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Jangle_Jamie
Scottish HighlandsNew De Rijk, some Gitanes and quite a few others
I was wandering round an antiques centre recently near Inverness, when a 4 string banjo took my fancy. It's a cheap ARIA brand, but it's in perfect condition and seems to play well. I am however struggling with the tuning and associated fingering... so... can I put the top 4 strings from a set of Argentines on?! and tune to E,B,G,D? That would make my life much easier!!!
Once I get up to speed, prepare for some serious Django Banjo!!!
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What's the scale length (nut to bridge)?
E, B, G, D is "Chicago tuning", one of the tunings for tenor banjo and tenor guitar. It surely is very useful for switching between guitar and banjo, but you will miss those beautiful wide chord sounds you would get by tuning in fifths.
I think @Lango-Django might have something to add to this conversation.... :-)
Tenor banjos and plectrum banjos are both 4-string, but they have vastly different string lengths. You need to know what string length you have before you can select strings for a given tuning.