Ukulele tuning

Baritone (D-G-B-E)

The baritone ukulele is tuned D-G-B-E, exactly like the four highest strings of a guitar. It is linear, with the D as the lowest string, and it offers the deepest register of the ukulele family.

馃幐 Open the tuner in this tuning

The tuner opens already preconfigured; you only need to allow microphone access.

Strings and frequencies

String Note Hz
String 1 E4 329.63 Hz
String 2 B3 246.94 Hz
String 3 G3 196.00 Hz
String 4 D3 146.83 Hz

How it sounds

It sounds warm, low and very close to a guitar, which makes it ideal if you come from one: the chord shapes for the top four strings of a guitar work as-is. Less jumpy, fuller.

Styles and genres

Folk Blues Jazz Singer-songwriter

Recommended string gauges

Use dedicated baritone strings, thicker and often wound on the low strings; a standard ukulele set would be far too loose in this low, long-scale tuning.

Tuning tip

If you play guitar, the baritone is the fastest way to feel at home on a ukulele: take any chord you use on the top four strings of a guitar and it will sound correct with no changes.

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