![]() ![]() Following is a list of some "possible' chords.Now assuming a person can play each of these chords on a uke, then to play that same chord on a Tenor then play the uke pattern just to the right of it. In short, you are using the same chord patterns on both instruments, but on one instrument the "same" pattern will produce a different chord than the other instrument will produce. Lets say for instance that you want to play a song on the tenor banjolele that you play on the uke, in the key of "G".No problem, in that "IF" you just went ahead & played the song, on the tenor, using the uke fingering, in the key of "G" then it would sound just fine, the only difference being that it is being played in the key of "C" on the tenor, so "IF"you want it to come out in the key of "G" on the Banjolele, then you need to use the same fingering on the Tenor Banjolele as in the key of "D" on the uke. What I mean is that, "IF" the player wants a "C" chord, on the tenor banjolele then they just need to use the same fingering as for a "G" chord on the uke.& so on.Īnother way of thinking about it is to just go ahead & tune the tenor "Banjolele" to DGBE, which is standard, but use a guitar chord chart.īut you really don't need a guitar chart, all you need to do is wrap your head around the idea, that to get a particular chord on the banjolele you need to play the chord that is 7 intervals higher on the musical scale. so that all of the fingering is the "same", The difference being, that when you finger any "particular" chord, on one instrument, then a "different" chord comes out of the other instrument. does NOT mean that one needs to "start over" when taking up the Tenor Banjolele, in that the "REALATIONSHIP" of the strings in the 2 different tunings is the "SAME". Celtic, U.K.You are making this more complicated than it really is.In that, it being that "Tenor" banjolele tuning is DGBE.as opposed to GCEA for the suprano & concert ukes.Jazz/Blues Variants, Bossa, Choro, Klezmer.Old-Time, Roots, Early Country, Cajun, Tex-Mex.Rock, Folk Rock, Roots Rock, Rockabilly.Bluegrass, Newgrass, Country, Gospel Variants.Technique, Theory, Playing Tips and Tricks.Jams, Workshops, Camps, Places To Meet Others. ![]() Looking for Information About Mandolins.Quick Navigation General Mandolin Discussions Top ![]() To try it out, I've today recorded three rather different tunes on the banjo uke in GDAE:ġ) The Marquis of Lorne (a Scottish hornpipe), on the banjo uke with tenor guitar chords:Ģ) Mazurka à Rigal (a French mazurka), lead on the banjo uke with harmonies on my Ajr and tenor guitar chords:ģ) As Christmas is creeping up: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, also on the banjo uke and the Ajr: It even has a mandolin tailpiece with 8 hooks for loop end strings! I suspect that I could also set this up with steel mandolin strings anyway - this looks identical (including headstock shape) to Musikalia's banjo cavaquinho 504-C and, except for fewer tuners, their banjo mandolin 504. In fact, Musikalia may be the only company currently making a zither banjo as one normally only sees vintage ones on Ebay UK! There are lots of banjo ukes on the market - Eagle Music in the UK has 16 different ones, which can't all be for George Formby fans - but none of them is a zither banjo. It was made by Musikalia, probably in the 1990s, and looks identical except for a different headstock shape to their current model No. This particular banjo uke is somewhat unusual in that it is a zither banjo and of rather different construction from either an open-back or a conventional resonator banjo. Not perhaps the most versatile instrument, but lots of fun. ![]() In fact, it's just a little bit louder than my A-jr and has quite a pleasant tone with an interestingly different quality from either a mandolin or a uke or a banjo. It strikes me that this may be the perfect application for this string set - it's not as quiet as a uke played single note and it's not as obnoxiosly loud as a banjo mandolin. I've done this with a few wooden ukes in the past (including my bowlback Baroq-ulele), but not with a banjo uke before. I currently have loan of a banjo ukulele, which I've set up in GDAE tuning today using the Aquila nylgut set for fifths tuning at the request of the owner (who doesn't play uke and has had this one sitting around for many years). ![]()
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