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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…
The Most State-of-the-Art Banjo in the World (in the 1870s)

Mar 3, 2011

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Donald Rickert

in Banjos, Video and Sound Demos

Please visit the Don Rickert Musician Shop. In the 19th Century, all three of the banjo types listed below were being played, but the tackhead banjo became more popular than the gourd banjo. The tackhead was probably the most popular among Civil War soldiers; therefore a favorite of re-enactors. Tackhead banjos could made in camp and were…