Comments on: How do you play guitar chords on the ukulele?

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:11:44 +0000

you can just play it the same but it would sound different or take it down the same amount of half-steps (semitones)as the capo is stated to be on. Or if your feeling adventurous, theirs no reason why you can’t put a capo on your uke (but that would be easier with a tenor/concert

By: uka uka

uka uka — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 01:41:36 +0000

you just need to transpose the capo’d chords to learn what “note” is coming out of the guitar. You could count it yourself (one full step for every 2 capo frets), or just check this chart: http://www.don-guitar.com/transpose.html. now you know what “note” the capo’d chord actually is, and you can play that chord on your uke! it’s like math, and kind of also like magic!

By: jrldev

jrldev — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:12:06 +0000

If you have a Baritone Uke just use the same fingering used in chords for guitar.Just don’t worry about the missing 5th and 6th string in the 4-string Baritone.Again with a Baritone Uke if you place a capo on the 5th fret you are converting the instrument into the Soprano open string tuning of G-C-E-A.
If you have the smaller soprano or Concert, or Tenor with the standard tuning of G-C-E-A you don’t need the use of a capo as directed for use in guitars.

By: AB

AB — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:01:30 +0000

Yes, but I have a follow-up question that I really hope someone can help me with: What about when the guitar chords say to put on a capo, for example on the 5th fret. Then how do you translate these to the ukulele? It comes out sounding all wrong when I play them like they are written, obviously because of the capo thing.
A million thank you’s to whoever has an answer to this problem!