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So You Think You Know about the Banjo in Irish Traditional Music?: Part 1

Mar 10, 2011

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Donald Rickert

in Banjos, Don Rickert Musical Instruments, Observations and Opinion, Tenor Banjo

Please visit the Don Rickert Musician Shop. There are many myths about the banjo in traditional Irish music. It is commonly believed that a special type of tenor banjo (a 17 fret, 4-string banjo tuned in 5ths to G d a e' ), called the "Irish Tenor Banjo", has been part of Traditional Irish Music since at least…