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Play Ukulele and Bass on a Guitar
Play Ukulele and Bass on a Guitar
This chart shows how to play ukulele and a bass on a regular 6-string guitar. In the diagrams below the four notes to create major and minor chords are used to illustrate the similarities in tuning between guitar vs bass and ukulele.
;Ukulele vs Guitar
;The four strings on guitar with highest pitch sort of matches the ukulele tuning as is, so to try out and practice ukulele you can just skip out the two strings with lowest pitch on a standard guitar.
;The notable difference between guitar and ukulele is that the ukulele strings are tuned five semitones higher compared to guitar in standard tuning. It is also common to have the G-string on an ukulele tuned one additional octave up, although that does not affect any chord or scale patterns since it still is a G-note. To further mimic the sound of an ukulele using a regular 6-string guitar is simply to put a capo at fifth fret. Please note, do not try tuning the G-string on your guitar a full octave up unless also changing the string gauge, otherwise you will probably break your string.
;Bass vs Guitar
;A four string bass is tuned the same way as the lower four strings on a guitar, the only difference is that the bass is tuned one octave lower.
;To emulate playing bass on a guitar you can simply skip playing the two higher pitched strings. Tuning down your guitar one full octave will hardly make it playable, but for practicing bass you often get away with standard guitar tuning.
;Happy Playing!
;This chart shows how to play ukulele and a bass on a regular 6-string guitar. In the diagrams below the four notes to create major and minor chords are used to illustrate the similarities in tuning between guitar vs bass and ukulele.
;Ukulele vs Guitar
;The four strings on guitar with highest pitch sort of matches the ukulele tuning as is, so to try out and practice ukulele you can just skip out the two strings with lowest pitch on a standard guitar.
;The notable difference between guitar and ukulele is that the ukulele strings are tuned five semitones higher compared to guitar in standard tuning. It is also common to have the G-string on an ukulele tuned one additional octave up, although that does not affect any chord or scale patterns since it still is a G-note. To further mimic the sound of an ukulele using a regular 6-string guitar is simply to put a capo at fifth fret. Please note, do not try tuning the G-string on your guitar a full octave up unless also changing the string gauge, otherwise you will probably break your string.
;Bass vs Guitar
;A four string bass is tuned the same way as the lower four strings on a guitar, the only difference is that the bass is tuned one octave lower.
;To emulate playing bass on a guitar you can simply skip playing the two higher pitched strings. Tuning down your guitar one full octave will hardly make it playable, but for practicing bass you often get away with standard guitar tuning.
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