Re: Ukulele Chords Played on Mandolin: Something is Wrong
If I understand this properly, you're choosing U for ukelele on your tuner, and applying it to tuning your mandolin. The mandolin is normally tuned differently than a uke (standard mandolin tuning is: low-high, G-D-A-E). The tuner would then be "looking for" the wrong notes on a mandolin. A violin is tuned the same as a mandolin, so if there's a V on the tuner, that would work. As well, most tuners begin with a C, which I believe refers to C tuning, and this works as well, allowing you to find any note on any string. I hope this helps. If it doesn't, there are much more sophisticated people here -- likely someone who can even tell you how to set up a new tuner . I'm just answering because no one else has yet.
Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
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