Ukulele Chord Program
May 22nd, 2007
John Baxter at Uke Farm has put together a great little program called Chordette. He explains it as “a ukulele chord library program that can be used as a stand-alone application, or in conjunction with a word processing program, such as Word. As a stand-alone, it provides a handy interface for looking at uke chords in first and second position on the fretboard. When used with a word processing program, chord charts can be built by using the keystroke information for entering the chords.”-MJS
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1. Ross Gordon | May 31st, 2007 at 1:10 pm
Seems like a cool program. How is a Ukulele tuned? In 4ths? Also, how many strings does it have? I always thought it was just a really smal guitar. looks like i was wrong…
2. johnbaxter | June 5th, 2007 at 3:25 pm
Ukes have four strings, but there are 6 and 8 string models at the tenor size. The uke family consists of the soprano, concert, tenor, and baritone. Ukes are tuned in different tunings, depending on the size and preference. Generally, GCEA is the most popular tuning, while the baritone is often tuned like the bottom four strings of the guitar, DGBE. That’s a common view, that the uke is just a small guitar, and the baritone probably fits that description. But the soprano and concert are very different from a guitar sound. The tenor kind of falls in between. It’s a great instrument for all ages, and is probably one of the easiest instruments to learn, although some very complex music can be played on a uke. Check out the Home Recordings at ukefarm.com for a variety of styles.
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