Category:Banjolin

 See also categories: Banjeaurine, Banjoline and Mandolin-banjo.

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Banjolin is a name applied to several different types of stringed instruments:

• 4 string banjo with mandolin tuning
  (Note: 8 string version is called Mandolin-banjo or Manjo) ^[1]
• 'younger brother' of the tenor banjo, also called Banjeaurine.
• a type of banjo patented by John Farris in 1885, ^[2]
  available then in soprano, alto, tenor, and bass models.
• a type of bowed fretless zithers^[3]

Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ The Banjolin Page
2. ↑ An advertisement for Farris's banjolin.
3. ↑ Bowed instruments at fretlesszithers.com