1 Topic by signaljammer

(1 replies, posted in Other string instruments)

Hello Ukesters,

I have been playing baritone ukulele maybe 3 months, and I when I started I tuned it to open G (DGBd) because I already knew chords in that shape from banjo in a music class in pre-history..


Now I am wondering what kind of trade offs I have made for myself as opposed to standard tunings.  When I was starting I didn't know enough about anything to know what I was getting myself into.

I don't have any problem with all the chords I've tried to learn so far, but one thing I have noticed is it's probably harder to pick out a pentatonic scale with this tuning than what DGBE would be...

Any thoughts?

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2 Reply by signaljammer

(11 replies, posted in Other string instruments)

What kind of music do you want to play?

There are a lot of early rock and roll, folk and country songs that are pretty easy to play.

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3 Reply by signaljammer

(115 replies, posted in Other string instruments)

Been playing my super cheap Rogue Baritone for about 3 months now.  Looking to upgrade my model, I love this little thing.  Something about the ukulele is so goofy that you never feel bad about pulling it out and noodling around. 

Looking for something that is accoustic/electric and nice.

I have it tuned to open G like a banjo, because I already knew the major chord shapes there.  Besides chordie.com I spend a lot of time looking at

http://www.4stringchords.com/  Which is GREAT.

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