GCEA Tuning on a Baritone Ukulele - Low and High G Demonstration
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- A demo of a Snail BHC-5B baritone ukulele, using regular ukulele tuning, with high and low G, GCEA tuning comparisons.
The BHC-5B is available from World of Ukes: worldofukes.co...
While I admit both the high and low G sound amazing and quite beautiful in their own way, I play the Baritone exclusively because of its DGBE linear tuning and because I am trying to get away from that ukulele sound and as close to a guitar as possible without the massive size difference, extra strings, and difficulty playing associated with the guitar. I do think you play the uke very nicely and it was a joy to listen to. The odd thing is even though the low G is closer to the DGBE sound I like, I thought the high G was sweeter and more preferable to my ears.
Low G GCEA for my Baritone Uke . I almost made the mistake of buying the High G. Thank you, for this video.
High G sounds bloody beautiful on that ukulele 💛
Is that GCEA ?
@@janetgroves2220yup high g gCEA
With low G it sounds absolutely amazing. I hope you will have them in your shop again cos it seems i missed my chance.
They will be back before long, yes.
High G sounds very much like a mountain dulcimer to my ear. It would kick serious ass on Appalachian type music.
Try the Harley Benton Banjolele as well. It is the most amazing instrument.
Excellent comparison video. Thank you!
I know this question may spund silly but on your barotone uke, did you just tune your regular strings to low gcea/high gcea or did you have to get specific strings in order to change the tuning on this baritone uke instead thank you ❤
Yes, you do need differenct strings. I would look at Living Water strings for this (only available direct from them, but the have custom sets). These Snail ukes actually come with GCEA from the factory - but in other cases, you'd need different strings.
You’re not kidding on big sound wow 😯
very nice Matt. I like both
Thanks Denise (did you get my email about your order?)
Cool man. Nice collection.
thanks a lot for your help
What type of strings are they? Fluorocarbon, nylgut, etc
I am going to get some great because I like Indian dotoea music played on a tenor usually
I'm thinking about buying a baritone ukulele just to play high g on it all the time 👍.
For me a low G uses the bigger body and it's capacity for deeper tones more... But there's no reason why not!
Thank You
Very interesting Matt! I was wondering what size & type strings you would use for that tuning so thanks for the explanation. Do the strings feel very "tight" by tuning up? 🤔
These Snail ones, no. Living Waters feel very tense, slightly nerve wracking when tuning up! But when settled (takes a while), feel and sound nice.
@@WorldofUkes Hmmm….think I’ll stick to DGBE! I know, I’m a big chicken! 🐔x
@@joycefleming1422 I think that's fine! I occasionally play and when I do I use DGBE. In fact, me not really knowing what I'm playing is quite freeing!
@@WorldofUkes 😂🤣
I bought GCEA strings for my baritone ukulele but they’re so tight and uncomfortable. Why would that be? I bought the Aquila New Nylgut AQ-23 High G Baritone Ukulele Strings.
How big a difference in sound would there be between low GCEA on a baritone compared to low GCEA on a tenor?
Good subject for a future video, thanks.
pity you can't play some Jazz,a tune in cord block. then we'd know if it's any good.
Definitly better with DGBE tuning.
Can you just use a capo?
I have a cordoba baritone ukelele and I want low g tuning, but the only low g strings I find online just say they are for ukeleles, not baritone ukeleles. Is that fine?
Try living water strings (available directly from their website). They do a custom set of low G, GCEA strings for baritone.
Great demonstration! Thank you :) should't the baritone ukulele be tunes dgbe like the 4 bottom strings of guitar?
Well, that's the traditional way yes. But so many people who play other ukulele sizes like the idea of a baritone but don't want to lean the different chords (even though they'll be familiar with the shapes). I would play a baritone DGBE, yes, but at least this goes to demonstrate why (in my view) it works best on the baritone, by showing what GCEA sounds like too.
@@WorldofUkes Or we might just want a louder uke projection from the larger body of a uke to "mix" better with guitar playing friends.
what strings do I use to make my baritone ukulele DGBE be a low G CEA tuning?
I would go for a set of Living Water
When i buy a new Baritone. Can i use the strings that are already on, or do i need to buy other strings?
A baritone will be available from all specialist uke stores (like mine). They will generally come with DGBE tuning - but you have to buy different strings to tune GCEA
Did you have to modify your nut for the low G?
I might make it a little wider, not deeper. I modify the nut on everything I send first. But if I was advising someone at home, if it sitting high and not resting in the groove, making it a little wider tends to work, without being much of an issue if you switch back.
can i put tenor strings on my baritono uke?
I wouldn't - the longer scale means they might break. But you can get special strings (try Living Water) that are tenor tuning, but for a baritone specifically.
hi,where i can to buy low G strings for baritone?
Living Water you could try (direct)
@@WorldofUkes thanxx i try
soften that room… whoa
I've now changed rooms. I don't have a lot of space so have to have had to use the space I have. But I've now changed venue for more recent videos.
GCEA on a baritone sounds like a ukulele to me. I don’t know why you would do it the other way. If you want to tune a baritone the usual way you might as well just buy a guitar.
Still easier for most with 4 strings rather than 6.
you didn't give us the tuning... you just played the two versons... oh well
Each version is labelled as it begins?