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Thread #96148   Message #1880380
Posted By: GUEST,Jim
09-Nov-06 - 01:42 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Fretless banjo
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Fretless banjo
Reuben's Train, given by Spaw above , is a great fretless tune, starting out with a slide on the third note and containing lots of super slides. I agree with Frank Profitt that it just doesn't sound right on a fretted banjo. I use an open D tuning for this tune - aDF#AD. This is the only tune I play using this tuning. I mostly use aDADE to play in D. On my fretless, which has a short scale, I tune the banjo to pitch, but on my fretted banjos I tune gCGCD and capo II.