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6 String Banjo

tosh_thedude · 2007-06-18 08:58:19

My father recently bought a 6-String Banjo in the States (Impulse Buy) and he's asked me to find out how to tune it as when he bought it he thought it would be the same as a standard Banjo. The strings that were on it are crap so he changed them.... but now he's having difficulty tunning it. When he bought it originally it…

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18-06-2007 9:58am

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tosh_thedude

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My father recently bought a 6-String Banjo in the States (Impulse Buy) and he's asked me to find out how to tune it as when he bought it he thought it would be the same as a standard Banjo. The strings that were on it are crap so he changed them.... but now he's having difficulty tunning it. When he bought it originally it wasnt tuned either, I've read you can tune it like a standard guitar but he's tried this and it sounds naff. Any ideas??

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#2 18-06-2007 10:46am
dh2007

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are they not tuned like a violin?? actually maybe that's 4 string banjos

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#3 18-06-2007 1:11pm
daphil

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I Think 6 string banjoes are tuned the same as a guitar ,ie eadgbe (Bass to treble)
See,
http://www.google.com/search?q=6+string+banjo&client=netscape-pp&rls=com.netscape:en-US
Dave
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#4 18-06-2007 10:46pm
banjopaul

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To learn bit more bout 6-stringers, have a read through this thread:
http://www.banjohangout.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=51840

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