The Vermont Ukulele Society

Does anyone have any thoughts on Low G tuning?  I've got one tuned high G gCEA, and another Low G GCEA.  Trying to decide which I like best.

I play the baritone which is 2 and a half steps below the standard, and i have the low D (capoed at the 5th fret it would be identical to your low G uke).  I also have a GCEA uke with the low G and I love it.  It is good for scales and solos and lead parts that dip down belo that middle C.  It also gives the strum more of a guitar-ish sound.    I couldn't tell you what brand of strings to get.  the ones i have were given by a friend and the wound low G is too loud.

Actually in Hawaii , quite a few tune low G now.  More so on the tenor than soprano.  

the solution is if you have two tenors do one high and one low.  

I like the low G.

I tried low G for a brief time.  I didn't like it very much--as Ken says, it made the uke sound too guitar-ish.  I missed the uke harmony more than I expected, so I've never gone back.

I like the having one uke (either tenor or concert)  tuned low G so I can play the melody line of a song when it goes below C.  Very useful when you're playing in a group setting, when others are strumming chords & singing and you need an instrumental solo to give a bit of variety.