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Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on September 11, 2019 at 7:34pm

Pretty much, some of the tunings are CGDA, GDAE, DGBE & it can also be tuned like a uke GCEA? Tenor guitars are pretty fun once you get used to them?

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Permalink Reply by Poorness Studios on September 12, 2019 at 12:07am

On this topic... I built one of the CB Gitty Mountain Tenor kits. At first I hated the GDGB tuning. I thought it felt too weird to make chords. I thought about changing to GCEA or something like that, but after playing it for a little while, I see the beauty of that tuning. Its a little awkward for your open chords, but it has so many other possibilities. One of the nice things about CBGs is there aren't any rules, so you can pretty much tune it how you want or even make up your own. It might be fun to tune it to an open minor (GDGBb) or open 7th (GDFB).

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Permalink Reply by Myron Joe Hickel on September 12, 2019 at 2:40am

Thanks for your replies BrianQ, Poorness,

Ya, I noticed that when tried to practice ukulele chords on a GDGB tuning that my tuner did not respond correctly. 

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Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on September 12, 2019 at 9:31am

When I bought my first tenor, I used DGBE out of simplicity? It’s standard tuning minus E & A strings, but later challenged myself with other tunings when I became accustomed to it? 

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