Can you Tune a Baritone Ukulele gCEA standard ukulele tuning?

QUESTION:

Can I Tune My Baritone Ukulele Ukulele Tuning gCEA?

QUICK ANSWER:
"Yes"  you can tune a baritone ukulele like a standard ukulele, but you need the right strings.

Aquila makes the AQ23U set of Baritone scale (length) strings that can be tuned to standard ukulele tuning of gCEA.

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LONG ANSWER:
If you attempt to tune your standard baritone strings up in pitch to Standard ukulele Pitch (5 semitones higher) by simply turning the machine heads to tighten the strings you will most likely start snapping strings and/or pull your bridge off the top of your ukulele.

STOP! Get the Right Strings before you damage your ukulele

TUNING
The standard baritone ukulele strings are lower in pitch than the standard ukulele tuning. They are tuned to DGBE (the same as the top four strings of a guitar). They also differ from the standard ukulele as they are not in re-entrant tuning i.e. the strings go from low to high.

SCALE LENGTH
The Scale length of the baritone is longer than that of a Tenor Ukulele.  The strings are pulled to lower tension and produce notes lower in pitch than a regular ukulele.

CAN'T I JUST RETUNE MY BARITONE STRINGS?
If you attempt to tune your standard baritone strings up in pitch to gCEA you will most likely start snapping strings and/or pull your bridge off the top of your ukulele.

AQUILA GCEA STRINGS AQ23U
Baritone to Tenor tuning Conversion Strings made by Aquila are made specifically to produce notes of gCEA at the correct tension at the baritone scale length. From the treble side to bass side / 1st string to 4th string are about 025 031 038 027 in thousandths of an inch.

The strings are all plain Nylgut material with no wound stings.  Nylgut is a new formulation of polymerized plastic mixed with additives and patented by Aquila.

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High g Tuning Vs Low G Tuning..whats that all about then?

A customer wrote to me asking to explain Hi g and Low G tuning.

"Hi Gillian, 

Thanks for visiting my site and for the email

Re Hi G and Low G setup,  
It is referring to how people would like their strings.  
Some people prefer the standard re Entrant Tuning, ie the g and A strings are thin, and the C and E strings are thick, 
this is whats generally called a "High G tuning"

The other string tuning is Linear tuned, ie the A is the thinnest, the E thicker, the C thicker again and the G thicker again, also called Low G Tuning.  

Both are used with standard ukulele Chords, so no re learning, 
but the real difference is the Low G string  provides a BIG Bass tone, 
where as on the High G tuning its so much more jangly and trebly sounding  (The C string is as low as it goes in Bass tone).

Ukuleles generally come standard as High g Tuning, but it is a very popular option to restring for Low G Tuning. 

Just sold my last Concert so I am currently out of stock, but that should be rectified within the next month when another shipment arrives at the Aussie Wholesaler.

Cheers CC