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Banjo

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.

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Developed
18th century, United States
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…

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Modern forms

Banjo family and tuning

Noted banjoists

Banjo history

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Banjo

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related to history · 106
Banjo → Africa, African American, African Americans, African Banjo Echoes, Akira, Amalgamation, America, America's African Instrument, America's Instrument, American Popular Culture, An, Anglo-American Folk Music, Appalachia, Art, Banjar, Banjo Attitudes, Banjo Icon, Banjo Roots, Banjo's Hidden History, Banjos
related to Noted banjoists · 73
Banjo → African American, AKA Joe Sweeney, Also, American, Appalachian American, Banjoliers, Barney McKenna, BBC's, Best Album, Best Male Country Vocal, Bill Monroe's, British, Brother, Béla Fleck, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Charlie Tagawa, Clinch Mountain Boys, Cynthia Sayer, Decca, Earl Scruggs
related to Minstrel era, 1830s–1870s · 29
Banjo → African-American, African-Americans, Africans, Although Robert McAlpin Williamson, American Virginia Minstrels, Another, Appomattox Court House, Arthur Woodward, Baltimore, Banjos, Britain, Confederate, Gdf, Gene Bluestein, However, In, Joel Walker Sweeney, John Allan Wyeth, Scalpel, Soldier
related to Etymology · 28
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related to External links · 27
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related to Modern era · 22
Banjo → African-American, Appalachians, Bela Fleck, Celtic, Dave Guard, Earl Scruggs, Erik Darling, Five-String Banjo, Gerry O'Connor, He, How, In, Irish, Learning, Otis Taylor, Perry Bechtel, Pete Seeger, Play, Tarriers, The Kingston Trio
related to Technique · 16
Banjo → Africans, Appalachian Mountain, Both, Clawhammer, Drone, Earl Scruggs, Grand Ole Opry, Historically, In, Melodies, Modern, Rolls, Scruggs, Several, The, Two
related to Six-string banjos · 13
Banjo → Adelina Patti, American Alfred Davis Cammeyer, British, Cammeyer, England's, English, He, London, Sir Arthur Sullivan, The, They, William Temlett, With
related to Classic era, 1880s–1910s · 12
Banjo → Alternatively, Although, Briggs, Complete Method, Converse's New, Frank, It, Keith, Master, Scruggs, The, The Briggs Banjo Method
related to Early origins · 10
Banjo → Caribbean, Central Africa, North America, Richard Jobson, Strings, The, The Gambia, Their African-style, West, Written

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music banjos instrument strings five-string early played also folk style playing instruments string neck century bluegrass plectrum used one popular

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BanjoDeveloped18th century, United States1.00infobox
BanjoHornbostel–Sachs classification321.312 (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…1.00infobox
Banjois astringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator0.90text
Banjois amainstay of American styles of music0.90text
Banjois aaforementioned akonting0.90text
Banjois avariation on Sweeney's original design0.90text
Banjois astandard banjo without the short drone string0.90text
banzainstance ofwho used names for the instrument0.80text
as it was called in places such as Haitiinstance ofwho used names for the instrument0.80text
varieties that were built around a gourd body with a wooden plank for the neckinstance ofwho used names for the instrument0.80text
the place yeeldes or their invention can attaine to makeinstance ofand the strings they are either0.80text
being very unapt to yeeld a sweeteinstance ofand the strings they are either0.80text

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