![]() The tenor banjo is a lead instrument in traditional circles. ![]() The strings of the tenor banjo are metal and made of varying thicknesses (gauges). Others are in common usage with the highest pitched string being tuned down a whole step to D to facilitate a drone string. On the musical staff, the treble clef is used and the notated pitches of the open strings are as follows: A useful acronym to remember this tuning is “God Died At Easter”. ![]() They are (from the top of the instrument, descending) G, D, A and E. TuningĮach of the four strings is tuned to a different note. However the four string tenor banjo gained widespread popularity in traditional Irish music circles where it maintains it’s place to this day. Various forms of the instrument are in current use today in bluegrass, Appalachian, folk and country music where five and six stringed banjos are in widespread use. ![]() What makes the banjo unique is that the strings rest on a bridge which sits on a membrane, instead of the wooden soundboard usually found in other stringed instruments.ĭespite its predominance in traditional music, the banjo family of instruments’ roots can be traced back to the 17th century Caribbean, and the first references to a ‘banjo’ appear in the 18th century in North America. It consists of three main parts, the body, head and neck. The Irish Tenor banjo is a four string instrument typically used in traditional Irish music. ![]()
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