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From christy65 on 3/21/2011 1:32:12 AM

cgda is true tuning for tanner banjo and gdae is tuning that

barney mackenna came up with many years ago to suit irish

music so its really up to your own taste

4 Comments
	beetlegeist says: 3/23/2011 3:25:37 PM Aye, I wonder why he did that. I like the deeper tones but I wonder what most people prefer.
	christy65 says: 3/24/2011 3:35:31 AM the higher pitch wouldnt suit alot of irish music
makonis says: 6/8/2011 6:00:09 AM I am just looking to purchase my first banjo and like the irish tenor style on that as a newbie to all this I understand there are two main ways to tune the 4 string CGDA and Irish to GDAE. Can a banjo be tuned to both? Or is this the difference between a 17 vs 19 fret banjo?
	albert52 says: 9/26/2011 10:04:47 PM Actually, if you tune to GDae, just capo on the 5th fret and now you have CGda but left with a shorter neck, so you would end up playing mostly open position. That's how I do it. AJ
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