As an absolute beginner looking at banjos, you might think that all 5-String banjo have a long neck! You can place a capo on the third fret of this banjo and play in open G as on a normal 5-string banjo. Some plectrum style players will use a five string neck but eliminate the fifth string. A plectrum may be used in jazz styles, melody chord styles or for just playing chord accompaniment for vocals.
It can be played with or without a resonator. The chords are easier to learn than on a Jazz tenor banjo. Most use a banjo-style body but neck and tuning is the same as the names they simulate. They allow non-banjoists to achieve a banjo tone without learning a new instrument.
A travel banjo is a smaller version of a standard size banjo. Also the Gold Tone range of travel banjos. If you have any questions about the above notes or about banjos in general or any other musical instrument, please contact us and ask to speak to a specialist in our banjo department at Eagle Music shop on A:You can visit our shop at any time during our normal opening hours.
You can make yourself at home here, have a cup of Yorkshire tea or coffee and spend as long with us as you may you need to make your choice.
You will be able to try various brands and different banjo models at all price levels to help you make your choice. We have dedicated staff that are banjo specialists and can play all styles of banjo. We will help you to make the right choice of banjo and then continue to help you along your musical path after you have bought from us. We shall always be here for you at the end of the phone to help you with any technical questions.
Any banjo that you purchase from us will be set-up in our workshop by the same technicians that set-up our top end models so you will have no worries about its playability. A: Build quality and reliability is what defines a professional banjo.
So, we are in the ideal position to give you professional advice and help you to make the right choice in upgrading your banjo. A: Irish music can be played on both the 4-string tenor banjo and 5-string banjo. The most popular banjo for playing tunes and irish dance music eg.
Jigs, Reels, Polkas etc. A 5-string banjo can be chosen to accompany folk songs in the folk style. A: Here at Eagle Music we have an on-site workshop manned by banjo technicians, we set-up and repair banjos on a daily basis. We will look after you as a valued customer after you have bought your banjo and give you our technical support. We shall be here whenever you may need us in the future to service your banjo and will give you our best workshop price quotation for any work that may be needed.
A: If you are not completely satisfied with a banjo that you purchase from us, you can return the banjo to us for a full refund or a replacement. Every banjo that we sell has a warranty. Some of the lower priced banjos we sell will have a twelve month warranty.
Some of the USA made banjos that we sell have a six year warranty against parts and workmanship and some carry a lifetime guarantee against parts and workmanship. A: We carry a superb range of the highest quality accessories for all the banjos that we sell.
A: We offer you a comprehensive range banjos spares and parts including banjo heads and vellums, tuning pegs, armrests, tailpieces, bridges, resonator kits etc. We work closely with all the banjo makers that supply us, and can also obtain any custom parts and retro-fits that may be available.
A: The choice of banjo for playing Bluegrass music is the 5-string banjo. A banjo fitted with a resonator is the choice of most bluegrass players as the resonator will give you the hardest driving banjo and the most volume. A: In short, yes it does. You have to take each instrument on its own values. Just because an instrument is made in the Far East does not mean that it is an inferior instrument. In general quality is relative to price.
It is true that a high priced USA made banjo will be a much higher quality than a low priced Chinese made banjo. Also, we offer some banjo brands eg. Gold Tone that are manufactured in China and finally assembled in the USA in general these banjos have improved playability.
Also consider the superb quality of Prucha Banjos made in the Czech Republic. We have different tonal woods, different tone rings, different banjo heads, different pickups installed, and different scale lengths. We will focus today on scale and type of music, but always with the thought that you are the arbiter of the kind of music you like to play best on your banjo. Be it openback or resonator, this banjo can be used for bluegrass, country, gospel, jazz, folk, rock,classical.
Pretty much any kind of music you want to play. Usually tuned to open G G,D,G,B,D tuning, with the use of a capo and some sort of 5 th string capo device, you can pretty much choose your tuning on this banjo to fit your song. There are any number of good teaching materials out for 5-string banjo. There are books, DVDs, charts, free YouTube videos, and it is usually easier to find a 5-string banjo teacher…though finding a banjo teacher in the first place can sometimes be challenging!
We make a lovely, shorter scale parlor 5-string banjo in our Goodtime line of banjos. Since they weigh only pounds, weight is never an issue on an openback or resonator back Parlor Goodtime banjo. This banjo was the idea of folk era icon Pete Seeger and many know the songs of the Kingston Trio who further popularized the banjo during the height of the folk music. They can be played in various styles of play - bluegrass, strumming, clawhammer. It just seems like a limitless banjo for everyone to try.
This banjo is used for some of the liveliest musical choices…the kind of music that gets toes tapping and hands clapping. You usually think of a 4-string with Irish music or Traditional Jazz Dixieland , but these banjos are really quite versatile.
Standard tenor tuning is the same as viola or mandola and the Irish tenor tuning is the same as the mandolin or violin - only an octave lower so try these banjos on some classical or bluegrass tunes. Throw some Bill Monroe licks on these banjos and you'll see what I mean!
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