Baritone ukulele?
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buddhuu
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A baritone uke is a little larger than a tenor. It is usually tuned DGBE like the four highest pitched strings of a guitar instead of GCEA like most sopranos, concerts or tenors.
Whether it is worth buying depends upon your personal requirements and tastes. Advantages are a slightly deeper range which can give a fuller sounding accompaniment for vocals and more fretboard room for big hands. Disadvantages are that standard uke chord shapes are transposed on a bari, which can confuse newbies, and a bigger stretch to fret some chords etc if you have small hands. Bari strings may be harder to find in your local store, but you can buy online.
I've tried a baritone 'ukulele and they're not for me. Some people love 'em.
Whether it is worth buying depends upon your personal requirements and tastes. Advantages are a slightly deeper range which can give a fuller sounding accompaniment for vocals and more fretboard room for big hands. Disadvantages are that standard uke chord shapes are transposed on a bari, which can confuse newbies, and a bigger stretch to fret some chords etc if you have small hands. Bari strings may be harder to find in your local store, but you can buy online.
I've tried a baritone 'ukulele and they're not for me. Some people love 'em.
salukulady
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I'm one of those that love them. They sound very nice with songs that are traditionally guitar ballads. I'm not a guitar player, so when I started playing baritone uke, I just strung it Gcea, with a wound low G. I get my strings thru the mail at ukuleleworld.com. They have Gcea sets that are made for baritone.
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I'll simply add that a baritone is, in the right hands, a bucket full of awesome. Strung re-entrant in dGBE it's just pure cool - although I do like them in gCEA as well.
Very likely my next purchase.
Very likely my next purchase.
