A fretted
five-stringed instrument having a narrow neck and a hollow circular body with a stretched
diaphragm of vellum upon which the bridge rests. Brought to America during the slave trade
from West Africa, where it was called a bania, the banjo is used as both a rhythm and a
solo instrument in Dixieland jazz and country music. [Akin to Jamaican English banja] |
music is LIFE!
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