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.)

Open G tuning

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

Open A tuning

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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