Chromatic ukulele tuner listening through your microphone. Standard GCEA tuning with high reentrant G. Works for soprano, concert, and tenor ukuleles.
The high G makes ukulele sound characteristically bright. This is the standard tuning for soprano, concert, and tenor ukuleles.
The reentrant high G string. This is the top string but it is higher than the 3rd string — the signature sound of the ukulele.
Middle C. The lowest note on a standard ukulele.
A major third above C.
The reference A of the entire musical system.
Reentrant means the strings are not in strict ascending order — the top G string is higher pitched than the next two strings. This gives the ukulele its characteristic jangly sound, different from a guitar.
Baritone ukuleles are tuned DGBE (like the top four guitar strings). The chromatic detection will still work — just ignore the highlighted pills and focus on the cents readout against the DGBE target notes.
Nylon ukulele strings stretch significantly for the first few days. Plan to retune multiple times per practice session for the first week. Gently stretching each string by pulling on it after tuning speeds up the break-in.
Train your ear to hear when it is right.