Baritone ukulele tuning notes

And some other methods for baritone tuning:

Download the AP Tuner: Play the notes into your mic and it'll tell you whether you're sharp or flat. The notes you are aiming for a D3, G3, B3, E4.

Buy a Tuner: You have to be careful about buying a ukulele tuner - some will only have gCEA tuning. The Intelli-Tuner will work for baritone and re-entrant (and more besides).

Tune to a Guitar: Dead easy. The four highest strings of the guitar are tuned the same as a baritone ukulele.

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As well as being larger than the other ukuleles, it is tuned differently. While other ukuleles are tuned gCEA (with the G being higher than the C), the baritone ukulele is usually tuned DGBE - exactly the same as the top four strings of a guitar. This leads some people to say that the baritone is closer to being a small guitar than a large ukulele.

Advantages of the Baritone Ukulele

Plenty of Bass: Compared to the other ukuleles, the baritone has a much larger bass range. This will give you many more options when accompanying yourself and more 'open' chords.

Bigger Sound: The larger body of the baritone gives it a louder and deeper tone than the other ukuleles.

Very Like A Guitar: Many guitar players who wish to switch to the ukulele choose the baritone first. With the strings being tuned the same as a guitar, there's no need to learn new chord and scale names.

Disadvantages of the Baritone Ukulele

No Ukulele Sound: The sound of a baritone is a lot closer to that of a guitar than a ukulele. You certainly don't get the close harmony chords you get on the re-entrant tuned ukuleles. And the sound of it when strummed isn't that same sharp, punchy tone you can get with the smaller ukuleles.

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