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I recently got the urge to learn the ukulele. I, unfortunately, am cursed with stubby, fat hands. Will I be able to work a uke or should I accept my plight and just listen to the awesome uke sounds of someone else? Hi Chris, you never know until you try!
Do you think I should consider a baritone uke? Hi Pam, rather than buying a whole new ukulele, I recommend transposing the chords of a song to a key that is more suitable for your voice. I have a lesson on that here:. Going to Hawaii and will be looking at picking up a Kala KA8 tenor. Became a fan of the 8 string ukulele when we were in Tahiti. We are going to Oahu and was wondering if you know what shops I should look at? Let me know what you find. We just got back and had a great time visited many ukulele stores.
The biggest and best shop was on the north shore it was called the Hawaiian music supply. Talk with Aaron about the Kala KA8 and he tuned one up and let me play it and many others in the shop. There was no pressure to purchase anything he is just a great guy who loves ukuleles. I did purchase the Kala KA8 and he matched the price that is on their website. Check them out when you go! I recently picked up a sSoprano ukelele at the Goodwill Store. While it was fun to start on, I found it a bit small and constantly out of tune.
My neighbor leant me his beautiful tenor uke, which I have played around on from books and online videos, and now there is no going back to the soprano. I love to sing with it, and plan on bringing one to camping trips. Any suggestion for a woman, a bit nubby hands, who likes to sing second soprano? Also, my fingers hurt the next day from pressing on the strings Any special strings you would put on a new ukelele or would you just use the ones that come with it?
Thanks so much. Hi Ellyn, if you have a smaller hands, the concert is a great way to go, since you get that classic ukulele sound. The tenor is nice if you want flexibility down the road with low G tuning. As far the sore fingertips, this is quite normal as you are first learning.
Have fun! I play a Kala soprano long neck, named her Dolores. I played around in the music shop for a while, and found the soprano to be the most comfortable to hold, but I also wanted a little more maneuverability. Thank you for your website and videos. They were instrumental in my decision to learn the ukulele. You and the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. Do you know any brand or model that you think I should go for?
I currently own a tenor and would like to switch to baritone for the fuller sound. I have several uke books. Is it totally different fingering? I thought I saw someone mention that I could tune the baritone differently as well so I could use the same fingering as the tenor even though it will sound in a different key, which is fine for me.
I have to do that with other instruments. Did I understand that correctly? Sorry for all the questions, just want to make sure my ducks are in a row before I sell the tenor and buy a baritone. Thanks so much! Very informative website! Great questions, Lisa! Check out this post I wrote that I think will address both of your questions:. The finger patterns are the same on all ukuleles. If you keep the same shapes finger patterns and change ukuleles you get the same chord type major, minor, seventh etc.
The triangle shape for a D chord on the baritone uke is a G chord on the soprano uke. Use alphabetical distance. From D to G is 4 letters in the alphabet. The Am shape on the baritone is Dm on the soprano. When you change ukes just make the same shapes and know that the root or letter of the chord changes according to a constant alphabetical distance in this example 4. The type of chord major, minor, 7th etc stays the same!
I you can play one uke you can play them all…. Love your website. I have a 10 year old daughter who is interested in ukulele. Should I start her on a soprano or a concert? Thank you so much for your help. Hey Brett So awesome to randomly find this site!
I am still a rookie but moving forward really fast since, as I said, I love the instrument and spend several hours a day practicing. I started with a soprano indeed had the large fingers-small frets problem and now I want to move to an electro-acustic one. Which one do you thing would be the best to buy? I have a question. Baritone uke is tuned the same as guitar using only the four high strings. Ukulele players very rarely read notes. I use baritone to teach students to read real music notation.
We use guitar music which is easy to find and play the notes above middle C low string in the baritone is D above middle C. You can use the baritone uke to teach reading notes on the guitar using an inexpensive instrument which is easy for children to hold and transfers to the BIG, expensive and hard to hold for kids guitar.
I toyed with a guitar a few years ago and enjoyed the strumming but found that my fingers were too short to hit all the notes. I play it all the time. Tried a tenor uke for the first time a couple of weeks ago and definitely want to try more, and then maybe invest in a bigger, better model than I already have.
My question is: if uke playing emboldens me to the point where I think I can take on guitar, is playing the sop or tenor in the standard c tuning going to make that transition really difficult? Should I be playing, say, a baritone, so its at least similar? Or does it not really make a difference?
Second question: people keep saying its hard to find tab for baritone tuning- surely you coukd just work of guitar tabs? Lots of great questions, Heather. I recommend learning to play ukulele on a soprano, concert or tenor. This takes a little bit of mental work as you might know. Overall, the differences between ukulele and guitar are few in the sense that the physical movements you learn playing the ukulele will equip you well if you ever want to give guitar a go.
