SteveZ
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Decided to tune my banjo-ukes to GDAE (G3-D4-A4-E5) just to be able to also play some Irish Traditional Music (ITM) in its most common tuning. I have to admit being more than pleasantly surprised on how perky and bright the banjo-ukes sound with GDAE tuning.
Here's a brief sound sample of one of the banjo-ukes (the tenor-scale SideKick) in GDAE trying an ITM standard (Whisky In The Jar). The recording was made using an iPad Mini, its internal microphone and the Sound Record app - not studio quality, but good enough for quick demonstration.
https://soundcloud.com/steveztv/sidekick-banjouke-gdae-whiskey
Here's a brief sound sample of one of the banjo-ukes (the tenor-scale SideKick) in GDAE trying an ITM standard (Whisky In The Jar). The recording was made using an iPad Mini, its internal microphone and the Sound Record app - not studio quality, but good enough for quick demonstration.
https://soundcloud.com/steveztv/sidekick-banjouke-gdae-whiskey