A wound string accentuates that low G even more. In some cases you can get what is called a "wound" G string - this is a normal string wrapped in a thin coil of steel wire much as you will find on an acoustic guitar. To do so, you need to ideally purchase some low G strings which have a thicker G string. To do this, I would not however advise using your standard high G strings as that thin G will end up too slack for such a low tuning. Whilst you are still playing the same notes (it's still GCEA) this cuts out the brighter G and makes the ukulele sound a little more mellow or bassier. This is the G that is one whole octave below the high G. Low G tuning means tuning that G string to the G that is below the C. With high G or re-entrant, that G string is actually the second highest string on the ukulele behind the A (string 1). Basically as you run up the strings from 1-4, you hear notes that get progressively lower up to the C, then go higher again with the G. If you have a soprano uke you will note that your G string is thinner than the next string along (the C), not thicker, and this is because it is designed to be tuned higher. This gives the ukulele its bright uke like sound and is the traditional tuning method. By tuning with a high G on a ukulele, the G string is not tuned to the G below C, but the G above C. If you imagine the keys on a piano keyboard, you will probably know that the notes from A through to C repeat up the keyboard. The standard way of tuning GCEA is to have the G on that string that is nearest the ceiling actually a higher G than the next string (the C string). As I have explained in my tuning sections of the beginners guides, Soprano and Concert ukuleles are most commonly tuned in GCEA tuning (and some tune Tenor ukes this way too).
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