Banjo Help?

Doug R

I play guitar but have no experience with a banjo..My neighbor gave me one last night that has been in her family for years but she does not play it....How different is the tuning, etc.....

Thanks

exhausted

the tuning is totally different and being 4 strings (or 5) too, the chords are whacked.

Doug R

Originally posted by exhausted
the tuning is totally different and being 4 strings (or 5) too, the chords are whacked.

Guess I'll take your advice and do a web search

who's_pearljam?

If it's a five string banjo, traditional tuning is Gdgbd. the left G being the funky short string. Basically an open G chord like you would open tune to on the guitar.

http://projectsandhobbies.com/banjochords.htm has some basic chords. Git a piece of straw in your mouth, get a chaw going, and pick to your hearts delight!

If it's a Tenor banjo with 4 strings, traditionally it's Cgda with c being the low string. Tuned in 5ths like a mandolin or a violin. You can tune it ala guitar with dgbe, too, but it sounds more banjo like in the C tuning.

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mccreadyisgod

Hey, you know the difference between a banjo and a trampoline?





















You take your shoes off to jump on a trampoline!

goto_l

Use an Ebow on it, it's one of the funniest sounds you'll ever hear. I almost coughed a lung up when it starts resonating & you have this sound like a bunch of pissed off bees in a drum.