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The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and in modern forms is usually made of BOPET, where early membranes were made of goat skin.
History, Modern forms & Noted banjoists
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banjo | Developed | 18th century, United States | 1.00 | infobox |
| Banjo | Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 321.312 (resonator) or 321.314 (open-backed) (Composite chordophone with a neck that passes diametrically through the resonator, sounded by plectrum, finger picks, or the bare f… | 1.00 | infobox |
| Banjo | is a | stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator | 0.90 | text |
| Banjo | is a | mainstay of American styles of music | 0.90 | text |
| Banjo | is a | aforementioned akonting | 0.90 | text |
| Banjo | is a | variation on Sweeney's original design | 0.90 | text |
| Banjo | is a | standard banjo without the short drone string | 0.90 | text |
| banza | instance of | who used names for the instrument | 0.80 | text |
| as it was called in places such as Haiti | instance of | who used names for the instrument | 0.80 | text |
| varieties that were built around a gourd body with a wooden plank for the neck | instance of | who used names for the instrument | 0.80 | text |
| the place yeeldes or their invention can attaine to make | instance of | and the strings they are either | 0.80 | text |
| being very unapt to yeeld a sweete | instance of | and the strings they are either | 0.80 | text |
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