Repetitive Variants For Special Instruments
Repetitive open-G tunings are used by Russian guitars, Dobro guitars, and banjos. They repeat three open-string notes.
The open-G tuning D-G-B-D-G-B-D is used by the Russian guitar, which has seven strings tuned mostly in major thirds.
Dobros use a full six-string tuning with a bottom G: G-B-D-G-B-D, low to high. The two lowest strings are, accordingly, tuned three semitones higher for the lowest string (from E up to G) and two semitones higher for the second-lowest string (from A up to B), relative to standard tuning.
The 5-String Banjo's standard tuning is also an Open G: g-D-G-B-D, where the lower case "g" denotes the highest-pitched string, physically located next to (above) the lowest-pitched string, the first upper case "D".
Read more about this topic: Open G Tuning
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