Standard tenor tuning, from low to high, is C G D A, so it’s in tuned in fifths, like the tenor banjo, mandolin and violin.

The fifth string is shorter than the others, and is attached to a tuning peg sticking out of the side of the neck. Another common banjo variation depends on whether the instrument is classic and ...

He had his banjo tuned to double C…and as far as ... he always played it in standard G tuning, which is the setting you’ll hear here.” Set for release on June 7, Earl Jam also features ...

Most bluesgrass flatpickers use standard tuning only, but Tuttle isn't one of them. She also uses DGDGCD – "It's a modal tuning that I use when I play clawhammer guitar," she tells Watts. It's ...