Tuning ordinal convention and Open E vs G

Premier Sponsors

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue, we will assume that you agree to our privacy policy which includes details of cookie usage. Hide this notice

Long Neck Banjo

Join This Group

... for those of us who prefer the tuning and singing differences the LN provides. All questions & help welcome!

273 Members, Created 1/30/2011 -

Administrators: TonyS (owner) , Gary Blanchard , pastorharry , vega long neck

< Back to Home

From coalandice on 10/15/2015 9:46:55 AM

Just to confirm
When a tuning lists the pitches of the strings,
the order in which the strings are listed
as in Open E tuning EBEG#B would be
5th 4th 3rd 2nd 1st, with the 5th being
the short string and the 1st being the string
farthest from the sternum of a right handed
banjoist. Correct? Some folks list the fifth
string in lower case, with the rest in upper case
so as to distinguish it?

Additionally, if song tab is in G tuning
(GDGBD) can one use the same frets/fingering
in E tuning? I.e. not use the capotasto on the
third fret?

2 Comments
	BowlingGreen46 says: 10/15/2015 11:29:34 AM "Just to confirm" - correct "Additionally" - correct for 4th through 1st. When you are not using a capo, you'll have to retune the 5th string.
	coalandice says: 10/15/2015 1:50:04 PM Thanks very much !
Post a Comment
You must be logged in and a member of this group to post a comment.

	Old Gray Coat Linked by Bluesage 7 months ago: My first attempt at working out this great Tony Rice composition on the open long neck. It lays our pretty well!
	Christ Church Cathedral Linked by Madame Twang 1 year ago
MP3: What Would The Prophets Say? Linked by jbakervt 2 years ago: The religious basis of authority in the Middle East (or anywhere for that matter) is the source of a lot of suffering and is unsustainable. The violence is mostly perpetrated on women and children.
MP3: You'll Never Leave Texas Alive Linked by jbakervt 2 years ago: A sad murder ballad of a sort. Some murderers wear nice clothes and use pens and paper to kill and never see their victims.
MP3: Ten Years On Linked by jbakervt 2 years ago: A lament, written for the 10th anniversary of the Sandy Hook school shooting. Sadly there are still parents who are irresponsible or foolish, and parents who suffer as a result.
MP3: Shutdown The System Linked by jbakervt 2 years ago: The pursuit of money is alienating, enervating, and exhausting. Here’s a song of resistance to finance capitalism.
MP3: Take The Wheel Linked by jbakervt 2 years ago: A song about mentorship, inspired by my mentor and HIS mentors too, that takes the form of the story of a ship’s mate being “shown the ropes”. The old sea captain may also have been a long-neck player
MP3: The Leatherwing Bat Linked by jbakervt 2 years ago
MP3: Old Rosin The Beau Linked by jbakervt 2 years ago
MP3: Deep Elm Blues Linked by jbakervt 2 years ago