France
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Does anyone know if you need to change your chord shapes when your uke is tuned up a step? Or is it all the same? A c in GCEA is a c in aDF#B?
New chord shapes when tuned up?
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JimmyRoberts
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If you use the C chord shape that you know with D6 tuning (aDF#B), that would actually be a D chord. All chords would be 1 step up.
If you're playing alone, you could use the same chord shapes but you would be playing in a different key; a song in the key of G in C6 (gCEA) would be in the key of A in D6 (aDF#B).
If you were playing along with someone who is using C6 tuning, you would need to use different chord shapes.
Code:
C6 D6
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A -> B
A#/Bb -> C
B -> C#/Db
C -> D
C#/Db -> D#/Eb
D -> E
D#/Eb -> F
E -> F#/Gb
F -> G
F#/Gb -> G#/Ab
G -> A
G#/Ab -> A#/BbIf you're playing alone, you could use the same chord shapes but you would be playing in a different key; a song in the key of G in C6 (gCEA) would be in the key of A in D6 (aDF#B).
If you were playing along with someone who is using C6 tuning, you would need to use different chord shapes.
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France
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Thanks JimmyRoberts.
Nickie
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I'm really glad someone addressed this here, I love the way the D6 tuning sounds, but I didn't know anything about it at all. I can be such a dunderhead. Thanks!
JimmyRoberts
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You're welcome. I was afraid my explanation might be too complicated. I tried to make it simple, really! 
To reiterate:
If you strum the open strings on a ukulele tuned to C6, you get a C6 chord; a uke tuned to D6 will yield a D6 chord.
Everything is one step up.
To reiterate:
If you strum the open strings on a ukulele tuned to C6, you get a C6 chord; a uke tuned to D6 will yield a D6 chord.
Everything is one step up.
