New ukulele won't stay in tune?

Quick tips for a new uke that won't stay in tune.

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• ukulele
• tuning
• stretch
• strings
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• tutorial
• uke
• tune

[Shiriukamei]

I bought an ukulele 2 days ago, and my C string is acting weird. When I tune it, with a tuner, the open string is completely in tune, but when I play any fret on that string, it is out of tune. For example, the tuner says the C is tuned, but when I compare the 4th fret and the 2nd string, it doesn't match... Is this normal when the strings are still stretching? Can anyone help me? :)

[hoosierhiver]

@Shiriukamei probably still stretching out.

[Levyyz]

I have this problem where , My ukelele is tune and when I play a song . It doesn't sound right. Please help . My friend said that I have to keep tuning my ukelele everyday until the strings are stretch.

[hoosierhiver]

@Levyyz Could be the new strings or alot of other things, such as not fretting it quite right. Hard to say without seeing or hearing it. Maybe make a video?

[xijio]

Thanks! I just got a new Uke and it sounds great when in tune, but kept falling out after a few songs (esp the c string). Done this trick a few times and now it hold is tune marvelously!

[bunbkk]

Thanx for that info it's in tune now..

[hoosierhiver]

@GodlessSavageXD yes, they will stretch out for at least a week.

[chicagojules21]

Thanks all i had to do was screw the keys tighter.

[lagaringer]

Oh my goodness, it worked like a charm!  Thanks for the great tip.

[Tucker12456]

Thanks a lot, I should have figured it out for myself... too used to guitar strings, heh!

[Tz0H]

Cheers mate

[kiaralouisee]

Thanks very much! Just bought my first ukulele and it wouldn't stay in tune so this helped me understand why and fix it :)

[jr7247]

thanks so much for the help! :)