banjoists
Bluegrass string players
Banjoists are people who play the banjo.
The word appears in contexts discussing musicians collectively: The festival attracted fiddlers, banjoists, and mandolin players from across the region.
Plucking strings by hand
- clawhammerHammer with nail-pulling fork
- rollsSmall rounded breads
- tremoloRapid tonal wavering
- slidesMoves smoothly across surface
hammer-ons · pull-offs · chokes · bending · syncopation · arpeggios · vamping
- CroweActor Russell's surname
- StanleyFalkland Islands' main town
- RenoNevada gambling city
- mandolinistsPlayers of pear-shaped lutes
fiddlers · Appalachian · hillbilly · mountain music · string band · jam session · breakdown · hoedown
People who create music
- pickersThose who harvest by hand
- playersGame participants
- strummersThose who play strings
- performersThose who entertain audiences
soloists · accompanists · entertainers · troubadours · buskers · session players · sidemen · virtuosos
Banjo's standard setup
- four-stringHaving four courses
- resonatorFrequency-amplifying device
- open-backHaving no rear covering
- tenorEssential meaning or import
plectrum · Irish · gourd · fretboard · tuning pegs · tailpiece · bridge · head
American folk music pioneer
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
- acousticRelating to sound
- AmericanaHeritage artifacts or music
- old-timeOf a past era
songwriters · balladeers · revivalists · hootenanny · coffeehouse · campfire · sing-along · storytellers
fingerpicking
Plucking strings by hand
- clawhammerHammer with nail-pulling fork
- rollsSmall rounded breads
- tremoloRapid tonal wavering
slides · hammer-ons · pull-offs · chokes · bending · syncopation · arpeggios · vamping
Osborne
mandolinists · fiddlers · Appalachian · hillbilly · mountain music · string band · jam session · breakdown · hoedown
musicians
People who create music
performers · soloists · accompanists · entertainers · troubadours · buskers · session players · sidemen · virtuosos · instrumentalists
five-string
Banjo's standard setup
- four-stringHaving four courses
- resonatorFrequency-amplifying device
- open-backHaving no rear covering
tenor · plectrum · Irish · gourd · fretboard · tuning pegs · tailpiece · bridge · head · armrest
Seeger
American folk music pioneer
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
- acousticRelating to sound
- AmericanaHeritage artifacts or music
old-time · songwriters · balladeers · revivalists · hootenanny · coffeehouse · campfire · sing-along · storytellers · heritage
banjoistsguitarists
Those who play stringed instruments
pianists · violinists · cellists · drummers · harpists