Hi all,
I have been trying some standard tenor tuning for Irish style recently and was wondering how GDAE became the standard for Irish tenor style. I know that the great Barney McKenna popularized the GDAE tuning, but I have also been thinking that standard tenor CGDA will nicely accomodate the two main keys of Irish trad (e.g. G and D). I was just wondering why more Irish style players have not adopted standard tenor. Are there pros and cons to each approach?
Comments, thoughts etc. appreciated!!
Steve