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bands (late 19th–early 20th century), all sorts of instruments were produced. The mandolin-banjo is one of the hybrids that resulted. It enabled mandolinists to produce a banjo sound without having to learn that instrument's fingerings. The instrument adds the banjo's volume to the mandolin.
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said that naming conventions between the United States and France had applied similar names to different instruments. In France and
England, the Banjoline was an open-backed instrument, and the mandoline-banjo was a closed back instrument (with a metallic back that made a "tinny" metallic sound.
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which implies the banjolin is a sort of mandolin/banjo hybrid. In the advertisement, Farris did not mention where the name came from, but did say that it was "fingered like the violin." In the United States, the term "melody banjo" was often used for four-string mandolin-banjos, which lacked the
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and mandolin (low to high: GDAE). The movable bridge stands on a resonant banjo-like head typically 10 inches in diameter and currently usually made of plastic. Originally heads were made of skin and varied in diameter to as small as five inches. Larger heads were favored, however, as they were
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The banjolin is different from the banjo-mandolin in the number of strings that it has. Banjolins today are supposed to have four strings instead of 8 strings (in courses or pairs). However, that distinction is not universal; John Farris
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Turkish banjo in the style of a mandolin. This instrument resembles the French mandolin-banjo, having a closed-resonator back that gives it a metallic sound.
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mandolin-banjo ca. 1920 with four pairs of strings.
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181:length and
108:tenor banjo
81:in Turkey.
1177:Categories
1023:Bass banjo
967:Clawhammer
873:Tanglewood
697:Mandocello
351:References
191:banjocello
67:banjourine
1049:Bluegrass
955:Technique
763:Breedlove
737:Orpharion
727:Mandriola
717:Mandolute
712:Mandolone
692:Mandobass
667:Bandurria
485:March 27,
273:Companies
264:fretless
246:pizzicato
75:bandoline
71:banjoline
18:Banjoline
1074:Old-time
1069:Minstrel
896:Category
833:National
788:Giannini
783:Epiphone
768:Collings
657:Bandolin
602:Mandolin
532:19 April
459:19 April
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286:Historic
223:Jazz-Age
185:(GDAE).
159:banjolin
155:patented
63:banjolin
53:mandolin
22:Bandolin
1136:Gretsch
1054:Country
906:Commons
878:Weymann
858:Seagull
848:Ovation
798:Harmony
758:Beltona
722:Mandore
702:Mandola
677:Gittern
672:Cittern
662:Bandora
652:Bandola
626:Players
616:History
258:zithers
252:Zithers
163:soprano
101:Origins
1162:Cümbüş
1141:Ibanez
1131:Gibson
1088:People
1037:Genres
868:Tacoma
823:Martin
813:Ibanez
803:Hohner
793:Gibson
687:Laouto
320:Cumbus
292:Gibson
266:zither
197:, and
183:tuning
173:, and
94:violin
79:Cümbüş
1003:Banjo
977:G run
972:Drone
948:Banjo
863:Stagg
853:Regal
818:Levin
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308:Lange
262:bowed
179:scale
171:tenor
116:banjo
90:tuned
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1064:Jazz
1059:Folk
962:Roll
808:Hora
773:Dean
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487:2023
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