I know I'm a bit slow, but being new to ukuleles and only having spent much time with a tenor, I've only just realised that soprano, concert and tenor ukuleles are all tuned to the same pitch. I had vaguely thought that it was like the recorder where a tenor plays an octave higher than a soprano.
If this is the case, why do people own the different sized ukes? Coming from 40+ years of guitar, I chose a tenor as my first ukulele because I found I liked having more room for my fingers and also it sounded better to me than soprano or concert. Is the answer here? Different qualities of sound for different purposes? Soprano for chord strumming as opposed to tenor for finger style for example?
What thoughts from the experienced?
Geoff
If this is the case, why do people own the different sized ukes? Coming from 40+ years of guitar, I chose a tenor as my first ukulele because I found I liked having more room for my fingers and also it sounded better to me than soprano or concert. Is the answer here? Different qualities of sound for different purposes? Soprano for chord strumming as opposed to tenor for finger style for example?
What thoughts from the experienced?
Geoff