The Irish tenor banjo

[ Main page | Instruments | Lessons | Message board | Links | Site map ] Picture from Music123 Data: Body shape: Round Top: Skin Back: Open or resonator Bridge: Floating Frets: Fixed The "Irish banjo" isn't really a banjo type on its own, but rather a special tuning for the tenor banjo. What you do is, you take a tenor banjo (many prefer a short scale 17 fret tenor, but that's not mandatory) and tune it down a full fourth to G-D-A-E, transforming its loud-n-clear tone to a deep and mellow growl. You can do this with standard tenor banjo strings, but I'd recommend some heavier ones. There are special "Irish tenor banjo" string sets available, but if you have to put a set together from single strings, you could try something like 040-030-020-012. [ Main page | Instruments | Lessons | Message board | Links | Site map ]   Web www.folk-banjo.com		Site last updated . This particular page was created 18/08/2003 and last updated 19/05/2005 Site updates