Ukuleles are classified according to their size. From smallest to largest the main four area soprano, concert, tenor and baritone. Specifically, the size is determined by the length of the string between the bridge and the nut i.e. the scale length.
Take the time to tune up properly. Because it's short, it can be quite hard to get the Ukulele for sale in uk in tune. But it has to be done. If your ukulele is out of tune, you WILL sound terrible. There are plenty of tools online to help you to do this. My particular favourite is the AP Tuner.
Practice so slowly you can't possibly make a mistake. Once you've got a phrase under your fingers, it's easy to speed up. Once you've got a mistake under your fingers, it's nearly impossible to get rid of it.
As you can see this chord is the same chord as a D major on a guitar. A little bit confusing if you also play guitar but I guess you will get used to it.
It is of course preferable to use a tuner or piano or tuning fork in Ukulele tuning but it is not necessary to tune exactly to the concert pitch if you don't play with others.
Actually you can play this melody with the use of the above Ukulele for sale tab notation on a guitar also. The first three strings are tuned the same way but not in the same pitch.
This gives the tenor ukulele more the feel of a guitar (the tuning of a low-G tenor ukulele is the ukuleles same as the top four strings of a guitar capoed at the fifth fret). It gives the ukulele more options for playing bass notes: which can be very helpful when you are playing solo and need to provide your own bass line accompaniment.
The soprano ukulele is the perfect ukulele for many people. It's particularly good for beginners since it is easy to play, sounds fantastic and is adorably small!