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This sub-category is for instruments directly related to or descended from the 19th Century American banjo (rather than drumhead lutes of all types). Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
Production of metal banjo parts resumed in late 1946; however, it is commonly believed that the metal composition of foundry products delivered to Gibson after World War II was inferior to that of parts produced prior to 1940. [4]
Advertising copy used the terms "bass banjo" and "cello banjo" to refer to the same instrument. Other banjo makers manufactured similar instruments, including A.C. Fairbanks, with a 12 + 3 ⁄ 8 in (310 mm) diameter head and a 29 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (750 mm) scale length [ 2 ] and A.A. Farland, with 12 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (320 mm) head and a 28 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ...
Boarman was perhaps best known for his "Dixie Grand" resonator banjo [6] which "some players considered the best-made instruments of their kind in the world". [22] Boarman's instruments were valued at thousands of dollars during his lifetime; [ 12 ] one of his "Dixie Grand" banjos was selling for $3,500 As of 2013 [update] . [ 13 ]
Banjo family instruments (1 C, 12 P) M. Banjo makers (1 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Banjo" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
Two styles of mandolin-banjo, showing a large and small head, with a full size, four-string banjo (bottom). L-R - Banjo-mandolin, standard mandolin, 3-course mandolin, Tenor mandola. The mandolin-banjo is a hybrid instrument, combining a banjo body with the neck and tuning of a mandolin. It is a soprano banjo. [1]
Banjo music originated informally as a form of African folk music over a hundred years ago probably in the sub-Saharan region. When the Americans forced African slaves to work on the plantations, banjo music followed them, and stayed primarily a form of African folk music, up to the 1800s.
Banjo guitar, also known as banjitar [1] or ganjo, [2] is a six-string banjo tuned in the standard tuning of a six-string guitar (E2-A2-D3-G3-B3-E4 from lowest to highest strings). The instrument is intended to allow guitar players to emulate a banjo, without learning the different tuning and fingering techniques required for the standard five ...
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