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GretschTech: Ukulele Tuning

The Gretsch Roots collection includes several ukulele models of varying sizes and styles. Given the resurgence of the instrument’s popularity in recent years, many who acquire a ukulele for the first time often find themselves wondering how to tune it. Of several ways to tune ukuleles, the most common standard tuning is gCEA.

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GretschTech: Reentrant Tuning

Most ukuleles and five-string banjos, including many of those found in the Gretsch Roots Collection, use a form of tuning called reentrant tuning. Fair bet that you’re unfamiliar with the term, but you’re probably familiar with the concept if you play those instruments. On a stringed instrument with reentrant tuning, the strings are

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