BigMamaJ40
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I bought a Lyle Ritz songbook which notes that Lyle plays a tenor tuned dGBE. I thought it might be a fun tuning for my acacia/spruce Kala tenor.
So I ordered some strings per Kawika's suggested brands/sizes of classical guitar strings:
http://www.ukuleles.com/SetupnCare/TenorTune.html
The strings sound nice, but the action is a bit high. I kinda expected this, because I figure the tension must be higher with heavier strings than with regular gCEA strings.
But before I lower the saddle, I was wondering if it would be OK to tune up from G to A? That would suit my voice better, but I don't want to put too much tension on the uke. I know the total pounds of string tension listed for these guitar strings, but would that be the same tension on the smaller uke?
So I ordered some strings per Kawika's suggested brands/sizes of classical guitar strings:
http://www.ukuleles.com/SetupnCare/TenorTune.html
The strings sound nice, but the action is a bit high. I kinda expected this, because I figure the tension must be higher with heavier strings than with regular gCEA strings.
But before I lower the saddle, I was wondering if it would be OK to tune up from G to A? That would suit my voice better, but I don't want to put too much tension on the uke. I know the total pounds of string tension listed for these guitar strings, but would that be the same tension on the smaller uke?