You want to make sure you use a slide that isn’t to heavy, remember a simple Bic lighter makes a great slide for instruments. The 7 th chord is the hallmark of blues, so with a slide uke tuning you can play some slide blues on the uke. However as long as you are light on the slide you can play slide ukulele! Instead of G-C-E-A change the A to Bb, that gives you G-C-E-Bb which is a C7. Most folks think about lap steels and guitars for using slide playing. This tuning also works great on many other instruments, especially the guitar. This tuning works best while playing in the key of C and with C scales. By moving it two positions up and fretting 2222 you have a D chord. Of course this means that all your normal chord positions are different, if you strum all the strings without any frets down you already have a C chord. This means your slack key tuning on the uke is G-C-E-G. To make this tuning you take the last A string and detune it down to G. It is a method of taking certain strings and detuning or slacking them. Slack-Key TuningĪccording to oral historic account slack key tuning originated in Hawaii. These days I prefer to tune my concert and tenor ukulele with a special low G string, I prefer the sound. The most famous use of this tuning is by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole (known as Iz) in the song “ Over The Rainbow.” By far this is the most famous uke song these days and many people do not realize that Iz used a special low G on his uke. The low G tuning requires a special wound string you have to order specific strings to make this tuning. On a normal uke the C string is the lowest note, but occasionally folks like to tune the first G note to a lower G, but that takes a special string. This is not so much an alternate tuning as it is a varying method to tune GCEA. D-tuning however should not be overlooked and is perfect for songs that are in the Key of A because it’s easier to play that dreaded E chord! Low-G Tuning It’s surprising that this tuning is not used more often, however by using GCEA the new student has an easier time of learning. If you have ever played in D tuning it has a perfect ukulele sound. A half step is one note and a whole step is two notes so a whole step from G is A, a whole step from C is D, from E to F# (remember there is no E#!), and the last A to B. Now for those who know their music theory we have simply moved a step up in the tuning.
Find any sheet music from the 1930’s or before for uke and they often use D tuning which is A-D-F#-B. Ironically this is now an alternate tuning these days, but years ago this is how ukes were normally tuned. Ready to experiment? Grab your tuner or visit, and try one of the following alternate tunings! However, there is always room for experimentation with music and it is fun to try some different tunings. It was also common in old country music of Hank Williams and other early stars of that era. Because the uke only has four strings this C6 is also known as A minor 7 or Am7, but that is a discussion for another time.Ĭ6 tuning is also used for lap steel guitars, it is the tuning that gives instruments that “Hawaiian feel.” Most often when you here music that has an island mood to it, C6 is used. These notes (GCEA) make up a C6 chord, The C is the root and bass note, the E is the 3 rd, G is the 5 th, and the A is the 6 th making it a C6 chord.
The worst-case scenario is that a string change requires buying two string sets (available online for about $14), but I can always find uses for the leftover strings.The most common tuning for a ukulele is G-C-E-A,when each string is played starting at the G it gives us the famous “My dog has fleas!” My (G) Dog (C) Has (E) Fleas (A), a popular method of singing this tuning. 62mm (from #AT6, A string)(tenor six-string set)Ī sound sample of this baritone ukulele at CGDA is at 77mm (from #AT6, E string)(tenor six-string set)Ī. G - wound (from #ABGT, G string)(guitar tuning set, baritone)ĭ. To summarize:Ĭ - wound (from #ABGT, D string)(guitar tuning set, baritone) This combination kept the tension reasonably close to what the DGBE tuning pulls. For the "DA" I took the third "E" and first "A"strings from Aquila's tenor six-string set (part AT6) and tuned them "DA". The first two strings from that set were saved, and the other two were removed.
The baritone ukulele came strung DGBE using the Aquila baritone guitar tuning set (part #ABGT). I mainly use Aquila NylGut strings on my ukuleles and am familiar with their gauges.Īfter a bit of research, math and head-scratching, came up with this combination. Finding the nylon strings which would accommodate wasn't that hard, but did take some mix-and-matching.
This particular uke (Kala KA-BE) comes with preamp, pickup and tuner installed. The plan was to string it CGDA like my tenor guitar, tenor banjo and several other ukuleles. Got a new baritone ukulele (20-inch scale) a few days ago.
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