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01/12/2019

Can you play guitar songs on guitalele?

Can you play guitar songs on guitalele?

YES… you can play all the chords you already know in guitar with the guitalele. Out of the box, a guitalele is tuned 4th higher than a guitar which means the songs you’ll play will sound a bit higher because an open E chord in guitar is actually an A chord in guitalele.

Can you play ukulele songs on guitalele?

You can play traditional ukulele chord voicings on these four strings to add a unique range to your ukulele playing. However, if you’re a guitar player then you are in luck! This tuning is the same as guitar with a capo on the 5th fret. That means your regular chord voicings will all apply to this instrument.

Can I put regular guitar strings on a guitalele?

Classical guitar strings – any – work perfectly fine on guitalele in the guitalele standard tuning. If some sets are higher or lower tension – that is personal preference, just like classical guitarists have preference. There is no need to limit your choices to specific guitalele sets.

What is a guitalele tuned to?

A guitalele is the size of a ukulele, and is commonly played like a guitar transposed up to “A” (that is, up a 4th, or like a guitar with a capo on the fifth fret). This gives it tuning of ADGCEA, with the top four strings tuned like a low G ukulele.

What is the tuning for a guitalele?

ADGCEA
A guitalele is the size of a ukulele, and is commonly played like a guitar transposed up to “A” (that is, up a 4th, or like a guitar with a capo on the fifth fret). This gives it tuning of ADGCEA, with the top four strings tuned like a low G ukulele.

Are there any songs you can play on the guitalele?

Unfortunately, there aren’t many songs written specifically for the guitalele. (But if you know of some, let me know in the comments!) That said, you can learn to play a guitalele version of any song. However, I think the best songs to learn on the guitalele are those originally played on the ukulele or the guitar.

What kind of song is Blue Hawaii by guitalele?

Actually, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, and George David Weiss wrote this ballad, basing the melody on a popular French love song, Plaisir d’Amour. The album title, Blue Hawaii, alludes to how perfect the guitalele is to cover this song, and Tommaso Guitar did an excellent job arranging this fingerstyle version.

What kind of song is I took a pill in Ibiza?

I Took a Pill in Ibiza is a song by Mike Posner. You may have heard it on top 40 radio stations as an EDM song, but Mike’s original version is actually guitar-based with a folky pop feel. Norwegian EDM group, Seeb later remixed it and released the single in the United States.