banjo music
Appalachian string tunes
Banjo music is music featuring the banjo prominently, typically associated with American folk traditions—bluegrass, old-time, country, and Appalachian styles.
The term can describe a genre or simply indicate the instrument's presence: We could hear banjo music coming from the porch.
The banjo's bright, twangy sound gives the music a distinctive character.
- bluegrassAcoustic Appalachian folk music
- AmericanaHeritage artifacts or music
- fingerpickingPlucking strings by hand
- clawhammerHammer with nail-pulling fork
- minstrel showsRacist theatrical variety format
Pete Seeger · ragtime · Appalachian Mountains · racial stereotypes · resonator · oral storytelling · capo · gospel · old-timey · cultural preservation · Southern United States · rural traditions · fretboard · folk revival · folk festival · Dixieland jazz · tuning pegs · hoedown
- folk culturefolk customs, folk beliefs, folk costume, folk crafts, folk medicine
- AppalachiaAppalachian culture, Blue Ridge, Appalachian Trail, Cumberland, Great Smoky Mountains
- grassroots musicfolk, bluegrass, singer-songwriter, Americana, indie folk
- folk musicfolk, folk songs, folk ballads, folk ballad, folk singers
- String Musicstring quintet, string quartet, string trio, classical guitar, solo violin
- American Rootsblues, bluegrass, country, folk, jazz
banjo musicfiddle tunes
Traditional string melodies
piano music · electronic music · orchestral music · harp music · organ music
banjo musicopera
Theatrical art combining song
classical music · symphony · chamber music · orchestral music · art music