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Go for it. Banjo is a lively instrument. I like to learn someday. How hard is banjo compared to guitar?
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This is reminding me of the time I played Jake Shimabukuro for someone who asked me if Ukulele was easier than Guitar. They listened to several songs then asked "When is he going to play Ukulele". Last edited by mauricemcm; 02-06-2024 at 08:15 AM. |
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Oh yeah, I forgot, bringing a banjo to the jam also gets the "trash talk" going. Another reason the banjo makes me smile. |
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You don't necessarily have to tune a guitar entirely into open G. Banjo in open G tuning is gDGBD. Guitar in standard tuning is EADGBE. So take the guitar, tune the high E down to D and you have banjo tuning on strings 1-4. Just skip over E and A and block the little banjo g out of your brain.
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You're talking about tuning a banjo like a guitar, which is completely off the topic I was talking about.
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Peace out...
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Steve and Wood-Wire are right, you can tune the D string to E, it will be like the first four strings on a guitar, called, Chicago Tuning. will be like playing a baritone ukelele
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[QUOTE=rllink;7404644]Jealousy, pure and simple.
Not on my part. I've been playing bluegrass banjo for more than a decade. I just happen to like banjo jokes, like many banjo players! Re: learning to play, I think that, unless you have a session booked this week, it's best to approach it on its own terms rather than trying to make a guitar out of it. The tuning is similar enough to strings 1-4 of a guitar anyway, and the hammer-on and drones available with the unison D note (third fret B string and open first string) is part of the language of bluegrass banjo. Many of us know, or have been, someone who can play the G, C, and D chords on a mandolin by thinking about guitar chords reversed, but it's really hard to progress with that framework. |