Originally Posted by
Asha
Recently purchased an Ohana BK-35G Baritone uke, all solid mahogany, and after stumbling with the usual DGBE guitar type tuning decided to "mandolinize" the tuning to fifths, GDAE. Thought I'd share it here.
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Now you've got a fifths tuned, short scale, tenor / octave-mando type, nylon strung instrument in GDAE. For not much money either. Sounds very sweet, and I can actually sing with it. It's been my latest go-to instrument when I get home from work. Easy on the fingers too, and the scale length is perfect for me. It sounds very natural, not forced at all, as many tunings do for instruments they were not originally intended for.
Next: how to tune a tenor uke to GDAE. Not sure about that one. I can see how to do it CGDA (similar to above), but that's it.
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