Another stoopid newbie tuning question

[Griffis]

For anyone following the saga, I've just started playing tenor guitar and tenor banjo. So far I've been learning in CGDA tuning, but am thinking about going GDAE because I want to pick up mandolin too.

Now, I know a lot of tenor players tune GDAE and I've heard others say I can capo a tenor in CGDA at the second fret and get BDAE.

My question is, when I capo at the second fret, that's giving me regular mandolin pitch, right? (aside from the B of course), but if I just get a new set of strings and tune the whole instrument to GDAE, THAT tuning is an octave lower than a standard mando pitch, right?

Just want to clarify.

[mandroid]

C_D_EF_G, = 5 frets. [spa_ces= like black piano key, sharp/flat 1/2 step]


C_D_EF_G_A_BC .

[PseudoCelt]

My question is, when I capo at the second fret, that's giving me regular mandolin pitch, right? (aside from the B of course), but if I just get a new set of strings and tune the whole instrument to GDAE, THAT tuning is an octave lower than a standard mando pitch, right?
If you tune CGDA, then capo at the second fret, the pitch of each string rises a whole tone, giving you DAEB. The D, A & E strings are an octave below the DAE of a mandolin. You're right that banjo/OM/tenor guitar tuned GDAE is an octave below normal mandolin pitch.

DAEB (you may prefer DAEA) is quite a useful tuning. You can get to the high B without having to stretch, and a large proportion of Scottish and Irish tunes don't venture on to the G string. Most whistle players manage fine without going below D.

Patrick

[Danny Packer]

If you capo cgda at the 2nd fret, everything will go up a step -- so it will be daeb. #

danny

ps i think patrick and i were posting at the same time. sorry