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  2. Stringed instrument tunings - Wikipedia

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    5 courses. G 3 D 2 G 2 B 2 D 3: banjo cello US One octave lower than 5-string bluegrass banjo. Banjo, contrabass: 3 strings 3 courses. Standard/common: E 1 A 1 D 2. Alternates: D 1 G 1 C 2; D 1 A 1 D 2; C 1 G 1 C 2; US Essentially in the same range as the bass banjo, but with a much larger resonator. These instruments are very rare, and tuning ...

  3. Open G tuning - Wikipedia

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    The two lowest strings are, accordingly, tuned three semitones higher for the lowest string (from E up to G) and two semitones higher for the second-lowest string (from A up to B) while the highest string is tuned two semitones lower (from E down to D), relative to standard tuning. Five-string banjo's standard tuning is also an Open G: g–D ...

  4. All fifths tuning - Wikipedia

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    The conventional "standard tuning" consists of perfect fourths and a single major third between the g and b strings: E-A-d-g-b-e' All-fifths tuning has the set of open strings C-G-d-a-e'-b' or G'-D-A-e-b-f ♯ ', which have intervals of 3 octaves minus a half-step between the lowest and highest string. The conventional tuning has an interval of ...

  5. Musical tuning - Wikipedia

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    G, C, E, A (the G string is higher than the C and E, and two half steps below the A string, known as reentrant tuning) 5-string banjo: G, D, G, B, D (another reentrant tuning, with the short 5th string tuned an octave above the 3rd string) cavaquinho: D, G, B, D (standard Brazilian tuning)

  6. Banjo ukulele - Wikipedia

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    Like standard ukuleles, banjo ukuleles were originally outfitted with gut strings. Nylon strings are now typically used, sometimes with a wound third string. The banjolele is commonly tuned G–C–E–A ("C Tuning") or A–D–F♯–B ("D Tuning"), with a re-entrant 4th string. The A–D–F♯–B tuning often produces a more strident tone ...

  7. Banjo - Wikipedia

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    The modern five-string banjo is a variation on Sweeney's original design. The fifth string is usually the same gauge as the first, but starts from the fifth fret, three-quarters the length of the other strings. This lets the string be tuned to a higher open pitch than possible for the full-length strings.

  8. Reentrant tuning - Wikipedia

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    The fifth string on the five string banjo, called the thumb string, also called the "drone string", is five frets shorter than the other four and is normally tuned higher than any of the other four, giving a re-entrant tuning such as the bluegrass G 4-D 3-G 3-B 3-D 4. The five string banjo is particularly used in bluegrass music and old-time music.

  9. Allen Shelton - Wikipedia

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    With the first four stings on his banjo tuned to an open D tuning ( D, F#, A, D, 4-1), he would use the "pedal attachment" to raise the 2nd and 3rd strings up to an open G chord (D, G, B, D 4-1), accomplishing the moving pitch sound of a pedal steel.

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