Rick Turner
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My son asked me what strings to use to tune one of our Compass Rose tenor ukes into mandola tuning, C, G, d, a. The scale length is right, and all you have to do is combine a couple of normal tension strings from a classical guitar set with a couple of extra high tension classical guitar strings. I sent him some sets of normal, high, and extra high tension D'Addario strings, and this is what he came up with.
The low C is an extra high tension 5th string
For the G use a normal tension 4th string
Next for D is an extra high tension 2nd string
And for A...either a uke A (1st) or a classical guitar normal 1st string
This puts you in mandola tuning which is an octave above cello, and it sounds glorious. His mom, a former cellist and current author and guitar teacher, is thrilled as well as it is perfect for her voice.
Thanks, Eli!
The low C is an extra high tension 5th string
For the G use a normal tension 4th string
Next for D is an extra high tension 2nd string
And for A...either a uke A (1st) or a classical guitar normal 1st string
This puts you in mandola tuning which is an octave above cello, and it sounds glorious. His mom, a former cellist and current author and guitar teacher, is thrilled as well as it is perfect for her voice.
Thanks, Eli!