Do all the ukulele sizes use the same chord shapes?

The GCEA four do — soprano, concert, tenor, and taro-patch share every grip, so you can switch sizes without relearning a thing. The baritone (DGBE) and bass uke (EADG) are tuned differently on purpose, and their pages here are drawn from their own strings rather than transposed.

Why do these diagrams differ from the guitar charts I know?

Because a ukulele is not a small guitar: its fourth string sounds higher than its third. Every chart on this site starts from that reentrant GCEA reality, which is why grips ring close and bright here — and why guitar charts with two strings deleted never sound right on a uke.

What is campanella, and why does this site care so much?

It is the melodic style the reentrant tuning was born for: consecutive notes land on different strings so each rings into the next, like small bells. Our campanella section teaches the idea, then hands you scale maps and free tune tab with playback to make it real.

Will the charts still work if I put a low-G string on?

Yes — a low-G uke fingers every diagram identically, because the note names per string don’t change. What changes is range and sound, and the low-G vs high-G guide walks through exactly that decision before you buy the string.

Does anything on Ukulele Warrior cost money?

No. Every chord, scale map, drill, tune, and tool here is free, works in the browser without an account, and carries no ads — on every uke in the family.

Play More Ukulele

Pick your uke — every chord, scale, progression, and drill on this site is voiced for the instrument in your hands, not adapted from guitar charts.

Ukulele Chords Campanella Scales Tuner

Every reference page here speaks ukulele natively: reentrant high-G grips for the GCEA sizes, honest linear charts for baritone and bass uke, guitar-shape guidance for guitalele — all free, all with playback.

Choose Your Uke

Eight relatives, three honest tunings: the reentrant GCEA sizes share every grip, while the baritone, bass uke, and guitalele each get charts drawn from their own strings — nothing here is transposed in your head.

Soprano Ukulele

Tuned G–C–E–A, reentrant
The smallest, jangliest size
Where the uke sound is defined

Concert Ukulele

Same reentrant G–C–E–A
More room, a little more voice
The comfortable middle size

Tenor Ukulele

G–C–E–A on a longer neck
More sustain, more fret space
The stage player’s favorite

Baritone Ukulele

Tuned D–G–B–E, linear
A guitar’s top four strings
The family’s deep, mellow voice

Bass Ukulele

Tuned E–A–D–G, deep
Bass-guitar pitches, uke body
Holds the family’s low end

Taro-Patch Ukulele

G–C–E–A in doubled courses
Hawaiʻi’s eight-string original
Concert grips, shimmering sound

Guitalele

Six strings, A–D–G–C–E–A
A guitar capoed at the fifth fret
Guitar shapes, a fourth higher

Banjolele

G–C–E–A on a drumhead body
Uke grips with banjo snap
The jazz-age crowd-cutter

What Lives Here

Chords

Every key and quality as four-string grips, with the reentrant G treated as the feature it is.

Scales

Patterns mapped the way a GCEA neck actually sounds, root pinned, every note playable aloud.

Fretboard Explorer

Light up any set of notes across the neck — the quickest way to see the reentrant octave for yourself.

Progressions

Each key’s chord family delivered as uke grips, ready to loop under a song or a jam.

Exercises

Short daily drills with tab and sound — strumming, picking, and change-speed work in minutes a day.

Campanella

The uke’s own melodic voice: scale maps and free tune tab where every note rings into the next.

Chord of the Day

One grip a day from the network-wide draw, read string by string with its reentrant surprise named.

Technique Guides

Strumming, chunking, fan strokes, and fingerpicking rolls — the right hand, taught uke-first.

Gear, Without the Fog

First-uke checks that matter, the size map, and the strings page that finally explains low-G sets.

Free Tools

Tuner, metronome, and theme builder — in the browser, no install, no sign-up.

How It Works

Pick Your Uke

Soprano to bass uke, banjolele, or guitalele — every page redraws itself for the instrument you actually hold, its own tuning and all.

Read It Reentrant

Diagrams put the high G where the high G is. No trimmed guitar charts, no pretending the fourth string is the bass.

Hear It Before You Learn It

Every grip, map, and drill plays aloud, so your ear approves a shape before your fingers commit it to memory.

The Ukulele Family’s Deep Home

Ukulele Warrior is the Warrior Network’s home for the whole ukulele family. Where our sister sites go wide across twenty-plus instruments, this one goes deep: reentrant GCEA is the native language, low-G vs high-G is treated as the first-class decision it is, and the baritone, bass uke, taro-patch, banjolele, and guitalele each get pages built from their own strings — with playback everywhere, so the sound leads and the chart follows.

Go Deeper

Guides worth bookmarking: low-G vs high-G · coming from guitar · campanella · strumming patterns · your first ukulele · ukulele sizes · strings · all tools. Want the same chord on mandolin, banjo, or 20+ other string instruments? String Warrior compares them all — this site goes deep where that one goes wide.