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Permalink Reply by David West on March 10, 2010 at 3:50pm

The tuning you are talking about is standard tuning for a baritone ukulele. It should be no problem. Plus, go to Baritone Uku chord chart sites and you will be able to figure out any additional chords that you find you need.
Good Luck,
Dave



Patrick Breton said:

Thanks Raymond !!!
i also checked the other post concerning the string subject but what i want here is not open tuning but normal tuning like using the 4 thinnest string of a set and tuning them to: (from the thickest) D-G-B-E
like a normal 6 string but only the last 4

Raymond L said:

Patrick,
I use open E tuning for much the same reasons you mentioned.
I have my 4 string tuned from the top (thickest string) down to the bottom ( thinnest string).
E, B, E G#
This is an open E tuning.
This tuning is good for "power" cords, E,A,D, strum an open E (1), slide down to A (4), slide down to D (5).
With the 1,4,5 combination and mixing them up....you can play hundreds of songs.

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Permalink Reply by Patrick Breton on March 10, 2010 at 4:58pm

Very interesting and helpfull David !!!
didn't know that one and love ukulele :D
thanks again to everyone here !!!
Patrick

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Permalink Reply by David West on March 10, 2010 at 6:31pm

Your welcome. I have only very recently discovered baritone ukulele's. They are really cool, and a very easy transition for a guitar player.
I have several projects going right now. A soprano ukulele, a tenor ukulele, 2 basses using polyurathane strings from RoadToad ukulele and a cookie tin banjo. I am walking my guitar club students through many cigarbox guitars, ukuleles, and electric cigar box guitar projects. It has been a lot of fun so far. Today I picked up wood and supplies to make 8 cajon drums.
No rest for the wicked.

Check out the youtube of "while my ukulele gently weeps" to see what can be done with 4 strings tuned d/g/b/e.
Dave

David West said:

The tuning you are talking about is standard tuning for a baritone ukulele. It should be no problem. Plus, go to Baritone Uku chord chart sites and you will be able to figure out any additional chords that you find you need.
Good Luck,
Dave



Patrick Breton said:

Thanks Raymond !!!
i also checked the other post concerning the string subject but what i want here is not open tuning but normal tuning like using the 4 thinnest string of a set and tuning them to: (from the thickest) D-G-B-E
like a normal 6 string but only the last 4

Raymond L said:

Patrick,
I use open E tuning for much the same reasons you mentioned.
I have my 4 string tuned from the top (thickest string) down to the bottom ( thinnest string).
E, B, E G#
This is an open E tuning.
This tuning is good for "power" cords, E,A,D, strum an open E (1), slide down to A (4), slide down to D (5).
With the 1,4,5 combination and mixing them up....you can play hundreds of songs.

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on March 10, 2010 at 6:36pm

by far the most common non-reentrant tuning for baritone uke is DGBE, Im sure people have tuned baritone ukes as you say, but it is far from standard, and you would have to reslot the nut for much fatter strings, which is obviously not reversable.

You are talking about almost an entire octave lower.

It is known as a piccolo bass believe me. I am not trying to talk you into making a bass! :D The fellow in arrested development i mentioned had a custom 4 string floyd rose trem on his and all.. its not a bass either.. It is an instrument which, while obscure, at least has a name. Like a tenor guitar is in fact very unlike a guitar (and easily mistaken for a bari uke) a piccolo bass, just by being in the guitar's range, will be more like a guitar than a bass. Sometimes they are closer to bass scale length, but often not. The strings are spaced much closer, like a guitar or uke, not like a bass. This is to facilitate chords i guess.

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on March 10, 2010 at 7:06pm

i didnt see David's last one when I typed that :D
exactly what tuning are you chasing here Mr Canadian Pat??
I'm sensing some confusion..

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Permalink Reply by jim on March 10, 2010 at 9:25pm

Sure are alot of different crazy names for cigar box tunings. And putting them into a class. I use over 12 different tunings and its still just a cigar box guitar.

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Permalink Reply by Nigel Richards aka Rev. Larry on March 10, 2010 at 10:03pm

Hi, not sure of what help you need but I can give you the scale lengths and the fret spacing and the nut string spacing measurements if that helps.

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Permalink Reply by Patrick Breton on March 11, 2010 at 2:40am

Nigel, that sure would be appreciated, i'm looking to build a 4 string tuning in DGBE like the four last string of a normal guitar and supposed to be the baritone ukulele normal tuning but i want it to be full scalle like a real guitar, i play on a fender squier normally.
Thanks so much again !!!
Patrick

Nigel Richards said:

Hi, not sure of what help you need but I can give you the scale lengths and the fret spacing and the nut string spacing measurements if that helps.

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Permalink Reply by Patrick Breton on March 11, 2010 at 2:43am

Hi Jeff,
i'm looking for a tuning DGBE like the last four string of a regular guit and baritone ukulele Mike mentioned me !!!
Thanks for every help, such a great place here love it, all those pictures and video and more...
Regards,
Patrick

Jef Long said:

i didnt see David's last one when I typed that :D
exactly what tuning are you chasing here Mr Canadian Pat??
I'm sensing some confusion..

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Permalink Reply by Patrick Breton on March 11, 2010 at 2:50am

Wow very interesting Mike,
again didn't know all that, but does the guitar you are talking about use the last 4 thickness of the regular string because i wanna use the last four the thiness one, reason is simple i play all my chord on those four last string and would love to have a 4 string for that reason not having to worry about hitting the last two string.
Thanks again for all your reply's,
Patrick

Jef Long said:

by far the most common non-reentrant tuning for baritone uke is DGBE, Im sure people have tuned baritone ukes as you say, but it is far from standard, and you would have to reslot the nut for much fatter strings, which is obviously not reversable.

You are talking about almost an entire octave lower.

It is known as a piccolo bass believe me. I am not trying to talk you into making a bass! :D The fellow in arrested development i mentioned had a custom 4 string floyd rose trem on his and all.. its not a bass either.. It is an instrument which, while obscure, at least has a name. Like a tenor guitar is in fact very unlike a guitar (and easily mistaken for a bari uke) a piccolo bass, just by being in the guitar's range, will be more like a guitar than a bass. Sometimes they are closer to bass scale length, but often not. The strings are spaced much closer, like a guitar or uke, not like a bass. This is to facilitate chords i guess.

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Permalink Reply by Nigel Richards aka Rev. Larry on March 11, 2010 at 3:04am

Hi, no problem I have the Fender measurements. The scale is from the nut to the bridge and then the frets are marked out between - its all very mathematical (which I'm not) BUT....I have a ruler with it all marked out for me so if you can wait a few days for the post I can mark it out on a long piece of paper for you and then you just lay that on the neck and mark the spaces. Or you can have the maths by tomorrow by email. cheers

Patrick Breton said:

Nigel, that sure would be appreciated, i'm looking to build a 4 string tuning in DGBE like the four last string of a normal guitar and supposed to be the baritone ukulele normal tuning but i want it to be full scalle like a real guitar, i play on a fender squier normally.
Thanks so much again !!!
Patrick

Nigel Richards said:

Hi, not sure of what help you need but I can give you the scale lengths and the fret spacing and the nut string spacing measurements if that helps.

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