Made popular by Béla Fleck and his Gold Tone ML-1 banjo, this has become the standard for baritone banjo tuning. Over the years, Gold Tone has used this tuning on our travel banjos such as our first manufactured banjo the TB-100. Standard for “A Scale” banjos like the CC-OTA. This tuning comes standard on all Gold Tone long neck banjos.
This is simply standard G tuning dropped to the key of E. These two variations are both known as “D Tuning” and are up to the preference of the player.Īchieve this tuning with no modifications using our Cheat-A-Key D-Tuners! More commonly the fifth string will be F# but it can also be tuned to A (A, D, F#, A, D). This makes the first strings D a suspended 2 nd in the C chord.Ĭommonly associated with Earl Scruggs, “D Tuning” can be configured two ways. Most commonly used by clawhammer players, “Double C” tuning lowers the fourth string D to C and raises the second string B a half step to C. “Drop C” or just “C” tuning drops the low D a whole step to C. This is a popular tuning for old time clawhammer playing.
Most of the following tunings are modified from this standard G tuning.Ĭommonly referred to “Sawmill Tuning” this tuning variation raises the second string a half step to C. Most Gold Tone five string banjos are set up using this tuning. The “open” portion of this tuning gets its name because it doesn’t need to be fretted to play the G chord. The tuning G, D, G, B, D is considered standard for 5 string banjos.
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Learning how to tune your banjo is the first step to discovering your tone! 5-String Banjo Tunings Most common for 5-String Banjos is Open G Tuning (G, D, G, B, D) but the possibilities are endless! Included in the article you can find how to tune your 4-String or tenor banjo, bartitone banjo, long neck banjo, 6-String banjo and much more. In this article, we go over the wide variety of available tunings for banjos.
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