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The banjo ukulele, also known as the banjolele or banjo uke, is a four-stringed musical instrument with a small banjo-type body and a fretted ukulele neck. The earliest known banjoleles were built by John A. Bolander [ 1 ] and by Alvin D. Keech, [ 2 ] both in 1917.
Another common tuning for the soprano ukulele is the higher string-tension D 6 tuning (or simply D tuning), A 4 –D 4 –F ♯ 4 –B 4, one step higher than the G 4 –C 4 –E 4 –A 4 tuning. Once considered standard, this tuning was commonly used during the Hawaiian music boom of the early 20th century, and is often seen in sheet music ...
The Banjoline is a four coursed instrument similar to a tenor guitar or plectrum banjo. The instrument was developed by Eddie Peabody in the 1930s, initially as an acoustic instrument.
The dizi as we know it today roughly dates to the 5th century BC, [4] and there have been examples of bamboo dizi that date back to 2nd century BC. [5] These flutes share common features with other simple flutes from cultures all around the world. Multiple examples from different cultures consist of a drilled piece of bone, which is well-suited ...