Topic: mandolin tuning
Hello everyone. Just got a mandolin to play with. Now... how is it tuned? Can I use a guitar tuner? Any help would be appreciated, Thyanks
dADa
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- dada
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Re: mandolin tuning
If you want to play Irish traditional stuff you would be better tuning it to GDAE
Enjoy
D
- upyerkilt
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Re: mandolin tuning
hi dada,
yes you can use a guitar tuner.
also, there are different ways top tune the mandolin but the GDAE is i tihnk the most popular way to tune, and as said it makes an easy way of playing irish/scottish folk tunes and probably more. I learned guns and roses " civil war " with this tuning.
here is a link to a mandloin page that might help
<a href="http://www.mandolincafe.com/tabarc.html" target="_blank">http://www.mandolincafe.com/tabarc.html</a>
and for a list of mandolin chords
<a href="http://www.gootar.com/folder/sampleman.html" target="_blank">http://www.gootar.com/folder/sampleman.html</a>
hope that helps
KEn
ye get some that are cut out for the job and others just get by from pretending
Re: mandolin tuning
This will help:
<a href="http://www.mandozine.com/resources/mandotuner.php" target="_blank">http://www.mandozine.com/resources/mandotuner.php</a>
-Soupy1957
Re: mandolin tuning
you can use a guitar tuner...IF AND ONLY IF it just shows the name of the notes. OK, the names of the strings:: with the mandolin facing you, the top (thickest diameter) is G; next, D; next, A (hardest to tune, don't ask why); bottom (narrowest diameter), E
does that help??
(oh, yeah: to make songs sound best make sure tuner is set to 440)