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Thread #18460   Message #183412
Posted By: GUEST,Frank Hamilton
23-Feb-00 - 11:51 AM
Thread Name: long neck banjo question
Subject: RE: long neck banjo question
Sorry but the tuning for the lowest open strings on a long neck five is not A, E, G#, B, G. It is e,A,E,G#,B (for the same voicing as g,C,G,B,D). It can also be tuned in an open E chord (for the same tuning as g,D,G,B,D) as e,B,E,G#,B. The first tuning is referred to as C tuning but the key is actually A. The second tuning is referred to as G tuning but the key is actually E.

Frank