Banjo Tuner – Free Online Banjo Tuner With Microphone
Microphone tunerReady
Play each target note through your speakers.
- Quiet room, one string at a time
- Tune up to the note
- ±5 cents counts as in tune
- Runs inside your browser
- No upload, no account
- Nothing saved after you close
Online banjo tuner with microphone
Allow microphone access, play one string at a time and follow the needle until it centres. Five-string banjo open G and other tunings.
Banjo tunings
Open G (gDGBD) is the bluegrass standard; the short 5th string is the high g drone.
Tuning with a microphone tuner
The tuner detects pitch from the waveform’s repeating period, shows the nearest target string and how many cents away you are.
How to Use the
Banjo Tuner
- 01
Quiet
reduce background noise.
- 02
Allow
press Start Tuner and allow the microphone.
- 03
Pluck
play one string and let it ring.
- 04
Adjust
tighten if the needle is left (flat), loosen if right (sharp) until centred.
Banjo tunings
Open G (gDGBD) is the bluegrass standard; the short 5th string is the high g drone.
Tuning with a microphone tuner
The tuner detects pitch from the waveform’s repeating period, shows the nearest target string and how many cents away you are. ±5 cents counts as in tune.
Troubleshooting the tuner
Mic allowed but nothing happens
Choose the correct input in your OS, move closer, and play louder single notes.
Other instruments
See all tuners on the tuners page.
Related guides and fixes
Learn more in these guides: How to tune a guitar, What note am I singing, Microphone not working.
Banjo types
Types of banjo
Five-string (bluegrass), four-string tenor and plectrum, six-string banjo-guitar and banjo-ukulele.
Tunings
Banjo tunings and their uses
Open G for bluegrass, double C for old-time, open D for songs in D, CGDA for tenor jazz and Irish music.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q.Why does the needle jump?
Pluck one string at a time and mute others.
Q.Do I need a clip-on tuner?
No, a mic works in a quiet room.
Q.What is a cent?
One hundredth of a semitone.
Q.Which banjo tunings are common?
Five-string banjo usually uses open G (g D G B D). Four-string tenor banjos use C G D A or Irish G D A E.