A Major Ukulele Chord Chart: Visual Diagrams for Right- and Left-Handed Players
By Chloe Bennett
The structural shape of 2-1-0-0 does not change whether your instrument is strung with a standard re-entrant high-G or a wound low-G string. However, the voicing's acoustic behavior alters dramatically between the two configurations.
In standard re-entrant high-G tuning, the fourth string sounds higher in pitch than both the C and E strings. Fretting that high-G string at the second fret yields an A4 (440 Hz), the exact same pitch produced by the open first string. Consequently, the high-G A major chord operates as a tight, close-voiced chime where the doubled root notes ring in unison across the frequency spectrum. This creates the quintessential syncopated bounce characteristic of traditional Hawaiian strumming.
When switching to a low-G setup, common on tenor instruments, string four drops an entire octave to G3. Fretting the second fret produces an A3 (220 Hz). Now, the chord possesses an authentic low bass root anchoring the bottom of the voicing, with the C#, E, and high A stacked cleanly on top. The low-G configuration provides an expansive harmonic spread, lending modern pop arrangements and fingerstyle chord melodies a grounded, full-bodied resonance.
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