Tenor `Ukuleles
PUBLISHED: Oct 18, 2014 • UPDATED: Apr 12, 2019 • LESSON CODE: UL128-tenor • VISITS: 11
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Tenor `Ukuleles
Next size up from the Concert ukulele is the Tenor ukulele.
The Tenor ukulele sized in between the smaller Concert ukulele and the larger Baritone ukulele.
A tenor ukulele typically has 17 to 19 frets.
The tuning for the Tenor is most commonly G C E A, or 'C' Tuning. The same as the Soprano and Tenor ukulele.
This tuning is a re-entrant tuning. A reentrant tuning is a tuning the strings are not ordered from the lowest pitch to the highest pitch.
High G, C Tuning
A variation for Tenor ukulele is for string four to be a low "G".
Low G, C Tuning
Note: There are variation of concerts ukulele with a tenor ukulele scale length. Using the proper strings a tenor ukulele can also be tuned d G B E, a G tuning with a high D. See the Baritone Ukulele page for more details on this tuning.
Here is a chart of the each note in Standard Music Notation for C Tuning , high or low G.
See the Ukulele Tunings page for additional tunings.
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The 'Ukulele (pronounced oo-koo-lele) comes in four standard sizes: Soprano (sometimes called Standard), Concert, Tenor and Baritone. The Baritone is tuned just like the four thin strings of a standard tuned guitar and called "G" tuning (D G B E). The Soprano, Concert and Tenor is typically tuning in a "C" Tuning (G C E A) or "D" tuning (A D F# B). The Tenor can also be tuned like the Baritone ukulele with a high or low string four.
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