BEST-BARITONE-UKULELE

The Baritone Ukulele is the Big Daddy; largest sized ukulele.

• The Baritone Ukulele was created last of all the the other types of ukuleles, around the 1940's. The Baritone Ukulele length is 30 inches, a full nine inches longer than the smaller ukuleles.
• The Baritone Ukulele usually comes with four strings, however The Baritone Ukulele can be custom built to have more strings.
  
• The Baritone Ukulele produces the fullest sound out of all the ukuleles and is said to resemble a small guitar.
• The part of a Ukulele instrument called the scale refers to the length where the strings can be played. Usually, it runs from the top peg to the bridge of the ukulele. This length differs amongst the four standard types of ukulele. The soprano, with a 13" scale, is the smallest. The Baritone, with a 19" scale, has the longest playable area of all the ukulele types. This more inclined to give the feel of a small guitar instead of a Ukulele.
• Tuning the Baritone Ukulele: The Baritone type of Ukulele can be tuned just like the four top strings of a guitar. (If you already know how to play the guitar, learning to play the baritone will be easy for you). Although the typical arrangement for the strings of a ukulele is a G-C-E-A arrangement, this tuning arangement could sometimes cause the strings to be tightened too much on a Baritone Ukulele. For that reason, many people who wisely choose a Baritone Ukulele will tune it to a D-G-B-E arrangement, which as I have mentioned, makes it similar to the top four strings of the guitar.
• So once again I remind all you music lovers, have FUN SING SING SING, PLAY PLAY PLAY.
  
• Love From Groovey Gran.