Tenor banjo chords (cgda)

1. What are the cords for a 4 string banjo?
2. What is standard tuning for tenor banjo?
3. What key is a tenor banjo in?

What are the cords for a 4 string banjo?

The plectrum banjo is traditionally tuned (4^th to 1^st string) C, G, B, D. By raising the fourth string from C to D and raising the first string from D to E, the banjo is tuned to Chicago tuning.

What is standard tuning for tenor banjo?

This relates to the tenor banjo because standard tuning for a tenor banjo is tuned the same as a viola/mandola (C, G, D, A). Irish players often tune their tenor banjos also in fifths, but one octave below a violin/mandolin (G, D, A, E).

What key is a tenor banjo in?

Standard tenor tuning (C, G, D, A) will give the banjo a brighter tone because it is higher pitched and there is more tension on the strings. Before Barney McKenna made the Irish tenor tuning popular, this was the standard tuning used.