Banjos

Banjos For Sale – Promenade Music sell 5-string , 4-string, 6-string, and banjo ukes. 5-string banjos – aka G Banjos – are tuned GDGBD and used in bluegrass and country music … 4-string 17 fret tenor banjos are tuned GDAE and are used in Celtic and Irish music … 4-string 19 fret tenor banjos are tuned CGDA and used in dixieland and trad jazz … 4-string 22 fret plectrum banjos are tuned CGBD or DGBE (like the top four strings of a guitar) and used for all types of music … 6-string banjo guitars – aka banjo guitars, guitjo, guitanjo, banjar, banjitar, ganjo, bantar – are tuned EADGBE [like a guitar] and can be played by guitarists who want that distinctive banjo sound … 4-string ukulele banjos – aka banjolele, banjelele, banjulele – are tuned GCEA and were popularised by George Formby in the 1930’s, but are now used for all kinds of music. If you have any questions or require more information, please don’t hesitate to call us on 01524 410202 or email sales@promenademusic.co.uk – Back to All Folk Instruments.