Banjo
State of Origin: West Virginia, USA
Instrument Family: String
The five-string banjo has a circular body, long fingerboard, and a stretched plastic, tambourine-shaped belly. It is played by plucking the strings with one’s fingers or with a plectrum, or pick. It is said to have originated from an instrument used by West African enslaved people who brought the instrument with them to America.
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