banjoes

Bluegrass string instruments

Banjoes is the plural of banjo, a stringed instrument with a round body and long neck, played by plucking or strumming.

The banjo is central to bluegrass, folk, and traditional American music: The banjoes rang out across the festival grounds.

Both banjoes and banjos are acceptable plurals.

instrument

strings

Thin flexible lines

resonator · tuning · fingerpicking · clawhammer · strumming · neck · bridge · head · drumhead · tailpiece

music

bluegrass

Acoustic Appalachian folk music

old-time · jug band · hoedown · jamboree · square dance · hootenanny · mountain music · Americana · traditional · acoustic

slang

Australian

From the southern continent

tools · outback · bushland · excavating · trenching · mining · prospecting · colloquial · vernacular · Aussie

Phrases
Family

banjo, banjos, banjoist, banjoists

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G