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Use this page to play the correctly tuned notes as an aid to tuning your banjo.
For a more comprehensive note on tuning, see the Tuning Guide
There are many tunings for the short scale and standard scale tenor banjo. The tunings most often used are:
String | Irish | Listen |
---|---|---|
Bottom or Fourth (thickest) | G | |
Third | D | |
Second | A | |
Top or First (lightest) | E |
String | Tenor | Listen |
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Bottom or Fourth (thickest) | C | |
Third | G | |
Second | D | |
Top or First (lightest) | A |
String | Chicago | Listen |
---|---|---|
Bottom or Fourth (thickest) | D | |
Third | G | |
Second | B | |
Top or First (lightest) | E |