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Hybrid of banjo and ukulele. Same tuning as a ukulele of the same scale. Banjolin: 4 strings 4 courses. G 3 D 4 A 4 E 5: Mandolin-banjo, Melody Banjo, banjoline, bandoline US Hybrid of mandolin and banjo but with only one string per course Banjo, Long Neck 5 strings 5 courses. E 4 B 2 E 3 G ♯ 3 B 3 "Pete Seeger" Banjo US (commissioned by Pete ...
The most commonly used tuning is A-E-A-E. Likewise banjo players in this tradition use many tunings to play melody in different keys. A common alternative banjo tuning for playing in D is A-D-A-D-E. Many Folk guitar players also used different tunings from standard, such as D-A-D-G-A-D, which is very popular for Irish music.
For example, "double-D" tuning (A4 D3 A3 D4 E4) – commonly reached by tuning up from double C – is often played to accompany fiddle tunes in the key of D, and Open-A (A4 E3 A3 C#4 E4) is usually used for playing tunes in the key of A. Dozens of other banjo tunings are used, mostly in old-time music.
The banjo ukulele neck typically has sixteen frets, and is the same scale length as a soprano or, less commonly, concert or tenor-sized ukulele. Banjo ukuleles may be open-backed, or may incorporate a resonator. Banjo ukulele heads were traditionally made of calf skin, but most modern instruments are fitted with synthetic heads. Some players ...
The mandolin-banjo is a hybrid instrument, combining a banjo body with the neck and tuning of a mandolin. It is a soprano banjo. [1] It has been independently invented in more than one country, variously being called mandolin-banjo, banjo-mandolin, banjolin and banjourine in English-speaking countries, [2] banjoline and bandoline in France, [3 ...
Banjo (Five-stringed): G 4 D 3 G 3 B 3 D 4 for bluegrass; old time and folk banjoists use this and a wide variety of other tunings; Mandola: C 3 G 3 D 4 A 4 (same as standard viola tuning) Mandolin: G 3 D 4 A 4 E 5 (same as standard violin tuning) Pipa: A 2 D 3 E 3 A 3 (most common and used in Chinese orchestra; several other tunings exist)
Old time fiddle tunes are derived from European folk dance forms such as the jig, reel, breakdown, schottische, waltz, two-step, and polka. When the fiddle is accompanied by banjo, guitar, mandolin, or other string instruments, the configuration is called a string band. The types of tunes found in old-time fiddling are called "fiddle tunes ...
Also common are tuning one octave below standard violin tuning, G 2 −D 3 −A 3 −E 4, which is typical of the tenor banjo in Irish folk music or "octave mandolin," and the so-called "Chicago tuning", D 3 −G 3 −B 3 −E 4, the same as the top four strings of a standard guitar, or the "baritone ukulele," a slightly smaller instrument ...