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  2. Banjo - Wikipedia

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    Four-string banjos can be used for chordal accompaniment (as in early jazz), for single-string melody playing (as in Irish traditional music), in "chord melody" style (a succession of chords in which the highest notes carry the melody), in tremolo style (both on chords and single strings), and a mixed technique called duo style that combines ...

  3. Old-time music - Wikipedia

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    The banjo used in old-time music is typically a 5-string model [17] with an open back (i.e., without the resonator found on most bluegrass banjos). Today, old-time banjo players most commonly utilize the clawhammer style, but there were numerous styles, most of which are still used to some extent today. The major styles are down-picking ...

  4. Banjeaurine - Wikipedia

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    Later models may have 11" rims, a size that became a standard banjo rim size during the late 1920s. The body has a top made out of skin, real or synthetic, and usually an open back without a resonator. The banjeaurine has five strings, one of which is shorter than the others and is called the fifth string or thumb string.

  5. Bass banjo - Wikipedia

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    There are multiple instruments referred to as a bass banjo.The first to enter real production was the five-string cello banjo, tuned one octave below a five-string banjo. . This was followed by a four-string cello banjo, tuned CGDA in the same range as a cello or mandocello, and modified upright bass versions tuned EA

  6. Stringed instrument tunings - Wikipedia

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    5 strings 5 courses. G 3 D 2 G 2 B 2 D 3: banjo cello US One octave lower than 5-string bluegrass banjo. Banjo, contrabass: 3 strings 3 courses. Standard/common: E 1 A 1 D 2. Alternates: D 1 G 1 C 2; D 1 A 1 D 2; C 1 G 1 C 2; US Essentially in the same range as the bass banjo, but with a much larger resonator. These instruments are very rare ...

  7. List of string instruments - Wikipedia

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    Banjo (United States) Banjo cello; Banjolin; Banjulele; Bass banjo; Bluegrass banjo (5-string banjo) Contrabass banjo; Electric banjo; Fretless banjo; Guitanjo; Long neck banjo; Plectrum banjo; Tenor banjo; Barbat (Iran) Basolia (Ukraine and Poland) Bass guitar. Electric bass guitar; Acoustic bass guitar; Begena (Ethiopia) Biwa (Japanese ...