The best banjos have rims made from multiple layers of maple, plied together. Cheaper rims may be made from softer woods or light metals, resulting in poorer sound quality. Top banjo brands also make the neck from maple.
The banjo, like a drum, has a head stretched across the top of the pot that acts as a sounding board. Originally, banjo heads were made from animal skin. Banjos have a floating bridge, meaning that it is not attached to the head, and is held in place by the tension of the strings. Bridges, like the rim, are made from hard wood. While antique instruments were made with tuning pegs that held the strings in place just by the friction of wood against wood, modern instruments most often have tuners with gears that help keep the strings from sliding wildly out of tune.
The 5th string is often an exception. Some brands make geared 5th string tuners. But, having a geared 5th string is always preferable. Reliable brands are Ibanez, Epiphone, Fender, and Deering. If you are ready to make an investment in the instrument, and are seriously committed to learning the banjo, we recommend the Deering Goodtime Two.
Banjo's are reasonably easy to modify after purchase. It's possible to buy a used banjo and have the action string height altered, change the head, change the bridge, remove a resonator, add a resonator sometimes , and even install an electric pick-up. In the same rhythmic movement, the back of the nail on the picking finger … normally the third or first finger on the picking hand picks the tune out on the other four strings.
Played without finger picks and usually mixing melody playing with chords. Very often a long neck banjo is used because it may be tuned lower to better suit vocal ranges.
There are many variations of this style and may be played on an open back or resonator banjo. Tenor banjos are nearly always played with a plectrum pick and can be played in the strumming style along with single picked scale runs. It is the typical banjo for New Orleans style jazz sound or Irish traditional music. The four string banjo has a shorter neck than a five string as the tuning is higher 4C 3G 2D 1A and is an excellent rhythm instrument for jazz bands. Single string melodies can be played but chord melodies are more traditional.
Popular jazz tenor banjo tuning is 4C 3G 2D 1A. The Irish Tenor banjo is the same instrument as a jazz tenor banjo and can have a seventeen or a nineteen fret neck. The shorter neck allows a higher tuning so the songs are better suited to the keys of Irish music G, D, A, E etc.
The style is played with a plectrum and often played with rapid single string melodies. The Irish tenor banjo can be fitted with or without a resonator, the sound desired is mellow but with attack. As an absolute beginner looking at banjos, you might think that all 5-String banjo have a long neck! You can place a capo on the third fret of this banjo and play in open G as on a normal 5-string banjo.
Some plectrum style players will use a five string neck but eliminate the fifth string. A plectrum may be used in jazz styles, melody chord styles or for just playing chord accompaniment for vocals.
It can be played with or without a resonator. The chords are easier to learn than on a Jazz tenor banjo. Most use a banjo-style body but neck and tuning is the same as the names they simulate.
They allow non-banjoists to achieve a banjo tone without learning a new instrument. A travel banjo is a smaller version of a standard size banjo. Also the Gold Tone range of travel banjos. If you have any questions about the above notes or about banjos in general or any other musical instrument, please contact us and ask to speak to a specialist in our banjo department at Eagle Music shop on A:You can visit our shop at any time during our normal opening hours.
You can make yourself at home here, have a cup of Yorkshire tea or coffee and spend as long with us as you may you need to make your choice. You will be able to try various brands and different banjo models at all price levels to help you make your choice. We have dedicated staff that are banjo specialists and can play all styles of banjo. We will help you to make the right choice of banjo and then continue to help you along your musical path after you have bought from us.
We shall always be here for you at the end of the phone to help you with any technical questions. Any banjo that you purchase from us will be set-up in our workshop by the same technicians that set-up our top end models so you will have no worries about its playability.
A: Build quality and reliability is what defines a professional banjo. So, we are in the ideal position to give you professional advice and help you to make the right choice in upgrading your banjo. A: Irish music can be played on both the 4-string tenor banjo and 5-string banjo. The most popular banjo for playing tunes and irish dance music eg. Jigs, Reels, Polkas etc. A 5-string banjo can be chosen to accompany folk songs in the folk style. A: Here at Eagle Music we have an on-site workshop manned by banjo technicians, we set-up and repair banjos on a daily basis.
We will look after you as a valued customer after you have bought your banjo and give you our technical support. We shall be here whenever you may need us in the future to service your banjo and will give you our best workshop price quotation for any work that may be needed. A: If you are not completely satisfied with a banjo that you purchase from us, you can return the banjo to us for a full refund or a replacement. Every banjo that we sell has a warranty.
Some of the lower priced banjos we sell will have a twelve month warranty. Some of the USA made banjos that we sell have a six year warranty against parts and workmanship and some carry a lifetime guarantee against parts and workmanship.
For more specific information on individual models, you should jump over to our list of great beginner banjos and find the instruments we recommend!
It is pretty easy to recommend Deering in any Banjo list. Founded in , Deering has a reputation for high quality, great sounding Banjos that is well earned. They are also still handmade in the U. Deering starts with a value brand line called Goodtime Banjos. While these banjos are produced with a beginner or limited budget customer in mind, they are an amazing value for a quality instrument.
Shop Deering Banjos! Started as Gold Tone Banjo in , this company specializes in high quality instruments for acoustic players of all levels. While we love, and will concentrate on, the banjos, the company has expanded to make a great offering of guitars, mandolins, bass, and ukulele. Hybrid instruments like the banjola, the Bela Fleck baritone banjo , cello banjo, and banjitar add a great variety for good string instrument players. The Gold Tone CC is often rated as one the best banjos for beginners, and the quality of the instrument could demand a much higher price than it normally does.
Shop Gold Tone Banjos! Similar to Gold Tone, Oscar Schmidt makes a wide selection of stringed instruments. Oscar Schmidt has yet to put out a truly high-end banjo, but with instruments like the OB5 pictured , beginner and intermediate banjo players could do much worse with a first or 2nd instrument than an Oscar Schmidt.
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