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Tuning Your Ukulele

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TUNING YOUR UKULELE

When you tune your ukulele, you will adjust the pitch (highness or lowness) of each individual
string.
When you tighten a string ↺ you will raise the pitch. When you loosen a string ↻ you will lower
the pitch.
The standard C tuning (the most common ukulele tuning) is just as follows:

Pitch: 4th G, 3rd C, 2nd E, 1st A

TUNING WITH AN ELECTRONIC TUNER


An electronic tuner will recognize whether or not your strings are in tune, allowing you to
adjust them to the correct pitch. While I advocate learning how to tune by ear (being able to
recognize and match the sound of a pitch without the help of a machine). A tuner’s accuracy
and efficiency make it a useful tool.
TUNING BY EAR or RELATIVE TUNING
Tune the C string (string 3) to a reliable source like a piano (middle C), tuning fork, or pitch pipe.
Press down on the third string behind the fourth fret (E) and tune the second string until they
sound alike.

Press down on the second string at the fifth fret (A) and tune the open first string to it.

Finally, press down on the second string above the third fret (G) and tune the fourth string to it.

THE FINGERBOARD

Below is a fingerboard chart (also called the fretboard):

FRETBOARD DIAGRAM ORIENTATION:

The G, 4th, string (bottom horizontal line) is the top string and closest to your face as you hold

the ‘ukulele. The A, 1st, string (top horizontal line) is the bottom string and closest to the floor.
FRETBOARD MEMORIZATION TIPS:

• Learn the open strings first. It’s obvious, but you need to know them really well.
• The 12th fret is the same as the open strings. Any higher and all the notes repeat.
• The natural notes are easiest to remember. Start with those.
• The 5th and 7th frets host only natural notes. (And they have marker dots!)
• The C scale is made up of natural notes. Kill two birds with one stone and learn it!
• Once you have the natural notes down, then work on the sharps and flats (# and ♭).

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