Mandolin-banjo

The Mandolin Banjo (often also called " Banjo Line" ) is an 8 - stringed plucked instrument. It combines structural features of the banjo with the strings and body and neck length of the mandolin.

The first mandolin banjo was patented in 1885, it became really popular from 1890. Typical of the instrument is on the boiler reaching, extended fingerboard.

From 1910, the mandolin banjo was often used as an accompanying instrument in dance music. By Doppelbesaitung (8 strings ) but undesirable side effects and the double strings were simply omitted by many musicians emerged (4 strings). Then the manufacturers were so attentive and soon came a four-stringed, such as the mandolin banjo tuned to the market, the banjolin. The mood of the mandolin banjo is gd 'a' e''.

In Turkey, a Cümbüş variant is widespread. It has an aluminum body.

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