tuning for slide mandolin

[epicentre]

Anyone know?

I used to tune a tenor banjo to DGBD just to play barre when I got lazy, but have heard lately about "slide" mandolin, and would like to give it a try.

Any favourite tunings. Any tunings at all?

Anyone play slide mando?

With thanks;

Epi http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[mandroid]

perhaps, 1&5 lower and higher, IViv like, GDgd ,FCfc, etc , no 3rd, so major or minor difference is omitted,,, aka power chord

[Keith Wallen]

Seems like I read somewhere that Sam uses DADA on his slide but that would need to be confirmed here by somebody cause I don't recall where I read that.

[arbarnhart]

Gotta post my favorite thread on the subject (http://www.mandolincafe.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=4;t=15376#postid155215). Niles is da man! That link goes to the picture and a few posts down he explains it.

[epicentre]

Thanks folks:

Has to be the most helpful sites on the net.

much obliged;

Epi

[Seth Austen]

I've played slide mandolin using GDGD, ADAD, occasionally GDAE, and on tenor guitar CGCG, CGDG, DGDG... lots of possibilities.

Seth