The banjo ukulele, also known as the banjolele or banjo uke, is a four-stringed musical instrument with a small banjo-type body and a fretted ukulele neck. The earliest known banjoleles were built by John A. Bolander and by Alvin D. Keech, both in 1917.. The instrument achieved its greatest popularity in the 1920s and 1930s, and combines the small scale, tuning, …

Il banjo (termine inglese, pron. /ˈbænʤəʊ/, italianizzata in /ˈbɛnʤo/), in italiano anche bangio (pl. bangi), è un cordofono di origini Africane, già popolare fra gli afroamericani durante la Guerra di secessione americana nella sua versione a cinque corde e da allora largamente usato nella musica tradizionale nordamericana.. Il suonatore di bangio viene detto bangioista.

British singer and comedian George Formby was a ukulele player, though he often played a banjolele, a hybrid instrument consisting of an extended ukulele neck with a banjo resonator body. Demand surged in the new century because of its relative simplicity and portability. Another British ukulele player was Tony Award-winner Tessie O'Shea, who appeared in numerous …

Banjo brasileiro. O Banjo brasileiro [1] tem 4 cordas, e foi popularizado nas rodas de samba do Brasil em meados da década de 1970, quando o cantor, compositor e músico Almir Guineto adotou a ideia de seu parceiro musical, Mussum, de adaptar o corpo do instrumento ao braço do cavaquinho.Assim, percebeu que, além da qualidade do som, a armação reforçada do banjo …

George Formby, OBE (born George Hoy Booth; 26 May 1904 – 6 March 1961) was an English actor, singer-songwriter and comedian who became known to a worldwide audience through his films of the 1930s and 1940s.On stage, screen and record he sang light, comical songs, usually playing the ukulele or banjolele, and became the United Kingdom's highest-paid entertainer.

Le banjo est un instrument de musique à cordes pincées nord-américain [1].Avec sa table d'harmonie à membrane, on le distingue facilement de la guitare.Cet instrument serait un dérivé du luth ouest-africain ekonting apporté par les esclaves noirs (ou plus vraisemblablement recréé par certains d'entre eux) et qui aurait suscité la création des premiers gourd-banjos (« banjo …

Frank Hamilton (born August 3, 1934) is an American folk musician, collector of folk songs, and educator. He co-founded the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago, Illinois in 1957. As a performer, he has recorded for several labels, including Folkways Records.He was a member of the folk group The Weavers in the early 1960s, and appeared at the first Newport Folk Festival …

Banjo-Kazooie est une série de jeux vidéo de plates-formes créée par Rare en 1998.Elle met en scène un ours nommé Banjo et un oiseau rouge nommé Kazooie, tous deux contrôlés par le joueur, dans des aventures dans lesquelles la sorcière Grunty est la principale antagoniste.. Le premier jeu de la série, Banjo-Kazooie, sort sur Nintendo 64 en 1998.Il est suivi par Banjo …

The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and usually made of plastic, or occasionally animal skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashioned by African Americans in the United States. The banjo is frequently associated with folk, bluegrass and country music, and has …

O cavaquinho (pai de outros modelos como a braguinha, braga, machete, machetinho ou machete-de-braga) é um instrumento musical de cordas originário da província portuguesa de minho, que mais tarde foi amplamente introduzido na cultura popular de Braga pelos nobres biscainhos, de onde foi posteriormente levado à outras regiões, como: Brasil, Cabo Verde, …