Hi everyone
Even though I have played clawhammer banjo for about ten years, I have mainly used some of the common tunings, or played tunes where I know what the special tuning is. So I have actually never really sat down to learn a banjo tune in a tuning I don't know before hand. Now I would like to learn some "Banjo" Bill Cornett tunes, but I don't know which tunings he used on specific songs (with very few exceptions).
I am curious as to how you go about figuring out the tuning used on the old recordings? Do you start with the thumb string? 1st string? or some other way.
Best regards
Tobias