“Dark Eyes” is a melody closely associated with the legendary guitarist Django Reinhardt—and by extension the Gypsy jazz repertoire in general. Here's how to play it on ukulele.
This enjoyable lesson uses an old-style blues bass riff to practice the technique
The baritone is tuned DGBE, exactly like the top four strings of a guitar and a fourth down from the more common GCEA ukulele tuning
It turns out that between the soprano, concert, tenor, and baritone versions of the ukulele, there are plenty of alternate tuning iterations to tinker with.
Deviating from your normal tuning can give inspiration to practice or compose, and may bring an instrument to life. Here are some alternate tunings for ukulele.
These alternate tunings will reward you with fresh sounds
Music travels in one of two directions—it either goes up or goes down. The same is true for song introductions.
Here's how to make the right tonewood choice for your ukulele
Playing in the key of C major can be a very comfortable trap for ukulele players. But learning to play in all 12 keys is easy using the Perpetual 5ths Exercise.
It doesn’t matter how good a uke looks or how much you paid for it, if it doesn’t play easily, it is no fun to play!