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pettyman
May-29-2006, 3:57pm
Hey
Just in one of my curious moods and am wondering how a banjo is tuned?
Matt
First, you should ask IF a banjo is tuned...
That was too easy.
5 string:
gDGBD (standard Bluegrass G tuning)
gCGBD (another relatively standard tuning)
there are many others.
tenor banjo:
CGDA
many Irish players use:
GDAE an octave below mandolin.
pettyman
May-29-2006, 4:08pm
Awesome thanks - to both the joke and the info! Solved a little curiosity I had.
Matt
Greenmando
May-29-2006, 4:28pm
Hey
Just in one of my curious moods and am wondering how a banjo is tuned?
Matt
Best to use wire cutters to tune with.
b**jo help (http://doodoowah.com/BanjoPlayersAnon.htm)
JGWoods
May-29-2006, 4:45pm
My banjo was tuned at the factory- that's good enough for me. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
jackofall
May-29-2006, 4:55pm
Oh heavens. Will my poor sides ever recover from the relentless deluge of hilarious banjo jokes?
There probably are some new ones, but if so I haven't seen them on this board... #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
5-string banjo tunings. (http://zeppmusic.com/banjo/aktuning.htm)
Ira Chavis
May-29-2006, 9:35pm
Is there an easy way to turn the volume down on a banjo so mando's are louder? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
Ray Neuman
May-29-2006, 9:59pm
There are only 3 banjo jokes, the rest is true.
the banjo playing professir ;)
Dave Hanson
May-30-2006, 12:34am
There's nothing I like better than the sound of a banjo Earl, unless it's a chicken caught in a vacuum cleaner.
Dave H
Is there an easy way to turn the volume down on a banjo so mando's are louder? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
These (http://www.elderly.com/accessories/items/BA74.htm) work really well.
Ken Berner
May-30-2006, 7:15am
The difference between a banjo and an onion is: Nobody cries when you chop up an onion!
Ira Chavis
May-30-2006, 7:20am
I thought you were going to suggest a set of wirecutters...
Jim Yates
May-30-2006, 8:38am
Someone on the Mandolin Cafe has a tag line that says,"In heaven even the banjos will be in tune." My reaction was,"What? There are banjos in heaven?"
TommyK
Jun-01-2006, 6:42am
M D H F
the mnemonic My Dog Has Fleas.
Oh wait a minit, that's ukes. #Uh..
M D H W T then
My Dog Has Worms Too:O
levin4now
Jun-01-2006, 10:12am
I saw some banjo silencer shirts at kaufman kamp. i wonder if you can still get em.
Bobbie Dier
Jun-04-2006, 7:38am
Did anybody look at that list of banjo tunings? It looks like string breaking time to me. I think I'll stick to the few standard tunings and modal tunings.
sachmo
Jun-04-2006, 9:42am
A tuned banjo..............................?
your kidding, right?
TeleMark
Jun-04-2006, 2:55pm
The difference between a banjo and an onion is: Nobody cries when you chop up an onion!
http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif
Do ya mean, no one cries when you chop up a BANJO?
fredfrank
Jun-04-2006, 3:11pm
Check this out:
Banjo mute (http://www.flickr.com/photos/67711822@N00/46037174/)
fredfrank
Jun-04-2006, 3:21pm
Of course, there's always this:
TommyK
Jun-05-2006, 11:32am
Check this out:
Banjo mute (http://www.flickr.com/photos/67711822@N00/46037174/)
I looked at the for a long time. It must be like those pics of dots the kids get cross eyed at trying to see something. I looked and looked trying to figure out what was on top of the head. Then I saw it, there's something inside trying to get out.