Friday, June 3, 2011

Bueno Chen || String Theory for Baritone Ukulele Players

Bueno has been experimenting around with strings for the Bari-Uke. He is currently an 'ukulele instructor at the University of Hawaii, teaching beginner and intermediate level classes (for standard GCEA ukulele). And from time to time he shares some Baritone Ukulele information with us...

Hola El Jeffe' (This is a friendly Humble Uker alias, pronounced L-hef-a)

I just created a great string set up, so I wanted to pass it on to you. Makes playing a whole lot easier. Okay there are really "2 set ups" that you can share.

For easy playing (A):
E - GHS Hawaiian or cheap strings
B - GHS Hawaiian or cheap strings
G - Take the 2nd string from a pack of Aquila, use it for your 3rd string
D - GHS Hawaiian or any cheap string

Not as easy playing, but better tone (but it's still easy) (B):
E - Aquila
B - GHS Hawaiian
G - Take the 2nd string from a pack of Aquila, use it for your 3rd string
D - GHS Hawaiian or any cheap string

All my future posts will have this new string set up
(Bueno Uses (A) on his Lanikai, and (B) on his Kala Ukulele)

Hope you find this helpful - pass it along if you want

Aloha Bueno

I am sure Bueno would be glad to respond to some comments if you have any...

2 comments:

  1. Bueno -- Are both of these set ups for Low D tuning? Does this make only the D a wound string?

    Jeff / El Jeffe' / Humble Uker

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  2. Yes, the only string that is wound will be the low D.
    The great thing about this set up (besides easier playing) is that you don't have to change your strings as often.
    Aloha
    Bueno :)

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