What are the notes of a banjo in standard tuning?

Standard 5-string banjo tuning is open G: g D G B D. The lowercase g is the short 5th string, which is tuned higher than the others.

Banjo tuner online

Tune your 5-string banjo online in open G, double C, sawmill or open D.

Standard 5-string banjo tuning is open G: g D G B D. The short 5th string is the high g, played with the thumb as a drone.

Also called · gDGBD · Open G

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String 1 is the thinnest. Frequencies are exact at A4 = 440 Hz; change the reference on the A4 knob.

StrNoteFrequency

1DD4 · Re293.7 Hz

2BB3 · Si246.9 Hz

3GG3 · Sol196.0 Hz

4DD3 · Re146.8 Hz

5GG4 · Sol392.0 Hz

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Automatically with the microphone, or by ear: tap any note on the headstock to hear a real recorded reference.

1
Allow microphone access.
2
Pluck each string and let it ring. Start with the 4th string (low D) and work to the 1st.
3
Tune the short 5th string last, and check it against the 1st string fretted at the 5th fret.

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4 tunings, all free. Notes listed from the 5th string.

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What are the notes of a banjo in standard tuning?: Standard 5-string banjo tuning is open G: g D G B D. The lowercase g is the short 5th string, which is tuned higher than the others.

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