If you break strings tuning up you have probably ‘missed” the correct note and tried to tune an Octave above the correct note. However you do it, it is GCEA from your head to your feet.īreaking strings. Or Good Children Eat Apples, or George Clooney Eats Apples. REMEMBER THE RHYME: Giant Crocodiles Eat Anything. The four open notes are the names of the strings G, C, E, A. The strings of the Ukulele are numbered 1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd, 4 th from the bottom, just like floors of a building. The A string (1 st String) is nearest your feet and the G string (4 th String) is nearest your head. Tightening raised the pitch of the string, loosening the string lowers the pitch. The tuning pegs (machines) change the pitch of the strings by tightening or loosening the string. The Notes are a repeating pattern, with every 12 notes equalling 1 Octave, then the pattern starts again 1 octave higher. REMEMBER THE RHYME: B no Sharp, E no Sharp.Ī Spiral Staircase of Repeating Notes. The Notes B and E have no Sharp/Flat between them. Sharps/Flats are the notes between the ‘natural’ notes, except for Notes B and E. Think of the Sharps (Hashtag Symbol #) and the Flats (Lowercase b) as 2 sides of the same coin. The Twelve notes of the Chromatic scale areĪ A#/Bb B C C#/Db D D#/Eb E F F#/Gb G G#/Ab The chromatic scale is the Alphabet of Music. The word "chromatic" comes from the Greek word chroma meaning Colour. A little lesson in the Musical Alphabet the Chromatic Scale. Often they are small and hard to see, e.g. So look closely as you do not want to see any Hashtag # (Sharp) symbols next to the notes. Sharps, displayed as the # Symbol should be avoided. No matter how far from GCEA the strings have stretched a Tuner in Chromatic Mode will know what the note is, then you either tune up (more likely) or down to the correct pitches of GCEA If you use Mode C / Chromatic Mode then the tuner will register any note. G# then the tuner will not be able to ascertain the pitch of the string and throw up its hands in defeat, as you will too. In Mode U / Ukulele it will only register notes if they are already close to G C E A. If you have a digital chromatic tuner always set your tuner to the Chromatic Mode (Mode C) Do Not Use the Mode U the Ukulele Mode. And there are many FREE ones, great value. I use the App ‘Pano Tuner’, but any App with a Frequency display will do. You can Download a Tuner App to your phone / pad that indicates the Frequencies of the strings. Room temperature, humidity, and the warmth of your hands and body can cause the strings and the wooden body of your ukulele to move slightly, this alters the tension of the strings and the Tuning will alter. If someone asks you "Have you tuned?" They don't mean did you tune yesterday, in the morning or last week, they mean in the last 10 minutes. You should tune before every playing session and check the tuning and adjust periodically during a session. And finally for Visual Learners a video.How long will it take for new strings settle down and hold their tune?.A Chart of the ACTUAL Frequencies your strings should be.A little lesson in the Musical Alphabet aka The Chromatic Scale.
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