Ukulele Quartet Score
I arrange music for 5 ukuleles.
2 Re-Entrant Ukuleles
1 Low-G Ukulele
1 Baritone Ukulele
1 Ukulele for Chords (Any Style)
The ukulele family of instruments has changed over the years.
The soprano, concert, and tenor all started out as re-entrant ukuleles. Tuned the same. The only difference was body sizes. This is still most common. But now manufactures make a Low-G string for all. Today, I think the categories Re-Entrant, Low-G, and Baritone more closely define the ukulele family. Because of the range for each there needs to be tablature for all three.
I'd love to see MuseScore Ukuleles changed to:
Plucked Strings
Ukulele, Re-Entrant
Ukulele, Re-Entrant [Tablature]
Ukulele, Low-G
Ukulele, Low-G [Tablature]
Ukulele, Baritone
Ukulele, Baritone[Tablature]
Maybe check out my attachment. It may help.
Ukesters...Any thoughts?
| Attachment | Size |
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| Ukulele Family.pdf | 30.2 KB |
Comments
Hello,
About the uke, low G, you have simply to create a Template, by changing the fourth string in the String data (Staff Properties).
See this one, already done, from this thread: https://musescore.org/en/node/71121#comment-373906: Template Uke Low G.mscz
About the Baritone, it already exists. You have to choose via the Wizard in "All instruments":
![All instruments.jpg]( "All instruments.jpg")
BTW, I observe a mistake about the tuning of this instrument: it's not A3 for the second string, but B3. I fill soon an issue for this.
So, see this other template (for Baritone, after change the good pitch): Template Uke barytone.mscz
As you can see, you can easily add a Tab from each type of ukulele in the wizard. Eg, for the Baritone: I choose Baritone in "All instruments" -> Add to the right column -> Add a staff (or linked staff, as you wish), and then -> Change the Tab type, ie standard to Tab (ukulele/or 4-str, depending your choice). Like this:
![tab.jpg]( "tab.jpg")
In reply to Hello, About the uke, low by cadiz1
So, take a look at this new template, as you wish, ie an ukulele quartet: 2 re-entrant ukes, 1 Low-G uke, 1 Baritone uke, and then, I added 1 Guitar Tab, like on your attached PDF file: Uke Quartet.mscz
In reply to So, take a look at this new by cadiz1
Thank you so much for explaining about Baritone Tab.
I spend at least 6 hours trying to figure out how to do this. I put all the information manually but it was still not doing it correctly. I should have check here.
Thank you again.
In reply to Hello, About the uke, low by cadiz1
Maybe file an issue for the missing Ukulele low G too?
In reply to Maybe file an issue for the by Jojo-Schmitz
Well, why not: I think this tuning is becoming a standard or an alternative standard. I will do both this evening from now, or tomorrow (ie for the low-G uke, and for the mistake A3 vs. B3/ second string, for the Baritone uke)
EDIT: in another side, it's easy to change the pitch of the fourth string to reach a low-G uke tuning. So, higth priority, or moderate or low priority? Other opinions?
In reply to Well, why not: I think this by cadiz1
normal prio
Thanks everyone for your input/help. Great tips. I went through one of my arrangements and used the information you provided. Got my templates now scores will be easier to create. As usual will just need to go in and clean up the computer generated positions I don't like.
Thanks a million.
In reply to Thanks everyone for your by amunger
- Issue filed (for the pitch): #115916: The Baritone ukulele has a wrong pitch on the second string
- And for the feature request: #115911: Add an ukelele low-G string as instrument