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Tuning a gourd banjo?

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Can anybody tell me the best way to tune a gourd banjo? I play mostly in open-G and just picked up a gourd head. And I was hoping to find somebody who could tell me what I should tune each string on a gourd banjo to play genericaly. I play 3-finger Scruggs style, and I understand that a gourd banjo is tuned down from an open g (dbgdg)due to the weaker neck/body structure. So to continue to play my favorate tunes on a gourd, what is a good tune for each string? I use an electronic tuner!

Dgraffius

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Playing Since: 2000
Experience Level: Novice

Interests:
[Socializing] [Helping]

Occupation: Retired

Gender: Male
Age: 70

My Instruments:
3 Vega Whyte Laydie's, a Deering Goodtime for travel/camping. And a Jeff Menzies gourd banjo!

Favorite Bands/Musicians:
Del McCory Band

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Created 1/6/2009
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Retired USAF, Retired Computer Engineer, Affiliate Broker/REALTOR, collecting banjos for many years, and trying to play for about 4.5 years. Vega Whyte Laydie's.

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