Guide to Ukulele Strings: Here’s why strings are so important and the factors that you should look for when buying one for your uke!
Buying Options
You have several brands that make strings for ukulele and other musical instruments. You can buy them as singles or even in bulk sets.
Brands such as Worth or Aquila are quite popular and does improve the sound a great deal. You can also choose from Soprano, Tenor and Baritone Ukulele strings.
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Aquila New Nylgut AQ-4 Soprano Ukulele Strings – High G
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Aquila 7U Concert Ukulele Strings Set
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Aquila USA Aquila Tenor Ukulele Strings
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Martin M600 Standard Ukulele Strings
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D’Addario EJ87S Titanium Ukulele Strings, Soprano
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Why are Strings Important?
If you have played a string instrument before, I’m sure you can appreciate the importance of having good ones.
There are strings on which it’s hard to put your finger on, but when you play a great string, you just know that it’s great.
Usually new instruments, especially if it’s a budget one, can come with low quality strings, and it really makes them sound very average.
Replacing them with better quality strings will definitely improve the sound a great deal, besides improving the play-ability.
What to Look For?
The materials used for the strings can have a great impact on the tone, feel and even the string life.
However, you also need to buy strings considering the size of your ukulele and the tuning they are intended for.
Strings are available of different lengths and thickness depending on the ukulele size they are intended for.
Regarding the tuning part, you need to check if they are low-G or high-G strings. Most of the time, if the description doesn’t state anything they would be high-G.
But then, it is safer to ask and confirm it, as you won’t be able to tune them properly of you get the wrong type.
Ukulele Sound with Different Strings
Here’s a video that shows how a Ukulele sounds with different strings:
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