Comparison- Two Baritone Tunings

[@jkennan]

Thanks. I’ve had a very nice tenor uke for nearly ten years but also have 15 guitars and totally get the tuning differences so starting to think about the baritone uke also.

[@VicSchmeltz]

Baritone’s rock! Enjoy!!

[@hectoralvarado9359]

A Venezuelan Cuatro is tuned to a,d,f#b I believe it is the same size as the baritone uke you have.

[@Flint3162]

I play mostly a baritone in DGBE, I do have a baritone in "cuatro" tuning. Low G and a low A...it's a great sound!

[@VicSchmeltz]

It is.❤️

[@roberthopkins9052]

Having two tenor ukuleles , tuned high g , I then bought a baritone ukulele , through eBay , and found it was also tuned , high g . It is my favourite thing now , and I'll keep it that way , thanks for your informative videos .👍👍👍

[@VicSchmeltz]

You are welcome.

[@acterene1]

Glad I found this Vic. Looking at tuning one if my Baritones GCEA with a low G. Getting Aquila Lava CGEA for Baritone. They only make them with High G. But I will use the G from my Baritone to create the low G, I want. Thanks.

[@VicSchmeltz]

You are welcome.

[@marionmarcian7647]

MANY MANY thanks to you, Love this information!

[@ritchelltalentscout8578]

Love this information! 😍🥰🥰

[@VicSchmeltz]

I’m glad.

[@e.miller8943]

I just watched another vid about baritone tuning that seemed interesting. The instrument was tuned to octave GCEA. That way you can use the same chords as a smaller uke and can play along easier. I am going to try this with nylon guitar strings.

[@VicSchmeltz]

Sounds interesting.

[@denisenadeau5243]

you are very talented I find that steel strings stay in tune better I think I "M going to buy a carbon plastic from out door ukes in a tenor they said the action is very good on these ukes I need help

[@tangobayus]

I play my guitar in open D and would do the same on a baritone uke.

[@howlinhobbit]

my Ohana sopranino is in F tuning (cFAD). it barks like a big dog. I busked with it at Pike Place Market (no amplification allowed) and it cut through the crowd *and* traffic noises just fine.

[@VicSchmeltz]

Very nice!

[@georgeallman4997]

A real musician!

[@deeman524]

I like the baritone in it's regular tuning, because I also play guitar (electric). but I hate acoustic guitars, I like Ukes better

[@dennisclapp7527]

Thanks Vic

[@VicSchmeltz]

You’re welcome!

[@bobvanwest]

I like the Baritone size, I also like the GCEA tuning for the Baritone. I have several Ukes mostly Tenor size, 4 string , 8 string. I'd like to hear what an 8 string Baritone with GCEA tuning sounds like.

[@VicSchmeltz]

I bet it would sound great.

[@brent__earl]

So if it's tuned GCEA (like your cedar Kala), you play it the same as a regular ukulele, the chord name and shape is the same? But if it's DGBE then you would use guitar chords?

[@PerpetualJoy]

yeah DGBE its just like the bottom four strings of a regular guitar.

[@Flint3162]

The chords shapes are all the same, just with different names. Guitar D is uke G, A is D, G is C, C is F, etc

[@JBBluesPhotos]

​@@PerpetualJoyand GCEA is like the bottom four strings of a guitar capoed at the fifth fret. In other words, a Suprano, Concert or Tenor is a Baritone with the first five frets missing 😊

[@Sunshine-Light]

You 🍀 lucky duck 🦆 Brilliant review, 😍

[@VicSchmeltz]

Thanks.

[@thespeez]

Can it be tuned and do people tune it like the 'lower four' on a Banjo (i.e.DGBD)?

[@clawhammer704]

Do a video on the Christmas time is coming song as a lesson please...

[@MrUkuleleric]

The tab for that arrangement is on Uke Hunt

[@galilauren9563]

do both ukulele have the same gauge strings?

[@riderk7007]

You would usually need different gauge strings for each of those tunings. The dgbe set would probably break if you tried to tune it all the way up to gcea.

[@VicSchmeltz]

No they don’t.

[@Gibthing]

When you tuned the baritone to gcea was it a) standard tuning to the same octave as a tenor b) low g same octave as a tenor c) reentrant gcea an octave lower or d) gcea low g an octave lower?

[@riderk7007]

It was low g same octave as tenor

[@VicSchmeltz]

B.

[@rodrodriguez460]

Are you using the same gauge strings for the two different tunings?

[@VicSchmeltz]

No, different string sets.

[@rodrodriguez460]

@@VicSchmeltz Ah, that would make a difference when deciding on buying a baritone uke in A strings, instead of E. I'd have to go with the E setup uke. I truly appreciate your videos. Thanks!

[@deniseshaw3871]

So do you not play the first fret on GCEA ?

[@VicSchmeltz]

All the time. I try to use the entire fingerboard for different voicing.

[@crewsforchrist762]

I'm going to get a long neck Tenor and an 8 string tenor, these Ukes are slightly bigger instruments than the standard tenor, for me Baritone tuning belongs on a baritone and Tenor on a tenor

[@autumnsilverwinds4990]

Hang on a second, just so I can understand better. Are these two different TYPES of baritone ukuleles? Or can any baritone ukulele be TUNED either way? Buying my first one soon.

[@greasy465]

Any Baritone can be tuned to GCEA, Aquila makes a special set of strings for this purpose. You cannot re tune GCEA with standard baritone strings

[@VicSchmeltz]

You can tune a baritone either way as I did in the video.

[@jayme656]

Hi Vic. This is Jayme.

[@VicSchmeltz]

Hey Jayme. Good to hear from you!

[@Tipledan]

Why not just way the tuning is a fifth up?

[@VicSchmeltz]

You could depending on your strings and instrument.

[@KatiTheButcher]

This is way over my understanding and skill level but its good to know for future reference.

[@VicSchmeltz]

Definitely.

[@chrisobrien5594]

You can absolutely play any instrument without knowing the key you're in so long as you have the ability to discern tones in your head. Don't hate on the musically illiterate musicians, we can very much play in key!

[@BirdWhisperer46]

SMH, I have so much to learn. :o(

[@VicSchmeltz]

We all do.

[@nataliestark8243]

So, you basically turned your baritone into a larger tenor... it ceases to be a baritone sound.

[@VicSchmeltz]

Just for the video. My baritones are tuned DGBE.

[@hitmanplayz7468]

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