Reading musical notation for the various Tutor books

[M'lou Brubaker]

I decided to learn musical notation for the banjo so I could study and learn from the period books now available. But WTF, they are all written with different tunings for the banjo! How am I supposed to learn what is where, when the G might be an open string, or maybe it's the A, or even something else? How can one learn this? I can read for singing, for flute, and for mandolin. But this has me uncertain as to how to proceed. Can anyone explain this to me?

I am into the 3 Weidlich books that I have, and also books by Bob Flesher, all with tab in low minstrel tuning. This reading music in different tunings has me confused, however.

   Do you-all read music with this instrument??? I never tried to learn it for Banjo because I was playing in g, c, mountain minor, and double c tunings anyhow. And I keep adding tunings to those, for clawhammer banjo.

Confused in Minnesota,

M'lou

[M'lou Brubaker]

Looks good!

Timothy Twiss said:

[M'lou Brubaker]

I am thinking it would be fun to update the city slicker’s questions in Arkansas Traveler to queries about Starbucks proximity, WiFi availability, etc. Any good jokesters our there??