Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso

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Ukulele Tuning Test (ty Ukulele Underground)

ukulele GCEA and a quick strum of the C and G7 chords.

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Ukulele Tuning – George’s Music

A string by string example of a tuned soprano ukulele.

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Mahalo U-50G Economy Soprano Ukulele with Geared Tuning Pegs and Gig Bag

• Priced and sized to meet every need and pocket-book
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• The fingerboard and bridge are also constructed of maple and stained black
• Equiped with geared tuning pegs
• Gig Bag included

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Mahalo also offers and economy line of Ukuleles. The U-50G is a traditional soprano ukulele and comes with geared tuning pegs for easy and accurate tuning…. More >>

Mahalo U-50G Economy Soprano Ukulele with Geared Tuning Pegs and Gig Bag

Ukulele Tab: Ukulele Tuning For Beginners

How can you be in tune with your ukulele? The ukulele is a fantastic little instrument with many possibilities. You can play chords and melodies on it but a requisite is that your ukulele is in tune. Let’s tune up!

The most common ukulele tuning is the standard C tuning.

It is of course preferable to use a tuner or piano or tuning fork in ukulele tuning but it is not necessary to tune exactly to the concert pitch if you don’t play with others.

You can tune the ukulele by ear, using the method outlined below.

The strings on the ukulele is numbered from the highest pitched string. When you hold your ukulele in playing position string number one will be the string nearest your feet.

Now I will show you some steps in ukulele tuning to get your ukulele in tune.

1. Tune your first string to an A or a pitch that sounds okey to you.

2. Press down a finger on the fifth fret on the second string. Tune the second string until the pressed down fret will have the same pitch as the first string.

3. Press down a finger on the fourth fret on the third string. Tune the third string until the pressed down fret will have the same pitch as the second string.

4. Press down a finger on the third fret on the second string. Tune the fourth string until it sounds the same as the pitch of your pressed down fret on the second string.

We can test if your ukulele is in tune by playing the first part of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.

The first notes you will play are on the third string without pressing down any finger. I will use a form of ukulele tab with numbers.

The first number indicates the fret. The second number after the slash indicates which string to play:

0/3 0/3

This means: Play two notes on the open third string. Let’s play some more ukulele tab:

0/3 0/3 3/2 3/2 0/1 0/1 3/2

Let’s explain some of the numbers: 3/2 means press down the third fret on the second string and play the note. 0/1 means that you play the note on the open first string.

Let’s play one more part:

1/2 1/2 0/2 0/2 2/3 2/3 0/0

If this sounds like the beginning of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star you can be quite sure that your ukulele tuning is correct.

We haven’t used the fourth string in this melody but you can listen to the two notes 3/2 and 0/4. These two notes should have the same pitch if you have tuned the ukulele correctly.

Good luck with your ukulele tuning!

P.S. Why not try to find out the rest of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star by ear!

A ukulele tuning lesson from a 16 month old.

jamming with mommy and daddy

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Ukulele tuning part 2 of 2

My entry into the “Worst Ear Tuning” Contest that is being held on Ukulele Underground Forum by MGM. Disclaimer: Bad singer …. not responsible for any hearing damage! The prize?: An electronic TUNER by Kala

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ukulele tuning part 1 of 1

My entry into the “Worst Ear Tuning” Contest that is being held on Ukulele Underground Forum by MGM. Disclaimer: Bad singer …. not responsible for any hearing damage! The prize?: An electronic TUNER by Kala

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Ukulele Tuning Tips: Keep yourself in Tune

Ukulele Tuning Tips: Keep Yourself in Tune For beginner ukulele players, getting the ukulele in tune can be a chore. However, it is absolutely necessary. It’s not something optional that you can just skip. No matter how good you get, if your ukulele is out of tune, you’ll sound terrible and people will run from the room screaming.

Why is it Difficult to Tune a Ukulele?

The ukulele tends to be more difficult to tune than larger instruments such as the guitar or bass. The short scale length means that you have to be very careful when tuning or you will overshoot. It is also more difficult as many ukuleles have friction tuners. Guitars are fitted with geared tuners which tend to keep the tuning better and mean that tuning can be more accurate.

Top Tuning Tip: Buy a Digital Tuner

Digital tuners have made life so much easier for ukulele players. They are now small, cheap and accurate which makes them a vital addition to any ukulele player’s gig bag. There are many different types of tuner. There are chromatic tuners (which allow you to choose any note to tune to) and dedicated ukulele tuners (which will only allow to tune to the notes of the ukulele). There are tuners which work via a microphone and those that work by picking up on vibrations in the ukulele.

Which Ukulele Tuner Should I Buy?

That depends on your style of ukulele playing. Most ukulele players will not stay beyond the standard ukulele tuning (GCEA), so a dedicated ukulele tuner is fine. But if you want to experiment with other tunings (such as slack-key tuning or D-tuning), then a chromatic tuner becomes necessary. If you are only planning on playing at home for fun, then a microphone tuner is will suit you. But if you are planning to play gigs, a clip on tuner will be much more suitable. A clip on tuner works by sensing the vibrations of the ukulele, so the sounds around you won’t affect how the tuner works.

Some well respected makes of ukulele tuner are Kala and Intelli.

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