Tenacious V
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I recently bought a baritone ukulele and as an experiment I tuned it down two half steps to CFAD. I just love how it sounds so rich and mellow, and I'm not sure I want to tune it back to the standard DGBE.
Do any of you use this tuning?
The challenge I'm facing now is how to learn chords. I printed out a chord chart and shifted all the chord names two half steps (A is now G, C is now Bb, etc). This seems to work pretty well for open chords, though a few sound a little odd with the low C. I want to learn chords further up the neck, but I can't find any charts or other helpful information.
OR, do I just learn the chords and play as if it was tuned to DGBE and capo the 2nd fret if I play with or accompany other people? This would keep me on the same page with other players somewhat, and I would be able to teach/learn chord fingerings.
I'd appreciate some advice on how to approach alternate tuning, because I'm starting to get frustrated and ready to tune it back up, though I don't really want to...
Thanks!
Do any of you use this tuning?
The challenge I'm facing now is how to learn chords. I printed out a chord chart and shifted all the chord names two half steps (A is now G, C is now Bb, etc). This seems to work pretty well for open chords, though a few sound a little odd with the low C. I want to learn chords further up the neck, but I can't find any charts or other helpful information.
OR, do I just learn the chords and play as if it was tuned to DGBE and capo the 2nd fret if I play with or accompany other people? This would keep me on the same page with other players somewhat, and I would be able to teach/learn chord fingerings.
I'd appreciate some advice on how to approach alternate tuning, because I'm starting to get frustrated and ready to tune it back up, though I don't really want to...
Thanks!