kissing
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So I have my heart set on learning to play the violin.
However, I know I have a long road ahead of me, and I am quite anxious about adapting to tuning in fifths (GDAE) as opposed to fourths (GCEA) that I am used to.
While my violin is on its way to me (will take about a week), I figured I would get some practice by tuning an ukulele like a violin.
However, I had some trouble on my Soprano, Concert and Tenor ukes.
The tensions of the strings would get too high.
And then I have a lightbulb flash in my head. I happen to have a Tom Pocket uke that has a shorter scale than soprano. I have it tuned to octave DGBE (one octave higher than baritone), with a linear low-D wound string.
This setup handles GDAE tuning quite well and I am digging it!
If you ever want an ukulele easily tunable to GDAE, get the pocket uke and whack on a reguar low-G string set!
However, I know I have a long road ahead of me, and I am quite anxious about adapting to tuning in fifths (GDAE) as opposed to fourths (GCEA) that I am used to.
While my violin is on its way to me (will take about a week), I figured I would get some practice by tuning an ukulele like a violin.
However, I had some trouble on my Soprano, Concert and Tenor ukes.
The tensions of the strings would get too high.
And then I have a lightbulb flash in my head. I happen to have a Tom Pocket uke that has a shorter scale than soprano. I have it tuned to octave DGBE (one octave higher than baritone), with a linear low-D wound string.
This setup handles GDAE tuning quite well and I am digging it!
If you ever want an ukulele easily tunable to GDAE, get the pocket uke and whack on a reguar low-G string set!