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Mikegiallo - Posted - 09/18/2023: 18:43:03
Hey all! This is my first post here, very novice banjo player. Former drummer, so that means I have nearly no music theory haha. Been spending the first month of playing just getting used to picking and what not, now its time to learn some theory.
Anyways, I was thinking of tuning to D. I love playing guitar in open d so I thought it would work well together, and my vocal range is a bit deeper. My problem is, I can't find a diagram ANYWHERE that lists the notes on the fretboard when tuned to d, or find and chord charts.
Anybody here have anything they can share? And again, I'm very novice.
Look forward to posting on here more. been lurking for a bit, seems like a great place to learn and chat. Thanks ya'll!
mmuussiiccaall - Posted - 09/18/2023: 19:52:28
3 shapes up and down the fingerboard
Bill Rogers - Posted - 09/18/2023: 20:41:04
The only thing I would add to Rick's fine diagrams is the note that for some tunes, the 5th string fits better tuned up to A. It's a matter of taste and your ear.
Aside from the ubiquitous Reuben's Train, aka Reuben, the classic bluegrass D-tuning instrumental is Ralph Stanley's Hard Times (not to be confused with Stephen Foster's song of the same name), which offers interesting chord and time changes.
youtube.com/watch?v=C9nymMGPzhU
carlb - Posted - 09/19/2023: 05:05:02
quote:
Originally posted by Mikegiallo
Anyways, I was thinking of tuning to D. I love playing guitar in open d so I thought it would work well together, and my vocal range is a bit deeper. My problem is, I can't find a diagram ANYWHERE that lists the notes on the fretboard when tuned to d, or find and chord charts.
Anybody here have anything they can share? And again, I'm very novice.
It's the last tuning on the 2nd page of my chord chart.
banjoak - Posted - 09/19/2023: 06:22:10
A lot of folks use a C tuning, and capo up; and should find plenty of references to those.
The most common what folks call D tuning is Double D is aDADE. It's the same but a step up as Double C tuning gCGCD. Open C capo 2 would give aDADF#. there's also the drop C (G tuning with bass tuned down), capo 2 aDAC#D
There are other tunings. If you already play guitar Open D, you could use same fingerings and references for top 4 strings from that. aDF#AD
Edited by - banjoak on 09/19/2023 06:27:51
Mikegiallo - Posted - 09/19/2023: 17:45:55
Thanks everyone for all your input! I'm currently on a little vacation and just got to the cabin I'm staying at. I'll go over everything ya'll said and posted in a minute. I'm sure I'll have some follow up questions. I'm a recovering drummer, we're not the smartest in the world haha.
Cheers! Thanks everyone!
Mikegiallo - Posted - 09/19/2023: 17:54:05
quote:
Originally posted by Bill Rogers
The only thing I would add to Rick's fine diagrams is the note that for some tunes, the 5th string fits better tuned up to A. It's a matter of taste and your ear.
Aside from the ubiquitous Reuben's Train, aka Reuben, the classic bluegrass D-tuning instrumental is Ralph Stanley's Hard Times (not to be confused with Stephen Foster's song of the same name), which offers interesting chord and time changes.
youtube.com/watch?v=C9nymMGPzhU
That's exactly what I'm tuned to aDF#AD
Mikegiallo - Posted - 09/19/2023: 18:04:40
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Originally posted by mmuussiiccaall
3 shapes up and down the fingerboard
Thanks for this! just a couple of questions on how to read it. Are the chords color coded like the yellow dots one chord, the black another, and so on down. And what do the numbers mean?
Again, real sorry for all these (what I'm assuming) dumb questions. I'm so new to learning how to read and undesrtand music.
Appreciate any further info. Thanks again everyone!
Mikegiallo - Posted - 09/19/2023: 18:05:14
Also if anyone knows any minor chords, that would be helpful as well.
mmuussiiccaall - Posted - 09/20/2023: 09:44:39
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Originally posted by Mikegiallo
Also if anyone knows any minor chords, that would be helpful as well.
Here's the chords with the first 4 strings showing.
Mikegiallo - Posted - 09/26/2023: 15:04:28
Thanks for all the help ya'll. Just got home from vacation. Gonna mess around with banjo now.
'John Burke' 2 hrs
