Tuning The Ukulele By Ear

[rileyandrews]

My C string won't tune. :|

[NationXuG]

Thanks

[shepherdbaba]

the physical (touch) sensation of the sympathetic vibrations brings me closer to the instrument. nice.

[kushp00chie]

whoa! your tutorial worked! <3 woot time to play~

[vidforgreth]

i love this man

[famicide]

Thank you!!

[lightee94]

legend

[asilovesyou]

bravo this is finally made me fix my ukolele this A sound when u know that u dont have problem fix all the rest great job thx

[MegaMoFUnk]

hmmmmm thats the A lol.

[Bradley1FILMS]

thanks man this really helped and it wasnt george it was lennon mccartney

[toddsg86]

this is really helpful...i like the vibrating parts :) thanks!

[WataAtaCrackah]

nice method, though I've never used.. My dad is a uke pro every time I here him tuning it stayed in my ear. Say can check out my tuning video and give me your opinion, I'd really appreciate it Thanks

[JessicaButtercup123]

i reali can't do this, u r awsome though ahhh i think i have broke it lol , thanks for the help :D

[munchayymoliga]

i love you!

[clansh]

5 stars!

[papadiutza]

thank you...i finnaly tuned my ukulele :)

[anarkistfish]

Great Video, but I have been tuning my uke this way and have found that this method makes my uke out of tune. I have tested this method with a chromatic tuner and it remains out of tune unless I tune to the standard tuning string by string with the chromatic tuner. Could it be my intonation or something else.

[treehamallama]

i got the A by ear, but i dont like tuning from the other strings, can i hear all the other strings individually? or do you know any other video that could show me?

cheers!

-T

[jimdville]

Don't take shortcuts. Learn to tune this way and it will benefit you later. If you can hear A on the first string you can find the A's on the other three strings also. Give it a try and let me know how it goes!

[jellyjanejane]

Finally, a video which actually makes sense!

[thedjbogus]

thank you sooo much, i just got my uke and didnt know if it was supposed to be in regular guitar standard.

[zignosband]

is tunning fork only tunes in "A" ?

[fatgilly]

@zignosband noo that was just an "a" tuning fork . there are tuning fork for other notes too..

[ShickenChit74]

Very good video....with some comedy as well! LOL A friend of mine asked me if I was in tune with A-440 the other day, I said heck I don't know, I'm in tune with my built in guitar tuner. Makes sense, an A tuning fork with 440 cycles per second. Thanks for the training video. 5 Stars!

[jimdville]

Thank you for your nice comments.

[spankme650]

all i need now is a tunning fork

[treehamallama]

i tuned it to that, but im trying to play Jason Mraz -I'm Yours and it sounds completely wrong. :(

anyway you could have a video where you just play the notes and i can hear them and match them. like very simply.

[malessoboy671]

YOUR NOT A BAD TEACHER

[citroenHvan]

Jim, you're a great teacher, but is the tuning the same for all Ukes? I've just acquired a tenor and am new to it all.

[jimdville]

The baritone (largest) uke is tuned like the highest four notes of the guitar D G B E. Soprano, concert and tenor ukes are tuned G C E A (C tuning) or A D F# B (D tuning) or C tuning with a low G string on the 4th instead of G a fifth above middle C. Hope this helps. Jim

[hunterawls]

Can is use a guitar tuner for a uke?

[jimdville]

If you mean an electronic tuner, yes, if it is a chromatic (all 12 notes) tuner.

[Idomeneux]

Can you use this same A string tuning fork on the A string for a guitar?

[jimdville]

yes.

[BabiiMom]

:'( i got the bottom A string PERFECT but i cant get the top three from this video i cant see what strings and frets your using HELP

[Olivia4031]

your irritating

[jimdville]

One of my favorite rules of grammar is you're (which is a contraction of you are)and your.

I'll use them in a sentence.

You are irritating.

You're irritating.

Your use of your is irritating.

[Olivia4031]

Buddy, I've got to give it to you..best burn ever! LOL

[jimdville]

Thank you Olivia4031.

[jesse1970ss]

awsome vid just one question is the tuning for the A string on the uke the same as A tuning on a guitar?

[Ty24688]

Thank you for the informative video i was able to tune my ukulele quick I am looking forward to your other videos.

[jimdville]

Thank you. I'm glad I could help. I will

be posting some new videos soon.

[kauneonga]

Very informative. If I may suggest, the audio is a bit muddy, you may want to brighten it and repost, otherwise well done.

[olliemad]

great video, i can see you your a good teacher, but im still a little stuck, ill get it tho.

[BrandonDriftKing]

where do i get that tuning fork??

[jimdville]

Any music store.

Thanks for watching.

[Didgeman80]

Great video!!  Very helpful and it was fun to watch, a mark of a good teacher :)

[tako379]

this is real helpful i guess ill hav to geta tuning fork with a ukulele wen i get one

[Interkvlt]

awsome. thanks a lot!

[rman2911]

your my hero

[darriuk]

Thanks, I'm a complete novice + just tuned my new ukulele with the help of your great vid. I'm on my way!

[Richardarthur86]

Two of us is written by Paul McCartney ;)

[jimdville]

you are correct. now on to the bonus round...

[DanReborn]

always tune up to the note?? what if you are above the note already?? keep tuning up and snap! lol

[jimdville]

No, thank you for the nice comment. Glad I could help.

Jim

[intellichick]

Thanks Jim. I had to install a new battery into my ou2e and it threw the strings off...the relative tuning to A really helped me out.

[GU5T4F]

Thank you.

[GU5T4F]

Hi Jim, I'm a bit confused. I bought a Ukulele today and i also bought a book with songs to play but my problem is that here on YouTube the tuning of the Ukulele is G C E A and in the book i bought it's A D F# B also the chords are different with the tuning in the book. I felt like the chords to the G C E A tuning was much easier. My question is, Why are there two different tunings? :)

[jimdville]

The only difference in C tuning and D tuning is that D is pitched one whole step higher. The reason, to play in a higher pitched key with tighter strings. All the chord fingerings are the same, only the chord names are different. I would suggest using C tuning, since it is the most popular now days.

[sktboardn]

This really helped tuning my new Mitchell uke. Thanks Mr. D'Ville!

[jimdville]

Thanks for the compliment.

Jim

[Ukatech]

Now I not only have bad hearing but sore knees too.