Quartz
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Hello! So I'm rather new to the community and after doing a ton of research on what would be a good instrument for my price range ($50) I bought a Kwise 23" Concert Sized Ukulele. I tune it before practicing and roughly every 30 minutes or so. Frets seem to be flush with the neck and the build quality is overall pleasant. Now to get on with my issue, using a standard tuning GCEA with the following (roughly) frequencies:
G 390
C 260
E 329
A 440
It seemed that this was the normal way to tune a Ukulele, though this is my first time picking up an instrument since I found an old dumpster electric guitar when I was 13. When I strum the Ukulele, using the padded part of my thumb going down, it doesn't make the "traditional" tuned Ukulele sound, it sounds like one of my strings is off tune.
My roommate, who plays guitar, says it sounds about right and that I'm being too harsh on my own sound. Has anyone else faced this problem and could help me figure out? Or is this a common newbie problem and it's just either the strings needing time to stretch or my ear just being completely off? Thanks for any future advice and I hope you managed to make it through the wall of text.
Also if this is in the wrong thread, though it seemed to be the right one, please let me know, thank you.
PS: If the site allows it I'm also all for posting an mp3 of my Ukulele, I just didn't want to record it if it cannot be shared.
G 390
C 260
E 329
A 440
It seemed that this was the normal way to tune a Ukulele, though this is my first time picking up an instrument since I found an old dumpster electric guitar when I was 13. When I strum the Ukulele, using the padded part of my thumb going down, it doesn't make the "traditional" tuned Ukulele sound, it sounds like one of my strings is off tune.
My roommate, who plays guitar, says it sounds about right and that I'm being too harsh on my own sound. Has anyone else faced this problem and could help me figure out? Or is this a common newbie problem and it's just either the strings needing time to stretch or my ear just being completely off? Thanks for any future advice and I hope you managed to make it through the wall of text.
Also if this is in the wrong thread, though it seemed to be the right one, please let me know, thank you.
PS: If the site allows it I'm also all for posting an mp3 of my Ukulele, I just didn't want to record it if it cannot be shared.