What about D tuning (ADF#B)? Is there any tension problem on the uke by simply tuning the "regular" C tuning strings up a whole step? Or are special strings required?
Anyone try the DGBE guitar tuning on a concert uke? Or the GDAE violin tuning? Are the frets in the right place for these tunings to work?
I have played DGBE on a concert-bodied uke. I liked the sound, but, these days, I prefer sticking to baritone ukes in that tuning.
Anyone try the DGBE guitar tuning on a concert uke? Or the GDAE violin tuning? Are the frets in the right place for these tunings to work?
But one thing I will ask is why do you want the guitar tuning?
I was kinda wondering that myself. The standard C tuning is already a lot like the standard guitar tuning, it's just slid up five half-tones. So the chord shapes will be familiar.
(I will say this, though... Now when I pick up one of my guitars, I feel like I'm playing a telephone pole!)
--Mark
What sort of strings did you use and on what uke?