What Are the Strings on the Banjo?
Banjo Picking image by Tequila Photography from Fotolia.com jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/a05/pj/iu/strings-banjo_-1.1-800X800.jpg’); }); A Five-String Banjo The banjo as we know it today is descended from designs that arrived in America by way of African slaves. Although it’s associated with country and bluegrass music, the banjo has become increasingly popular in other forms of music, including modern jazz and rock. The distinctive twang of the banjo results from a combination of drum size, bridge, general construction and, most important, its strings, which vary in number depending on the type of banjo. The Four-String Banjo All banjos have the first four strings. They deepen in tone from bottom (closest to the ground when the banjo is held) to top: D-B-G-D. The bottom D (usually written as “d”) string is the thinnest and the highest pitched of the four strings, and the top D is the thickest and
