banjos
Round-bodied strings
Banjos is the plural of banjo, a stringed instrument with a round body, a drumlike head, and a long fretted neck.
The banjo is played by plucking or strumming and is closely associated with American folk, bluegrass, and country music.
He collects vintage banjos from the 1920s.
The alternative plural banjoes is less common but acceptable.
Thin flexible lines
- fretboardStringed instrument's neck face
- tuning pegsString tension adjusters
- resonatorFrequency-amplifying device
- drumheadTaut membrane over cylinder
picks · fingerpicks · clawhammer · bridge · tailpiece · armrest · strap · capo
Acoustic Appalachian folk music
- folkRegular common people
- AppalachianEastern U.S. mountain region
- old-timeOf a past era
- countrySovereign state or territory
Dixieland · minstrel · rolls · licks · breakdown · hoedown · square dance · jug band
Eastern U.S. mountain region
- American SouthSoutheastern United States region
- ruralOf the countryside
- hillbillyRural mountain dweller stereotype
- front porchCovered entry deck
jamboree · hootenanny · barn dance · folk revival · Pete Seeger · Steve Martin · plantation · minstrelsy
strings
Thin flexible lines
- fretboardStringed instrument's neck face
- tuning pegsString tension adjusters
- resonatorFrequency-amplifying device
drumhead · picks · fingerpicks · clawhammer · bridge · tailpiece · armrest · strap · capo · head
bluegrass
Acoustic Appalachian folk music
- folkRegular common people
- AppalachianEastern U.S. mountain region
- old-timeOf a past era
country · Dixieland · minstrel · rolls · licks · breakdown · hoedown · square dance · jug band · mountain music
Appalachia
Eastern U.S. mountain region
- American SouthSoutheastern United States region
- ruralOf the countryside
- hillbillyRural mountain dweller stereotype
front porch · jamboree · hootenanny · barn dance · folk revival · Pete Seeger · Steve Martin · plantation · minstrelsy · vaudeville
- rural SouthBaptist church, dirt roads, gravel roads, backroads, country roads
- collectiblesbaseball cards, commemorative stamps, rare coins, mementos, rare stamps
banjoscellos
Large bowed strings
double basses · bass guitars · tubas · contrabass · harps
banjosharps
Tall plucked string instruments
violins · cellos · grand pianos · oboes · harpsichords
- tenor banjoFour-stringed fretted instrument
- banjo musicSongs from five-stringed instrument
- dueling banjosAlternating stringed instrument exchange
- banjo playerStringed instrument performer
- banjo soloOne performer, round instrument
- banjo lessonsTraining on circular stringed instrument