The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #82317   Message #1507568
Posted By: JedMarum
22-Jun-05 - 09:09 PM
Thread Name: gourd banjo
Subject: RE: gourd banjo
Great sounding tracks Arnie!

I love the sound of these instruments, Chris - and would love to own one. Maybe one day ...

I found that playing in the first position I had no problems with intonation - but I'd have to develop some skill with instrument to move up the neck much ...

I'm thinking about getting a tiny banjo, right now - tuned to C, with the standard G tuning - so it's as if you capoed at the 5th fret, and capoed your 5th string too. I've played with one at Elderly - pretty cool sounding ...

I've been using the banjola lately - works great, but I put on heavier strings and tuned it down to E.