Members danuniversal Posted March 20, 2009 Members Share Posted March 20, 2009 Once upon a time, I saw an eposode of the Simpsons. Homer's made a band, called "The Be Sharps", a parody of The Beatles. The complete history is a parody of The Beatles. At the end, the made a Roof Concert...playing a song called "Baby on board"... And they are using a Banjo... Now I now I like Banjo... Does the Banjo really sounds like that? How do you play the fifth string? Is there a Banjo with a "guitar" string configuration? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vantango84 Posted March 20, 2009 Members Share Posted March 20, 2009 Tenor Banjo, 4 strings, tuned DGBE. That might be called chicago tuning, but in any case, I've got a tenor banjo tuned like the top end of a guitar. You can also get a 6-string banjo... guitar/banjo hybrid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vcnyls Posted March 20, 2009 Members Share Posted March 20, 2009 Yep, a bunch of companies (high end and low end) make 6 string banjos that tune like guitars. They're looked down on by lots of banjo players but who gives a {censored}! I think they're really cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Doctor Morbius Posted March 20, 2009 Members Share Posted March 20, 2009 Although I don't care for Banjo, I do admire what it takes to play one well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members danuniversal Posted March 20, 2009 Author Members Share Posted March 20, 2009 What kind of Banjo (or banjo tuning) will give me a sound like that of the simpsons episode? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Burningleaves Posted March 20, 2009 Members Share Posted March 20, 2009 Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 's mel gibson Posted March 20, 2009 Members Share Posted March 20, 2009 What kind of Banjo (or banjo tuning) will give me a sound like that of the simpsons episode? From:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo Many tunings are used for the five-string banjo. Probably the most common, particularly in bluegrass, is the open G tuning (gDGBd). In earlier times, the tuning gCGBd was commonly used instead. Other tunings common in old-time music include double C (gCGcd), sawmill or mountain minor (gDGcd) also called Modal or Mountain Modal, old-time D (aDAde) a step up from double C, often played with a violin accompaniment, and open D (f#DF#Ad). These tunings are often taken up a tone, either by tuning up or using a capo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bert-O-325 Posted March 20, 2009 Members Share Posted March 20, 2009 I love good banjo playing! There's a several different styles of playing - 'clawhammer', 'Scruggs style', 'Reno style', etc. There are even Banjo-ukeleles. It sounds, from a YouTube clip of that episode, like they're just doing a simple strumming thing - I think your basic banjo would work fine. Deering makes some guitar-tuned models, like this one (pretty expensive, tho):http://www.deeringbanjos.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=DBCS&Product_Code=B-6&Category_Code=SixTwelveString Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members datru Posted March 20, 2009 Members Share Posted March 20, 2009 I've always loved the banjo in Neil Young's "For the Turnstiles." Check it out sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ten56gibby Posted March 20, 2009 Members Share Posted March 20, 2009 ONLY if Steve Martin is playing one whilst singing am I a fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members adlo76 Posted March 20, 2009 Members Share Posted March 20, 2009 i dig banjo. i mostly enjoying learning banjo licks on guitar tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Carbohydrates Posted March 20, 2009 Members Share Posted March 20, 2009 I like all kinds of instruments, especially mixed into rock beats. Banjos, accordions, violins, various horns, whatever. Guitar/bass/drums is just so limiting and I'm finding it less and less interesting to listen to these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ajympt Posted March 20, 2009 Members Share Posted March 20, 2009 Banjo can be cool, in the right setting - although I have heard some Led Zeppelin songs that may not have been the right choice. I say if your going to go banjo, get one of these. That way you can piss off the real banjo players AND the guitarists because you're getting more attention than either one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted March 20, 2009 Members Share Posted March 20, 2009 Aintree? This river don't go to Aintree. Y'all must be lost. Yeah, I like banjo well enough. But I'd never attempt to complicate my life by trying to learn to play one. Geetar alone is enough of a challenge. But I have been tempted by a cheapo 6-string version that MF (or one of them) carries. Back in '67 when Bonnie and Clyde was released, hearing "Foggy Mountain Breakdow" around the age of 10 or shortly thereafter, imprinted me with an appreciation for the instrument. Basically a guitar with a built in amp. But I'd be more like to buy a resonator guitar first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Muddslide Posted March 20, 2009 Members Share Posted March 20, 2009 What kind of Banjo (or banjo tuning) will give me a sound like that of the simpsons episode? If I'm remembering right, that was a tenor banjo. Tenor banjos are typical of jazz, along with things like Dixieland or barbershop music, Western Swing, nowadays in a lot of Celtic music, etc. As Vantango correctly said, there are various types of banjo. The tenor has 4 strings. The original standard tuning for the tenor (or "tango") banjo was CGDA. These days, it'[s more common for tenors to be tuned GDAE (just as a mandolin, particularly in Celtic stuff) or DGBE like the four highest strings of a guitar. There are, also, banjo-ukuleles and banjo-mandolins. I've owned both. The 5-string banjo is more associated with bluegrass and postwar country music, though there were 5-string players in the very early days of recording (1890-1910) who played marches, ragtime, reels, etc. on the 5-string...Fred Van Eps and Vess Ossman were early 5-string heroes. Several companies make 6-string banjos tuned like a guitar. The best is probably Deering. Very pricey, but excellent instruments. Deering, in fact, even makes a 12-string banjo. I used to play 5-string but all I have now is a tenor banjo (4 string.) It's a 1933 Gibson and is worth more than every other piece of music gear I won put together and then some. It was a gift, so I feel like I have to hang onto it, even though I'd love to swap it for an old Fender Tele and a good tube amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jerry_picker Posted March 20, 2009 Members Share Posted March 20, 2009 "You don't know nothin'!" "Who's pickin' a banjer hyere?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyKvD-4IxOY [YOUTUBE]RyKvD-4IxOY[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members datru Posted March 20, 2009 Members Share Posted March 20, 2009 [YOUTUBE]M_ciiCyxOJA[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jerry_picker Posted March 20, 2009 Members Share Posted March 20, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-JTIdv3dm4 [YOUTUBE]4-JTIdv3dm4[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dionysusolympus Posted March 20, 2009 Members Share Posted March 20, 2009 Bela Fleck. werd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chiro972 Posted March 20, 2009 Members Share Posted March 20, 2009 Scruggs style! I love it. I'm just not any good at it. After a year of owning a nice one and not really having the dedication to it that I should have had I sold it. And, Steve Martin is an amazing banjo player too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Superrust Posted March 20, 2009 Members Share Posted March 20, 2009 I don't mind them here and there but I never think about them. I wouldn't miss the sound if it went away. Almost feel the same about harmonica. Cool sound but not something I think about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BobbaFret Posted March 20, 2009 Members Share Posted March 20, 2009 ONLY if Steve Martin is playing one whilst singing am I a fan. Have you heard his new album? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BobbaFret Posted March 20, 2009 Members Share Posted March 20, 2009 [YOUTUBE]rrlqQ1_vZVE[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ten56gibby Posted March 20, 2009 Members Share Posted March 20, 2009 Have you heard his new album? I haven't. I only had his time with the banjo on SNL in mind. Honestly didn't know he had a career in it. Cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cassette Posted March 20, 2009 Members Share Posted March 20, 2009 The reason I bought a regular banjo instead of the guitar ones is because sometimes I like a break from guitar. If I can't think of anything to play on guitar, I can pick up my banjo and have a whole different instrument to mess around with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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