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Printable ukulele tab paper, to exact spec
Four lines, G-C-E-A reading bottom to top.
The thing that catches people out writing ukulele tab is re-entrant tuning. On most ukuleles the G string is tuned high, above the C, so the string nearest your chin isn't the lowest note. Tab passes over this without comment, because it is telling you which string and which fret rather than which pitch — it only gets confusing if you try to read it as notation.
Baritone ukuleles are tuned D-G-B-E instead, but they're still four strings, so the same paper works.
2.5mm spacing suits ordinary tab. Chord melody wants nearer 3mm, since you'll be stacking fret numbers vertically across all four strings.
Re-entrant tuning
Standard tuning is G-C-E-A, and on a re-entrant instrument the G, the string nearest your chin, is tuned high: above the C and E, a tone below the A. The lowest-pitched string is the C, in the middle.
Tab is unaffected, since it gives string and fret rather than pitch.
Arranging is where it shows. A run down the strings does not descend in pitch, and a chord shape puts notes in an unexpected order. The bright, close-voiced ukulele sound comes largely from that clustering.
Low-G tuning swaps that string for a wound one an octave down, which adds about five low notes and makes the instrument behave more like a small guitar.
Sizes
Soprano, concert and tenor are all tuned G-C-E-A. They differ in scale length, volume and sustain, not in where the notes are, so tab written for one plays on any of them.
Baritone is tuned D-G-B-E, the same intervals as a guitar's top four strings and a fourth below standard ukulele tuning. Same paper, but a soprano tab played on a baritone sounds a fourth lower.
Chord diagrams, and spacing
Most ukulele music is chords, written as grids with four vertical lines and dots for fingers. This page does not draw those. For a song sheet you want chord boxes and lyrics, which is a different kind of document.
Tab paper suits transcription and arrangement: fingerpicking patterns, chord melody, instrumental breaks.
Chord melody stacks a fret number on every string at once, so use 3mm. Four numbers in a column run together at 2.5mm.
Frequently asked questions
Which line is which string?
G-C-E-A, bottom to top. On a re-entrant uke that bottom G is tuned high — the tab doesn't care, it's telling you where to put your fingers.
Baritone?
Fine. Still four strings, just tuned D-G-B-E.
Chord melody?
Widen the spacing to about 3mm. You'll be stacking numbers vertically.