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A friend of mine gave me this 65 page booklet from 1926 that she discovered in her attic. I started looking at the beginning pages and saw the “18 most used chords”. The first chord was labeled “D” which was diagrammed as placing the ring finger on the 3rd fret of the A string. HUH? Isn’t that a “C”?
Check out my attached – it’s the cover page and a practice page with lots of chords……but they are all wrong. Have chords changed in the last 100 years and do I need to toss this book?
Does it say in the first 17 pages what tuning the uke is supposed to be in? Maybe it has a picture of the uke with the string names?
I found this article. It seems D tuning was popular in the 20s and 30s.
Some people still play that tuning. Around here, when there’s a strumming group, they specify which tuning because lots of people use D tuning. There are lessons for it too.
Google ukulele D6 tuning. Its a different world.
haha i think it has benefits to try both tunings. the D6 tuning makes for a louder maybe more pronounced sound due to the tight strings. if you play by yourself you can still play the same tunes, it will all just be a whole tone higher.
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