Sorry I did not specify an octave for my post ... South Coast website uses dgbd' - machette or cgbd' - plectrum to notate the tunings...
Bill, the octave is important if you're going to say things like
...you push its voice higher and sweeter. Maybe if it was electrified it would sound like playing up the neck on an electric guitar, but to me is has more of a mandolin sound than a guitar sound....
I've never understood the logic behind ABC notation. Seems like someone just took standard notation in the 90's, moved it down a couple of octaves, and claimed it was some sort of innovation. It gets some people confused, and this is an example. You've misquoted what was on the website as well. Machete tuning in standard notation is
d' g' b' d", an octave higher, and was used on an instrument a bit smaller than a Soprano. All I can guess is that you've tuned your "Ukulele" (what size?) an octave higher than Plectrum tuning as well. At least, if as you say, you ended up with a higher voice. Standard Plectrum tuning is
c g b d' in standard notation.
Rick's original question was does this tuning give a more guitar-like sound. In pitch, at least,
c g b d' is a lot
lower than a one line octave linear C (
g c' e' a'). It's actually lower than we recommed on an Ukulele. Check back on our Plectrum page for recommendations for Tenor & Baritone Ukulele pitch. Or just listen to Cam who is playing one of them. And my remarks on "guitar-like sound" have as much to do with the lowered bass note and how that lends itself to a "guitar-like" contrast to the trebles as it does to relative pitch.
You do a great job contributing to the forum, my friend. You were just a little hasty in looking at this.