cre8tive1
Active member
I've been playing Uke for about a year now and recently saw something about special string sets for Tenor Ukes that allow you to have a linear DGBE tuning.
My music theory knowledge is very limited, but this sounds like it would allow a Tenor Uke to be tuned the same as strings 1-4 on guitar.
If this is the case, would the chord shapes on a DGBE tenor be different than one tuned to GCEA? My gut says yes.... And if so, then guitar tabs could be used to play on Uke? Finger picking wouldn't work as 2 stings are missing, but I would think chords would work.
I'm asking all of this for 2 mains reasons:
1. I would like to hear what a tenor sounds like with this lower range of strings.
2. Guitar tabs are much more available than Uke tabs.
I'm interested to see if my theorizing is correct or if I'm completely lost.
Thanks,
My music theory knowledge is very limited, but this sounds like it would allow a Tenor Uke to be tuned the same as strings 1-4 on guitar.
If this is the case, would the chord shapes on a DGBE tenor be different than one tuned to GCEA? My gut says yes.... And if so, then guitar tabs could be used to play on Uke? Finger picking wouldn't work as 2 stings are missing, but I would think chords would work.
I'm asking all of this for 2 mains reasons:
1. I would like to hear what a tenor sounds like with this lower range of strings.
2. Guitar tabs are much more available than Uke tabs.
I'm interested to see if my theorizing is correct or if I'm completely lost.
Thanks,