KDUS - I will survive - baritone ukulele

approximative rendition in reply to mercedes banjo-uke version.

played on 50's harmony baritone ukulele

http://www.ukulele.fr/

as it has been asked a lot : no I don't have tablatures for this one, but here is the chords progression I use (just add the melody notes on top of it), it goes kind of :
Am Dm
G C
Am Dm
G6/9 E7

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• baryton
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[Hoopskidoodle]

I can't understand all of the confusion about the tuning of that thing. Isn't it just the upper (higher pitched) four strings of the standard guitar tuning?

[KDUS]

indeed it is so, except - as explained previously in the comments - on this one the fourth string (the one that would be the lower of the four guitar strings) is tuned an octave higher, using the rentrant tuning of a soprano ukulele.

[hwy29]

I have a baritone uke. it is tuned to g c e a. is this correct. or does it matter? any response would be great. i would like to learn to play the baritone any videos or books? thanks hwy29

[KDUS]

This is correct as long as you like it but it is a tuning more often seen on soprano, concert or tenor ukuleles ; baritones ukuleles are usually tuned five semi-tones lower, DGBE with a low D (meaning that the D is actually lower than the G) although the one you're hearing on this video is tuned high D (rentrant tuning like a standard/soprano uke)

[davidstonegmail]

@KDUS how do you get the top string tuned up that high? is it a different type string u use..?

[KDUS]

@davidstonegmail

Although I no longer tune my baritones this way, I used to string it with a Worth set of strings that a reentrant D. This was mostly to use soprano reentrant tuning techniques, and also because I wanted only full nylon strings - today Worth sells a set of "extra tension" baritone strings with a low D that works well enough, so I don't have to buy a set of Martin for the low strings every week anymore.

[supineny]

wow. It makes me want to dance on the bar in a spangled string bikini.

C'est le paradis.

[agro0]

just awesome

[Ukelectic]

fine work..well done

[Crumphorn]

Impressive. How long have you been playing? How easy is the uke to learn?

[davidstonegmail]

@KDUS thanks man.. Im taking (stealing ;)) a lot from ur examples! David

[love2laugh1293]

that was great!!!

[stinkylungs]

nice job.

[EDDO478]

sick man

[sitmuch37]

awesome