Yes
I am a Ukulele player and I am going to get a Mandolin. I tune all my ukes to C tuning gcea..even my Baritone uke. I cant see why, when I buy that mandolin, I cant tune the same WITHOUT BUYING MORE STRINGS.
ALL STRINGS STAY WHERE THEY ARE EXCEPT YOU SWAP THE TOP 4 STRINGS.
ALL STRINGS ARE EITHER THE EXACT RIGHT ONES, or are just one note out! The steel strings can be tuned then to match GCEA without any stress, or tight strings.
This way you dont have to learn new chord patterns and I dont think you miss out on any special sound that the mandolin has to offer. I am not an expert- but it makes sense to me ;especially if you are old and dont HAVE to learn a whole bunch of new chords.
The standard tuning for a mandolin is the same as the top 4 strings of a guitar - minus the two unwrapped strings ( B & E ). So the tuning would be (4th) - E, (3rd) - A, (2nd) - D, (1st) - G. And the little string next to each string is an "octave" string, which means you tune it the same as the string it's next to, but an octave higher.
No, the primary reason is that a mandolin has wire/steel strings, an ukulele uses gut or nylon. The tension required for a steel string is not going to be good for the instrument.
Other reasons:
They are tuned differently.
The bodies are different lengths so it would not fit.
The strings are different thicknesses - it just wouldn't work.
It may be possible to use some of the strings, if you select the correct thickness, you may be able to put it on for one of the strings, but it wouldn't be a good long time fix and may damage the ukulele.
You cant really, a capo makes ur tuning higher so the only way to tune in drop b with a capo is to tune ur guitar to drop a.
grab a tuner and check if the strings are in tune. Perhaps that ones out of tune.
The 5th, except between the 2nd and 3rd strings (B&G in standard tuning), where you use the fourth.
because they expand after a while and tends to get loose --------------------- That is normal when you put new strings on your guitar, in just a while they should hold tune quite well unless your guitar neck is warped or some other damage to the guitar. If other people play your guitar or if it gets moved alot it is easy to bump the tuning keys and untune the guitar.
Bass guitar strings should be tightened to the point where they are in tune. This generally doesnt require an incredibly tight wind, but there definitely will be a certain amount of tension when properly tuned.
There really is no reason you can't. EADG is the standard tuning for a mandolin, and you can get ukulele strings for those notes. It isn't going to sound like a mandolin, but it can be played the same way.
It can be difficult, but if you have a good ear tuning is trivial.
The tension in the strings slowly forces the tuning keys to unwind, causing the guitar to go out of tune.
The tune of a guitar has got to do with the tension on the metal strings. Temperature causes metal to contract or expand, changing the tension of the strings and thus the tuning.
You cant really, a capo makes ur tuning higher so the only way to tune in drop b with a capo is to tune ur guitar to drop a.
You can tune to any note you wish, most common being A. Guitar's tuning being: EADGBE from strings 6 to 1
In order to tune the base strings on a guitar, turn the tuning pegs in a counterclockwise direction.
grab a tuner and check if the strings are in tune. Perhaps that ones out of tune.
Tuning a guitar to open G is adjusting the tuning to such a point as to playing all the strings open, and having the result be a G Major chord. To do this, tune both your high and low E-strings (strings 1 and 6) up by 3 half-steps, making them both G. Then tune your A-string up by 2 half-steps, up to B. given as the other string are played open in a G Major chord, you should now be tuned to "open G" tuning.
In my opinion, electric guitar strings gets out of tune faster because the strings are not as thick as acoustic guitar strings. So, thicker strings make it stay in tune longer.
The 5th, except between the 2nd and 3rd strings (B&G in standard tuning), where you use the fourth.
well it really depends on what kind of guitar it is