Tuning for Right-Handed Players

(Place the Friendly Banjo on your lap. Use your left hand to tune the strings and your right hand to pluck the strings.)

Diagram illustrating banjo tuning, showing hand adjusting pegs. Strings labeled as Bottom String D, Middle String G, Top String g. Fingerboard color-coded, text "Friendly Banjo sits on your Lap."

Open G tuning

Illustration of a banjo's neck with labeled strings, a hand adjusting tuning pegs, and colored fingerboard sections.

Open A tuning

Tuning For Left-Handed Players

(Place the Friendly Banjo on your lap. Use your right hand to tune the strings and your left hand to pluck the strings.)

Open G tuning

Illustration of a person holding a banjo on their lap, showing string positions labeled with notes D, G, and g.

Open A tuning

Illustrated diagram of a lap-friendly banjo, showing color-coded strings labeled E, A, and a. A hand is adjusting the top string. The diagram explains string positions and tuning keys.

Directions:

  1. Make sure the tuner is set to “Banjo” and “Standard Tuning.”

  2. Click the red microphone button and allow your computer or phone to use its microphone.

  3. For Open G Tune your banjo strings from top to bottom: g, G, D. These should match every other note on a full-sized banjo and every other note directly below the tuner.

  4. For Open A Tune your banjo strings from top to bottom: a, A, E. Each note is two steps higher than when in open G tuning.

  5. See diagram above if clarity needed on note order

  6. If you prefer to tune by ear, click the notes below the tuner to play the desired note.

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