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Honu Soprano Ukulele

Sized for smaller hands. Built like a real instrument.

Size chart
Sizing Information

The four ukulele sizes held by a child, a teenager and an adult: soprano 21 inches, concert 24 inches, tenor 26 inches, baritone 30 inches

Soprano - Soprano is the smallest of the four ukulele sizes, and the traditional one. It's the pick for kids learning ukulele, and for adults who like the brighter tone of a traditional ukulele.

Concert - Bigger than a soprano and smaller than a tenor, the concert is the size most people are happiest on: roomy enough for adult hands, small enough to feel friendly. Small children may be better suited to a soprano.

Tenor - The tenor is the biggest of the standard sizes, and its larger body gives a fuller, deeper sound. It suits teenagers and adults who want the most volume and extra room for their fingers on the fretboard.

Baritone - The baritone is the largest and deepest-sounding ukulele. It's tuned like the four thinnest strings of a guitar, so if you've played guitar you won't have to learn any new chord shapes. It's also a lot of fun for a ukulele player looking for a different tone.

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Sound check

This is what you’ll hear when you pick it up.

2026 model — played by Mustafa Kamaliddin

2025 model demo

Why the Honu Soprano sounds bigger than it looks.

Soprano is the smallest of the four sizes and the one most people picture when they hear the word ukulele. Short neck, small body, bright and snappy. It's the instrument at its most recognisable.

It's the size most kids start on. A short neck means small hands can reach a chord without stretching for it, and it's light enough that an hour of playing doesn't turn into work. It's easy to pick up, which means it actually gets picked up.

Grown-ups buy it for the other reason: it's ultra-portable. It's the one that ends up at a beach, a campfire or a hotel room, because nobody minds carrying it.

  • You’ll hear the difference.The first strum is louder and richer than the one you came from.
  • Easy under the fingers.It stops fighting you. Smooth fret ends, comfortable action, and it holds tune, so you play instead of tuning.
  • Ready the day it lands.Somebody who plays opened it, tuned it and played it in Calgary, so you pick it up and start.
  • Body Shape - Soprano
  • Top Wood - Sapele
  • Body Wood - Sapele
  • Neck - Okoume
  • Fretboard - Laminated Rosewood
  • Bridge - Solid Rosewood
  • Nut Width - 35mm
  • Nut and Saddle - Bone
  • Rosette - Double Ring White ABS
  • Finish - Open Pore
  • Tuning Heads - Chrome Open Gear
  • Tuning Buttons - Black
  • Fretboard Inlays - White Dots
  • Bridge Pins - Black w/ White Dots
  • Strap Pins - Silver, Bottom
  • Strings - Aquila
  • Gig Bag - 5mm Padded, Included

Every ukulele ships free anywhere in Canada or to the U.S., with no customs duty or tariffs, and nothing due on delivery.

You get 30 days with it in your hands. If your ears disagree, send it back. If it arrives with anything wrong, we fix or replace it and cover the cost. Shipping policy · Return policy

Honu

Where nearly everyone starts.

The four things doing the work on this one.

Arched back

A curved back instead of a flat one. It gives the soprano more volume and depth than you'd expect from the smallest ukulele size.

Warm and bright

Sapele laminate with a bright, clear tone. Forgiving on first chords and musical enough to keep a new player coming back.

Comfortable from day one

The compact body and neck are proportioned for smaller hands. Checked and adjusted in Calgary to play easily right out of the box.

Built for real life

Laminate construction means no humidity worries. It handles being a kid's instrument — tossed in a bag, left on the couch, taken to grandma's — without complaint.

Size · Soprano

Soprano
Concert
Tenor
Baritone

Series · Honu

Honu
Laminate
Mano
Solid top mahogany
Kohola Deluxe
Solid top acacia
Nalu
All solid acacia

What happens after you order.

  1. It arrives ready to play.

    We inspect it, play it, and adjust it in Calgary first. If anything’s off, it doesn’t ship.

  2. It ships free, in its gig bag.

    Give it a quick tune when it lands and it holds.

  3. 30 days to fall in love with it.

    If your ears disagree, send it back. Anything wrong on arrival, we fix or replace it, on us.

  4. Questions? Ask Dave.

    The person who designed it answers, usually the same day.

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A Honolua tenor ukulele on a bed beside a tablet playing a Honolua Starter Course lesson with Dave
The Honolua Starter Course · Included free with every ukulele

Play songs you already know and love in only three days.

Even if you’ve never picked up an instrument, this takes you from opening the case to songs you know: Let It Be, Country Roads, Don’t Stop Believin’. Three sessions of about an hour, Dave playing along on every song. No theory, and it’s yours for life.

  1. Session one

    Learn your first chords.

  2. Session two

    Play your first five songs.

  3. Session three

    Sixteen songs you can play.

  • First, the Owner’s Course. How to hold, tune, restring and look after it, the accessories worth buying, a troubleshooting hub, and left-handed setup.
  • Already play? Sixteen new songs for group night, chords one click away, and The Uke Night Songbook at an exclusive Honolua customer discount.
See what’s in the course →
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Everything else you need, in one add.

The accessories most players pick up in the first month, matched to your instrument. One click, one discount.

Honolua Ukuleles Essentials Accessory Bundle, showing the wooden stand, clip-on tuner, trigger capo, felt picks and string winder
Essentials Bundle The most popular accessories
  • ✓Wood stand
  • ✓Clip-on tuner
  • ✓Capo
  • ✓String winder
  • ✓Felt picks
+$44.00$63.00
Save 30% vs. buying separately
Essentials, plus two upgrades
Honolua Ukuleles Deluxe Accessory Bundle for soprano, showing the grey gig bag, trigger capo, clip-on tuner, wooden stand, D'Addario soprano strings, felt picks and string winder
Deluxe Bundle Everything in Essentials, upgraded for the long haul
  • ✓Everything in the Essentials Bundle
  • Wood stand
  • Clip-on tuner
  • Capo
  • String winder
  • Felt picks
  • + Extra set of strings, matched to this size Soprano-scale set, ready for the first restring.
  • + Upgraded gig bag, sized for this ukulele Replaces included gig bag with a significant step up.
+$72.00$103.00
Save 30% vs. buying separately

Still not sure?

What people ask before they order.

Yes. The Starter Course that comes with it assumes nothing: not one lesson, not one chord. It starts with how to hold the instrument and has you playing popular songs within days, one short step at a time. Most of our players started past fifty.

The demo videos at the top of this page are this exact model. Most models have several, and you’re listening to the ukulele, not taking our word for it.

Yes. Every one comes through Calgary to be inspected, played, and adjusted before it ships. Give it a quick tune when it lands, like any stringed instrument, and it holds.

You get 30 days with it in your hands. If your ears disagree, send it back. And if anything is wrong when it arrives, we fix or replace it and cover the cost.

All ukuleles ship free anywhere within Canada or to the U.S., with no customs duty or tariffs, and nothing due on delivery.

The soprano is the smallest size: the brightest voice, the lightest to carry, and the one most kids start on. If you’re torn, the Meet Your Match quiz asks a few questions and lands on a size and model, with 10% off your first order. And Dave answers his own email, usually the same day.

Designed in Calgary, built to our spec by our partner factory overseas, and every one comes back through Calgary before it ships to you.

The Honolua Starter Course, and it’s yours for life. It opens with an Owner’s Course (sizes, strings, tuning, restringing and care), then the 3-Day Fast Track: three sessions of about an hour, and sixteen popular songs with Dave playing along on every one. Already play? That’s sixteen new songs for the next group night.

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