ukelele

[dr.colossus]

i bought a ukelele at a flea market today... i just want to know how to tune it.... E A D G (guitar style)? G D A E (violin style)?

 

[philboyd studge]

G C E A, or 'my dog has feas' as I remember.

Here's a cool 1914 instruction manual:
http://www.snowcrest.net/motman/uke.html

 

[John Sayers]

yeah My dog has flees, G C E A ......a variation is to tune the 2nd (C) up an octave for a high strung sound.

cheers
john

 

[dr.colossus]

very cool link, i am surprised at how close i got the tuning, it didn't take long to figure my first two guesses were wrong when i noticed the top and bottom strings were pretty much the same thickness.... thanks guys.. very cool link... my dog has fleas? wtf?

 

[Tom Hicks]

Baritone ukuleles are D-G-B-E.
Soprano ukes are G-C-E-A.
Old style tuning for sopranos is A-D-F#-B.