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How to pronounce banjo in English?

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Type of stringed instrument

Examples of banjo

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Waxing plays kick drum with his feet while his fingers work a guitar or a banjo.
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Such intimate venues are probably the best way to see this banjo-playing singer.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
The neck of the shamisen is fretless and slimmer than that of a guitar or banjo.
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Historian Elise Kirk says this probably included banjo, bones, drums and guitar.
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His father played the banjo and worked for the Chevy division of General Motors.
From the stltoday.com
The banjo-playing, modern-art-collecting comedian Steve Martin also writes plays.
From the sacbee.com
Banjo and Sonar are great, but feel more like tools than networks of their own.
From the techcrunch.com
He teaches everything from guitar to drums to mandolin to banjo to piano to horn.
From the inrich.com
Alec really liked the sound of the banjo so his uncle began to teach him to play.
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More examples
  • A stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body
  • The banjo is a stringed instrument with, typically, four or five strings, which vibrate a membrane of plastic material or animal hide stretched over a circular frame. ...
  • Banjo-Kazooie is a series of video games created by Rare in 1998. The game stars a honey bear named Banjo and his friend, a large red bird named Kazooie, who are both controlled by the player, and a witch named Gruntilda as the primary antagonist. ...
  • Banjo is a chocolate bar once available in the UK. Introduced with a substantial television advertising campaign in 1976, Banjo was a twin bar (similar in shape and size to Twix) and based upon a wafer with a chopped peanut layer and the whole covered in milk chocolate. ...
  • Banjo is a 1947 drama film directed by Richard Fleischer.
  • The samba banjo (banjo cavaquinho or banjo cavaco) is a Brazilian instrument which is derived from the cavaquinho, especially associated with a samba subgenre called pagode. ...
  • In the craft of woodturning, a banjo is a common term for a fixture on the wood lathe, mounted on the lathe's bed, for holding the toolrest. ...
  • The Banjo (Op. 15) is an exciting and lively piece for piano by the American composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk. Composed in 1853, it is one of Gottschalk's best-known works. ...
  • A stringed musical instrument with a round body and fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings; To play the banjo; To beat; to knock down