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Permalink Reply by Fomhorach on April 12, 2017 at 8:29am

Take a guitar. Put a capo on it where the kids find it easy to reach between the frets.. That's their particular scale length. 

If you build something for them using that length... Use normal strings, tune the instrument to the notes that you find when you capo your instrument at that length. Teach them songs to play as you would ignoring the capo and just pretend its a nut.

I kinda read the question wrong but the answer is in there.

Try to keep string tension the same, the pitch of the note rises as it would to the note that would be played if the nut was a fret. 

Does this make sense?

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Permalink Reply by James Bolan on April 12, 2017 at 10:33am

Thanks Form it makes sense.The kids already have a uke and do well with this length neck.Plus I got a piece of wood just the right size.

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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on April 12, 2017 at 8:41am

What Form said is brilliant... keep in ind that for a shorter scale length, you might need heavier strings to achieve the same tension.

For kids, I would consider nylon strings, too..

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Permalink Reply by James Bolan on April 12, 2017 at 10:34am

Yes Nylon strings make sense for little people.Thanks John

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