SteveZ
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I have a concert banjolele, a concert uke and a tenor guitar all tuned in CGDA fifths. My tenor banjo and my mando banjo are tuned in GDAE fifths. I might change my DGBD baritone uke too, but I kinda like the way it is.
Though I usually prefer the lower tones, I like the CGDA sound better. Fifths tuning is fun to play I highly recommend it.
I just received two books of Bach’s Cello Suites. One in GDAE and one in CGDA. I’m banging away at the first Prelude now. It seems doable. The books are written in regular music and tabs, so I can play them on a flute too, if I choose to.
Most of the pieces have no chords or only a few easy ones. That suits me just fine. Chords are not my forte’. ld:
Started using "reentrant C CGDA" a while ago on the banjo-ukes as an experiment, mainly because I can use low-G GCEA uke strings (available everywhere). Found I liked the sound on a banjo-uke and it works well even for picking. Not as pleased with it on the acoustic ukes, but that happens.