Hey there Brett, Great to read the comments and advice as well as tricks! I tuned my Little Martin Tenor Guitar to Uke and it is awesome — so good — have a 4 string banjo and a uke in one bag!! Dear Brett, I really want a ukelele!
Or should I get a Tenor? Any thoughts would be much appreciated! You can transpose any song on any ukulele to be in a key that is suitable for your voice. With the tenor, you still get that classic ukulele sound but you have some more room for your fingers. Mainly, the Soprano and the Concerto. I do have a few questions. I think that was the only thing that had me a bit hesitant in choosing the Soprano uke.
The Concert one is lovely, too. Perhaps your opinion could help? The cheaper ukuleles tend to have the biggest issue with this. For me, nothing beats the soprano. It is traditional, the beginning of all the ukuleles around! The tenor has a classic ukulele tone without sounding toy-ish. There are some nice concerts out there, but the tenor is just more versatile for my uses.
I think my next purchase, however, will be a cavaquinho. I played one a couple of years ago and absolutely fell in love with the sound. I just bought a ukulele after traveling to Hawaii a few weeks ago. So if anyone has any info at all about the uke I have it would be much appreciated!
I can find affordable left-handed soprano ukes but not one with a compensated bridge. Hey everybody! I have just bought a soprano ukulele. I am beginner at ukulele, but i play guitar so i hope this will help.. I just wanted to ask something.. I have complex with brands, and the ukulele i bought was a cheap one from a tourist shop.
I have played with other soprano ukuleles and they re pretty mich the same.. So does it really matter.? It looks good and it sounds fairly well for its price, so could i rely on it? HelloI I begon with a soprano, i have now 3 soprano, 2 concerts, 1 banolele clarophone ,1 banjo guitar and i want to purchase a mini guitar mahalo en try to make it re entrant.
Hey thanks for this information! My daughter wanted a ukulele so my dad gave her one of his a collector of instruments not particularly a player. Using your guide I think it is a baritone — My daughter loves messing around with it, but I want to start teaching her chords etc. Hi Victoria, my grandpa gave me my first ukulele too!
How fun. ADF B is a common tuning. You know with the chords the soprano-way? I tried to tune my tenorukulele like a soprano — it did not end well….
Hi Hege, you can tune a tenor ukulele the same as a soprano in standard ukulele tuning gCEA. Hye Brett, thanks for the information, I just started to play Ukelele when my friends bring it along with him to my place. I will follow your advice.. I bought myself a Kala soprano 2 months ago and I absolutely love it! I was able to pick it up pretty quickly. I also just bought an electric ukulele that should be coming in the mail within the next few days. It just goes to show; try the instrument yourself rather than relying on bias of someone else.
What they may loathe, you might love! Now to find a great baritone and a U-bass. Thank you for the information in the original article as well as thanks to those who commented. This one webpage has helped me tremendously in choosing an instrument. It seems to have the best review. If you are buying for the long-term, you should definitely consider these options.
With so many different sizes of ukuleles, it can be difficult to choose the right one for you. However, hopefully now you are better prepared to pick your next favorite instrument. Unleash your inner musician with Yousician. We offer thousands of songs, exercises, and teacher-crafted lessons all in one app. Learn more. Pinterest-color Created with Sketch. Have you ever dreamed of getting on stage with your band and getting to be the centre of attention with your skillful guitar playing? In that case you just might be a future lead guitarist.
However,… Read more. Posted on November 10, Posted on November 8, Posted on October 21, Ready to start playing? Play the songs you love with Yousician. Sign up and start learning now. There are four main sizes of ukulele, and a fifth that has started to gain popularity more recently. The main four types of ukulele are the Soprano, the Concert, Tenor, and Baritone. The 5th, and almost toy like Sopranino, is the new kid on the block and much less common than the other ones.
It is a tiny Ukulele with about ten frets and is generally tuned the same was as a soprano. These ukuleles have become popular with some large instrument companies, making it readily available.
This Ukulele is widely viewed as a novelty instrument, but as the video below shows can be used for some pretty great renditions. The instrument is fairly small and can be rather difficult to play because of this. Also, due to the size, the soprano creates a softer, thinner sounds than its bigger counterparts.
The concert ukulele is a great starting point for new ukulele players. Its size makes it large enough that many of the issues that arise from the soprano size are minimized without losing that true ukulele sound. Concert ukuleles are also generally fairly inexpensive due to their size, especially compared to the tenor and baritone sizes. Very similar to the concert in size and sound, the tenor is usually a good starting point for a guitarist who is looking to make the switch to Ukulele.
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