New to the uke and having fun training my ear to the art of tuning the ukulele by ear. I know for sure it takes practice.. Lots of practice and time!
My only other experience with music instruments is highland pipes, smallpipes and northumbrian pipes. About 20 years all up. I can tune a pipe chanter to itself and then to the drones to get the best harmonics and overtone possible (Hey I should get a medal for that alone!)
The method of ear tuning a uke is simple enough but actually hearing if a string is sharp or flat when it’s very close is something I need to work on. My mind plays tricks on me and I can hear it both ways. Also getting the G or A string spot on before tuning the other strings is a challenge. A combination of practicing tuning by ear and then checking with the tuner appears to be the best way.
If you mostly tune by ear.. What is you proven method?
Bill
My only other experience with music instruments is highland pipes, smallpipes and northumbrian pipes. About 20 years all up. I can tune a pipe chanter to itself and then to the drones to get the best harmonics and overtone possible (Hey I should get a medal for that alone!)
The method of ear tuning a uke is simple enough but actually hearing if a string is sharp or flat when it’s very close is something I need to work on. My mind plays tricks on me and I can hear it both ways. Also getting the G or A string spot on before tuning the other strings is a challenge. A combination of practicing tuning by ear and then checking with the tuner appears to be the best way.
If you mostly tune by ear.. What is you proven method?
Bill