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stevenamick - Posted - 08/06/2017: 10:33:17
I just ordered a tenor banjo uke and want to play some bluegrass tunes on it. Which tuning, gCEA or GCEA, would be better?
jduke - Posted - 08/06/2017: 11:12:03
If you are planning on picking a lot of melody on your banjo uke, than definitely use the Low G tuning. It will give you additional range, which you will appreciate. If you intend to play mostly rhythm, then I would suggest High G. The high G gives the uke a nice voice and actually sounds pretty good playing chops like a mandolin.
Laurence Diehl - Posted - 08/07/2017: 10:01:43
I suppose it all depends on what you want to do on the uke. The high G is the more traditional sound and you can also play some banjo influenced stuff like this here
cb56 - Posted - 08/07/2017: 18:02:12
Try both and go with what floats yer boat!
cb56 - Posted - 08/07/2017: 18:04:37
Here's some single string
ukenukem - Posted - 08/23/2017: 05:44:20
When I took up Tenor Banjo last year I settled on "Chicago" (DGBE) tuning as I have played guitar since 1970 and Ukulele since 2009. Lots of shape and scale similarities.
Had to edit the above dates as I first typed 1070 for guitar. WOW, would that make me old!
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