Hello
Not sure of this is the right forum to post this in:
I’m new here, and new to uku playing too, less than a year of playing. I was introduced to uku playing because my kids started playing a $30 uku we had for years. Because of the kids new found interest I purchased them a new uku for Christmas (a Cordoba 15CM concert size). I did not want to get anything more than $99 not knowing if the kids would keep playing. Now I play and practice more than they do.
I’m learning and practicing finger-style and some chord melodies.
I want to get something better then what I currently have (the kids Cordoba 15CM concert size). I was looking at other Cordoba’s or Kala’s with a solid wood top (tenor size minimum). Since I like the classical guitar sound, a Bari size with a gCEA tuning peaked my interest since I saw one at HMS a Cordoba 22B. All the music I already have and have been practicing is in gCEA tuning (The lower case g being a high G).
Then I saw the new Cordoba Mini (Guitarlele) demoed, it is turned at ADGCEa. So I thought if I could change the G with a high G the first four strings would be like a Bari turned to gCEA.
I called Cordoba and they said I could use a string size of 0.027in, which would be the high G string from an Aquila 23U set (a Bari gCEA set).
My question is what are the thoughts from the more experienced players here about the tuning options I thought of here for the Cordoba Mini?
Option 1
(Change only the 4th string to 1 octave higher):
ADgCEa
To play a B just below middle C I could use:
the 5th D string at the 9th fret
the 6th A string at the 14th fret (not likely)
Option 2
(add the high G at 4, slide strings 4 & 5 up and drop the 6th):
DGgCEa
To play a B just below middle C I could use:
the 5th low-G string at the 4th fret (closer to the rest of the notes in a song)
the 6th D string at the 9th fret
I hope I got my fret note alignments right…
Not sure of this is the right forum to post this in:
I’m new here, and new to uku playing too, less than a year of playing. I was introduced to uku playing because my kids started playing a $30 uku we had for years. Because of the kids new found interest I purchased them a new uku for Christmas (a Cordoba 15CM concert size). I did not want to get anything more than $99 not knowing if the kids would keep playing. Now I play and practice more than they do.
I’m learning and practicing finger-style and some chord melodies.
I want to get something better then what I currently have (the kids Cordoba 15CM concert size). I was looking at other Cordoba’s or Kala’s with a solid wood top (tenor size minimum). Since I like the classical guitar sound, a Bari size with a gCEA tuning peaked my interest since I saw one at HMS a Cordoba 22B. All the music I already have and have been practicing is in gCEA tuning (The lower case g being a high G).
Then I saw the new Cordoba Mini (Guitarlele) demoed, it is turned at ADGCEa. So I thought if I could change the G with a high G the first four strings would be like a Bari turned to gCEA.
I called Cordoba and they said I could use a string size of 0.027in, which would be the high G string from an Aquila 23U set (a Bari gCEA set).
My question is what are the thoughts from the more experienced players here about the tuning options I thought of here for the Cordoba Mini?
Option 1
(Change only the 4th string to 1 octave higher):
ADgCEa
To play a B just below middle C I could use:
the 5th D string at the 9th fret
the 6th A string at the 14th fret (not likely)
Option 2
(add the high G at 4, slide strings 4 & 5 up and drop the 6th):
DGgCEa
To play a B just below middle C I could use:
the 5th low-G string at the 4th fret (closer to the rest of the notes in a song)
the 6th D string at the 9th fret
I hope I got my fret note alignments right…