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Jan 20, 2025 - 9:43:01 PM
2816 posts since 3/2/2008

What style music is played on a banjolin? Whoever plays them what is the style of music?

Jan 20, 2025 - 10:27:59 PM

2816 posts since 3/2/2008

Just found some banjo mandolin stuff on YouTube sounds pretty good ? Wish I had learned more about them when I was younger , snazzy sounding blues runs are intriguing.

Jan 21, 2025 - 7:05:10 AM

305 posts since 9/5/2013

The banjo-mandolin was/is often used in jug-band music.

Jan 21, 2025 - 7:34:48 AM

728 posts since 4/14/2014

Mandolin orchestras used them as well. I have some old Yale Mandolin Club books from about WWI which state parts for mandolin/ banjo mandolin. It's mostly marches and other popular pieces.

Jan 21, 2025 - 8:19:43 AM

11465 posts since 4/23/2004

I play all kinds of stuff on the Banjo-mandolin...but mostly Irish Trad. Historically, they were used for all kinds of popular music in bands as they are loud enough acoustically to be heard as individual instruments. Standard mandolins just weren't loud enough to be heard by themselves in an acoustic band environment...hard to overwhelm a Banjo Mandolin...they cut right thru.

In early 20th cent. orchestras, the Banjo-Mandolin parts were usually heavy on tremolo.

Edited by - trapdoor2 on 01/21/2025 08:20:39

Jan 21, 2025 - 9:53:18 AM

898 posts since 5/29/2015

Ragtime and southern country blues. They are viewed with disdain in bluegrass circles by unimaginative players because they do not sound like or work for bluegrass. Many are converted to 5 string banjos. Old wrecked banjo mandolin are an excellent/inexpensive source for parts for restoring tenor and 5 string banjos of the same era. Love 'em.

Jan 21, 2025 - 1:28:17 PM

2816 posts since 3/2/2008

Yes I have been using parts from them for years to restore or convert to five string but this one I have now is just too good to ruin it . I listed it for sale complete hoping  someone will save it and play it .

Edited by - laguna21dc on 01/21/2025 13:29:10

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