Beginning Tenor Banjo Lessons | First Three Chords

David Bandrowski teaches you how to play your first 3 basic chords on the tenor banjo when tuned in standard tenor banjo tuning (C,G,D,A).
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[@billydesmond3917]

I got banjo for my 60th birthday. I got my 1st lesson last week. Plus with this lesson its starting to make sense. Thank you

[@thelman1983]

Best tutorial so far. Thank you 🫡

[@jeflightfoot6890]

This was more helpful than any other banjo video.

[@JoshuaThomas-yp3hy]

I knew the violin and the mandolin are tuned in perfect fifths, I didn't realize that the tenor banjo is too. Just mentally transposing the notes and I can already play it. That's great! 😅

[@subirdas9810]

Excellent way of teaching. Hats off to you, Sir.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

Deering Banjo Company I've played along on an Acoustic-Electric Tenor Guitar and it worked very well cause it's tuned the same way as the Tenor Banjo.

[@daveyuke8]

Thanks for a great introduction tto the tenor banjo

[@charlesjohnson4544]

That tone is awesome ... 🪕

[@cobensemble]

A Toby Flenderson banjo lesson, fantastic.

[@aarphi1984]

😂

[@rickthiessen1923]

Thank you David, I have had this Harmony Sovereign tenor for years. I bought it because it looked cool and I like Harmony instruments of days gone by. As it turns out, I was thinking of selling and figured I would tune it and see how hard it was to play. Now I am not so eager to sell. Thanks for the quick tune and key of C training. I will look for more.

[@DeeringBanjoCo]

You're very welcome!

[@Sushiefish]

Thank you!

[@DeeringBanjoCo]

You are welcome!

[@dresef20202]

Awesome video, really easy to follow thank you.

[@DeeringBanjoCo]

Glad it was helpful!

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@DeeringBanjoCo This will work on Tenor Guitar, Mandola, Soprano Mandolin, and even a Mandocello cause they're tuned the same way, so keep that in mind.

[@Musicpanel-cg6lv]

so thanx sir. I am in Bangladesh ..

[@dougcluts6244]

Thank you, do you have a video that shows a couple songs we can play with these 3 chords?

[@giselazunino781]

Thank you! I've found my mom's old tenor banjo an she's never learned to play... I suppose it was waiting for me. 😊

[@DeeringBanjoCo]

Love this!!

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

Thanks, this applies to Tenor Guitar, Mandola, and Mandocello too because they're tuned the same way.

[@ised-5239]

But mandocello brings into one octave below mandola territory and it is what to be the octave mandola.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@ised-5239 There's an instrument tuned an Octave above a Tenor Banjo called a Soprano Mandolin:ua-cam.com/video/fld1SCQBToE/v-deo.html

[@paulinetuttle3594]

New student. My daughter found my Dads tenor banjo in our flooded home do to Ian. Last week she returned it to me restored

[@DeeringBanjoCo]

That is awesome!

[@brjplummer9415]

Hi Thanks a good instruction. It would help to always say what number the note is when tuning. (What Octave number it is in.)
This stops people trying to tune a string to the wrong octave and breaking it. So you would say for example C3 and not just sat C. or G3 or G2 or whatever is correct for that string of the instrument. I am sure that will help as it sure helps me. Thanks for a great starting lesson I will look for more of yours. Brian

[@hennylevering7658]

Dank je wel .. groetjes uit Nederland!

[@geraldingram6076]

Thank u

[@jeffwillis2864]

Please note: this is American tuning. It is not the Irish tuning. It does make a difference depending in the type of music you are playing.

[@dimaromanovsky3320]

Круто! Этот видос очень помог!

[@bearf9076]

I have a Gibson Tenor Mastertone. To bad I cant play any more, hand Injury. Good times!

[@robertjohnson1246]

Like the lesson. Thank you
I’m thinking of buying a tenor banjo. Just for personal use. What do you recommend I buy?

[@DeeringBanjoCo]

It depends on what kind of music you plan on playing! If you're leaning more towards a jazz feel, our 19-fret tenors like the Goodtime Two is a great place to start! Take a look at our 17-fret and 19-fret tenors here: www.deeringbanjos.com/collections/tenor-banjos

[@robertjohnson1246]

For Irish and bluegrass

[@cathanmccann1769]

@@robertjohnson1246 I I'm going to be doing the same as well

[@robertjohnson1246]

@@cathanmccann1769 just bought and received the Deering Banjo Goodtime Artisan

[@cathanmccann1769]

@@robertjohnson1246 is it a five string our four string

[@pagecrow7252]

Can a 5-string banjo be strung as a 4-string tenor banjo? Are the frets workable? thanks

[@boriscat1999]

Not really. you'd have to change the strings and possibly modify the nut to get a 5th's tuning on a 5-string banjo. I've never seen anyone even try it.
You can do gDGBE ("Old G") tuning on a 5-string banjo. which is handy for people who know guitar and ukulele, and for some old time and blues songs on a 5-string banjo. And tenor banjo can also go into a similar DGBE ("Chicago") tuning.
Generally speaking, you should aim for what is considered "standard tuning" on any instrument you're trying to learn. It's already hard enough to get lessons, books, and videos on these instruments without also just going completely off the beaten path. (I say this having tuned my mandolin ADAD - kinda of like a mountain dulcimer and very easy to play dulcimer TABs that way)

[@5XWAZM]

i just cant seem to get my A string correct. i snapped it twice. it just cant go that high

[@raypitcher9767]

Basically to avoid this tension place Capo on 3rd fret, then go down to 3rd on high string, a harmonica in 'C' will match the 3rd note (blow). Continue to match this by playing the other strings open and it will be in concert pitch. Try gauge 10, 12, 24 and 32 for better results. Good luck.

[@whocares5769]

Why does my a pop when tuning

[@mitzi5178]

i just got a banjo and while tuning the 1st string to a it snapped on my hand

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

The Tenor Guitar came from this instrument in that transition period from Banjo to Guitar

[@ised-5239]

Tenor guitar, tenor banjo and mandola all have same tuning.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@ised-5239 It's all the same, & that goes for the Mandocello too. They even make Concert Ukulele Strings designed for that tuning.

[@tomomahony6301]

Is that a 17 fret or a 19 fret?

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

Deering Banjo Company It'll work with Tenor Guitar so a Tenor Guitar, Tenor Banjo, & Mandola are all the same.

[@isetta4083]

You again?

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@isetta4083 Yeah the tuning is the same

[@isetta4083]

@@RockStarOscarStern634 yesss, I'm embarrassingly unfamiliar with playing instruments tuned in fifths, I just don't have the same library of licks

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@isetta4083 You can play Bach's Cello Suites this way.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@isetta4083 However most of the chords are only going to be 2 fingers, & did you know that Violinists can easily start Picking on a Tenor Banjo?

[@susanmccrum8778]

19 fret a string 9

[@xXapplejeffXx]

Isn't this tuning tenor all 5th? Thats probably why people are snapping the a string when following this guide

[@susanmccrum8778]

I keep breaking my a string

[@liamanderson1960]

No one explains what are the little markings on the banjo scale and we're do you start