SteveZ
Well-known member
Anyone else tune their soprano and concert (or other) ukuleles GDAE?
Since I already had my mandolins, tenor guitar and tenor banjo tuned GDAE, it just seemed logical to do the same with the ukuleles. It definitely makes it easier (at least for finger-challenged me) to jump from one instrument to another.
My first ukulele was a RISA Solid Soprano. It has a reputation as a "travel mandolin alternative" when tuned GDAE and I got it for that reason. It piqued my interest in ukuleles and led to acquiring others. However, I found it a lot more comfortable to maintain one chord/key system than jump from GDAE to CGDA to GCEA, so GDAE got the nod. In doing so, it has helped performance across all the instruments, speed-wise and accuracy.
Since I already had my mandolins, tenor guitar and tenor banjo tuned GDAE, it just seemed logical to do the same with the ukuleles. It definitely makes it easier (at least for finger-challenged me) to jump from one instrument to another.
My first ukulele was a RISA Solid Soprano. It has a reputation as a "travel mandolin alternative" when tuned GDAE and I got it for that reason. It piqued my interest in ukuleles and led to acquiring others. However, I found it a lot more comfortable to maintain one chord/key system than jump from GDAE to CGDA to GCEA, so GDAE got the nod. In doing so, it has helped performance across all the instruments, speed-wise and accuracy.