Types of Ukuleles: Baritone Ukulele

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Aloha, my name is Jarret Delos Santos and I was born and raised in a little town called Hana on the east side of Maui. Playing the ukulele and teaching the ukulele gives me a chance to perpetuate our culture. So today, we're going to be talking about the ukulele. We're going to be talking about the largest of the ukulele family which is the baritone. This offers the fullest sound. The strings on here are the last four strings of a guitar, so it is actually tuned differently than your G C E A which is the normal tuning of most Hawaiian ukuleles. And the baritone is tuned to D G B E. And if I play a vamp on it, it will sound like this: [Music playing] You notice the deep sound on it. Again, this is the largest of the ukulele family. And, you know, it takes actually a special ukulele player. Not everybody is drawn to a baritone. I really like it because of the low tones.

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[TheWOParmy]

Ive never liked the baritone to be honest, everyone ive ever played sounded awful

[RayJayQuanPlaysBass]

you obviously dont have to read music to play uke, but it helps a lot in the long run

[HonorValorIntegrity]

@dkerris reading music is actually very easy, you could probably learn in a day if you really wanted to, then over time learn to read faster and even write.

[waffle44100]

@dkerris i play about 5 or 6 instruments and i cant read notes :)

[SalPedi]

You don't have to read music to play the ukulele. Most ukulele music is written with TABS, so its quite easy to get going with any type of uke. So, believe me, learning to paly the uke is really easy, since you DON"T have to read any music.

[dkerris]

I like it for the same reason. Nice low, mellow tones.

I wish I could play, but I've never been able to read music, so it'd be a waste of a lovely mellow uke.