The baritone uke has its own set of chord shapes, so here are the most common ones (five major and two minor chords). In fact the tuning is the same as the first four strings of a guitar, therefore the skills and knowledge you gain as you learn the baritone would help if you later decided to learn guitar. As we mentioned in the introduction, most guides to ukulele chords for beginners are for ukes tuned to high-G (or ‘re-entrant’) tuning. Being larger gives a lower, richer tone, more like the sound of a guitar.
However if you are comfortable with the size and have never played a ukulele before, this could be the instrument for you. For an A, hold down the lowest three strings at. For an E major, put your index finger is on the first fret of the G string and your middle finger is on the. Because it’s larger than its counterparts it also has slightly larger fret spacings, which could mean a stretch to form some chord shapes if you have small hands. To get a G major chord, put your index finger on the third fret of the E string. The four chords we are looking at here are G major, C major, E minor and D major. To start off with you will want to learn the three basic baritone ukulele chord charts and make sure you can transition between them comfortably.
The baritone ukulele is the largest of the four most popular sizes and is also tuned lower than the soprano, concert and tenor. The standard baritone ukulele tuning goes G, C, E and E which means that your instrument lends itself to the key of G.
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