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About the Banjo:
The banjo is a stringed instrument of African American origin adapted from several African instruments. The name banjo commonly is thought to be derived from the Kimbundu term mbanza. Some etymologists derive it from a dialectal pronunciation of "bandore"
Equipment costs:
Low end Banjo: £150
High end Banjo: £1.300
High end Banjo: £1.300
Accessories:
- Strings
- Heads
- Straps
- Bridges
Genres played on the Banjo:
- Country
- Bluegrass music
- African American traditional music
Famous players:
- Dock Boggs
- Eddie Condon
- Dwight Diller
- Bradley Fish
- David Holt
- Papa Charlie Jackson
Famous songs & albums:
- Sugar Baby - Dock Boggs
- A Night With Eddie Condon
History:
Enslaved Africans in the American South and Appalachia fashioned the earliest banjos after instruments they had been familiar with in Africa, with some of the earliest instruments sometimes being called "gourd banjos". One possible predecessor to the banj
Type of Banjo:
- Five-string banjo
- Four-string banjo
- Banjo mandolin
- Banjolin
- Banjoline
- Banjo ukulele
- Guitar
- Ukulele
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