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Ukulele
Ukulele
QUICK START
GUIDE
Here’s your Quick Start Guide for the Ukulele. This guide will help you tune and
restring your uke, so you can get big sound out of a cool little instrument!
restring your uke, so you can get big sound out of a cool little instrument!
WHERE DID IT COME FROM?
Did you know that the ukulele was brought to Hawaii from Portugal more than a
hundred years ago? The Hawaiian people called it ukulele, which means “jumping
flea” and it became very popular in the islands. Then lots of other people started
playing it, like you! Today, the ukulele is heard in many styles of music, including
pop, reggae, and traditional Hawaiian music.
Did you know that the ukulele was brought to Hawaii from Portugal more than a
hundred years ago? The Hawaiian people called it ukulele, which means “jumping
flea” and it became very popular in the islands. Then lots of other people started
playing it, like you! Today, the ukulele is heard in many styles of music, including
pop, reggae, and traditional Hawaiian music.
Happy playing!
Ukulele
quick start guide
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TUNING PEGS
Ukuleles have four strings
(usually tuned to G, C, E, and A).
(usually tuned to G, C, E, and A).
Here are two ways to tune:
1. Tune to another instrument:
1. Tune to another instrument:
You can use a piano or keyboard to tune.
Play the piano keys one at a time, and
tune each guitar string to match the
sound of the note.
Play the piano keys one at a time, and
tune each guitar string to match the
sound of the note.
2. Use an electronic tuner
An electronic tuner tells you if the pitch
is too high or too low, which helps you
tune up.
is too high or too low, which helps you
tune up.
Ukulele Standard Tuning:
NOTE G
C
E
A
STRING
4
3
2
1
TUNING YOUR UKULELE
The tuning can be easily
memorized by this little
phrase “My Dog Has Fleas”
memorized by this little
phrase “My Dog Has Fleas”
Middle C
Strings: 4 3 2 1
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F
L
E
A
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A
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G
G C E A
4th string- G
3rd string- C
2nd string- E
1st string- A