The tenor banjo

Main page The instruments Buyer's guide Handbook Lessons Message board Links Site map Site last updated . This particular page was created 15/12/2004 and last updated 15/03/2006 Site updates		Picture from Music123 Data: Body shape: Round Top: Skin Back: Open or resonator Bridge: Floating Frets: Fixed Strings: 4 Courses: 4 ( 1 - 1 - 1 - 1) Scale: 555 - 584 mm Also called tango banjo or jazz banjo.    A four stringed banjo commonly tuned C-G-d-a like an alto mandola. Due to the high pitch of the first string, it has to have a considerably shorter neck than the plectrum banjo and the five-string banjo. The tenor banjo was much used by the early jazz bands who needed a stringed instrument louder than the acoustic guitar. It is even today more or less a symbol for traditional jazz music, although the instrument is also frequently used as a solo instrument by Irish bands who often tunes it a fourth lower than standard.   Web www.mandolin-player.com