All Topics  
Mandolin-banjo

 
Mandolin Banjo

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

Mandolin-banjo
 
 
  Topics Mandolin-banjo Topic Home

The mandolin-banjo should not be mistaken for the banjolin
Banjolin

The three instruments described below are named "banjolin." It should not be mistaken for the mandolin-banjo, nor is it to be confused with the Banjoline....
, though their names are sometime interchanged. The mandolin-banjo is also known by its French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
 name, "banjoline," but should not be confused with the Banjoline
Banjoline

The Banjoline is a type of electric guitar developed by Eddie Peabody in conjunction with Rickenbacker. Although its name suggests a combination of banjo and mandolin, it is technically considered to be a type of tenor guitar#Related instruments, a variant of the electric guitar, resembling the banjo and mandolin only in terms of its four cou...
 designed by Peabody
Eddie Peabody

Captain Edwin Ellsworth Peabody was an United States musical entertainer. His career spanned five decades and he was perhaps the most famous plectrum banjo player ever....
. The instrument was popularized in the 1920s when musicians commonly amplified instruments to play louder.

In the heyday of mandolin orchestra
Mandolin orchestra

A mandolin orchestra is an orchestra consisting primarily of instruments from the mandolin family of instruments, such as the mandolin, mandola, mandocello and mando-bass....
s and banjo
Banjo

The banjo is a stringed instrument developed by Slavery in the United States Africans in the United States, adapted from several African instruments....
 bands (late 19th–early 20th century), all sorts of instruments were produced.






Discussion
Ask a question about 'Mandolin-banjo'
Start a new discussion about 'Mandolin-banjo'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Encyclopedia


The mandolin-banjo should not be mistaken for the banjolin
Banjolin

The three instruments described below are named "banjolin." It should not be mistaken for the mandolin-banjo, nor is it to be confused with the Banjoline....
, though their names are sometime interchanged. The mandolin-banjo is also known by its French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
 name, "banjoline," but should not be confused with the Banjoline
Banjoline

The Banjoline is a type of electric guitar developed by Eddie Peabody in conjunction with Rickenbacker. Although its name suggests a combination of banjo and mandolin, it is technically considered to be a type of tenor guitar#Related instruments, a variant of the electric guitar, resembling the banjo and mandolin only in terms of its four cou...
 designed by Peabody
Eddie Peabody

Captain Edwin Ellsworth Peabody was an United States musical entertainer. His career spanned five decades and he was perhaps the most famous plectrum banjo player ever....
. The instrument was popularized in the 1920s when musicians commonly amplified instruments to play louder.

Mandolin Banjo
In the heyday of mandolin orchestra
Mandolin orchestra

A mandolin orchestra is an orchestra consisting primarily of instruments from the mandolin family of instruments, such as the mandolin, mandola, mandocello and mando-bass....
s and banjo
Banjo

The banjo is a stringed instrument developed by Slavery in the United States Africans in the United States, adapted from several African instruments....
 bands (late 19th–early 20th century), all sorts of instruments were produced. The mandolin-banjo is one of the hybrids that resulted. The instrument adds the banjo's volume to the mandolin; unlike the banjolin, the mandolin-banjo retains the mandolin-style stringing in courses
Course (music)

A course is a pair or more of adjacent strings tuned to unison or an octave and usually played together as if a single string. It may also refer to a single string normally played on its own on an instrument with other multi-string courses, for example the bass string on a nine string baroque guitar....
 (with double strings).

Mandolin-banjos have the same scale length as a mandolin (35 to 37 cm); the 4 courses are tuned
Musical tuning

In music, there are two common meanings for tuning:* #Tuning practice, the act of tuning an instrument or voice.* #Tuning systems, the various systems of Pitch used to tune an instrument, and their theoretical basis....
 identical to the violin
Violin

The violin is a Bow string instrument with four strings usually tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest and highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola and cello....
 and mandolin (low to high: GDAE). It is tuned and played the same as the mandolin, and has four equally tuned pairs of strings, with the bridge resting on a resonant banjo-like 5 to 8 inch skin head.

Banjo Mandolins have been made by several companies, most notably Gibson
Gibson Guitar Corporation

The Gibson Guitar Corporation, of Nashville, Tennessee, USA, is a manufacturer of Steel-string guitar and electric guitars. Gibson also owns and makes guitars under such brands as Epiphone, Kramer Guitars, Valley Arts Guitar, Tobias , Steinberger, and Gibson Kalamazoo Electric Guitar....
, but also by the English company Windsor, building and selling 4 and 8 string Banjos in the early 20th Century. Modern Banjo Mandolins are currently sold by Vintage, GoldTone and Rogue. It is no longer commonly played and has become very rare with prices ranging from around US $200 to US $700.

See also

  • Banjolele
    Banjolele

    The banjolele is a four-stringed musical instrument with a small banjo-type body and a fretted ukulele neck. "Banjolele," sometimes also spelled "banjelele" or "banjulele" is a generic nickname given to the instrument, which was derived from the 'banjulele-banjo,' introduced by Alvin D....
  • Cümbüs
    Cümbüs

    The c?mb?s is a Turkey stringed instrument of relatively modern origin. Developed in the early 20th century by Zeynel Abidin C?mb?s as an oud-like instrument that could be heard as part of a larger ensemble....


External links

  • (Mandolin Banjo)