Hello

[frameacloud]

Hi, I just joined this community. It may not have had any posts for a long time, but that can always change! I got my first ukulele a year ago, and it's a soprano Luna, C-tuned. My first big goal was to be able to strum with Christmas carols by the end of that year, and I reached it! It's amazing how easy it is to play. My next goal is to be able to listen to music that doesn't have tab written, and to come up with my own tab for them. I'm hoping to do that with some songs from Fraggle Rock. My favorite ukulele books are Ukulele Aerobics, and Lute to Uke.

What about you all? What's your favorite tuning, C or D? How long have you been practicing? What goals have you made up for yourself? What are your favorite books or other resources for learning ukulele?

Comments

[newredshoes]

Hello! I'm thrilled to see someone post, thank you! I haven't actually tried any tunings outside of C -- do you have feelings about D? I mean, I got my first uke a little over five years ago (yikes!) but I'm such an undisciplined practicer and my goals are usually so one-off. That said, I did do a lot of link-searching a while back, and the tags might prove useful. This chord library, with all its many alternative fingerings, is definitely my favorite.

[frameacloud]

My feelings about D-tuning: I've experimented a little with D-tuning, and I practice uke with someone who prefers D. Some chords are easy in D that are hard in C, and vice versa. My impression about D is that it's good to know if you're planning on collecting vintage uke books from around the 1920s, when it was slightly more popular than C-tuning. I just prefer C-tuning because it's by far the more popular one right now, so it's easier to find new books and Internet resources for it, as a beginner. Someday, when I'm more advanced, then I might learn both tunings, sort of like learning DVORAK as well as QWERTY keyboard layouts. However, it's a bad idea to switch the same uke back and forth between C and D tuning, because re-tuning that much wears the strings out faster. If you've got a ukulele collection anyway, keep one uke tuned to C and the other to D, if you're planning on experimenting with both.

I'll look through those tags, thanks! This community looks like a great resource, and I'm looking forward to seeing it have more activity.