Steve Martin is probably the most famous comedian banjo player. Billy Connolly the Scottish comedian also plays banjo.
Treble clef unless you're playing a bass banjo which should be played in bass clef.
I've never had a banjo, but I can tell you this: Banjo's are like country guitars. They look like a tambourine with a stick attached to it. In most comics, movies, television shows, and other things, the banjo is played by country folk, or hicks.
A section is scooped out of the banjo neck close to the pot, this gives greater clearance between the strings and the fret board. This is especially useful for melodic clawhammer style, where the banjo is played slightly up the neck of the banjo.
Paddy played the mouth organ, Bobby the guitar and banjo, Tom didn't play an instrument, Liam played guitar, banjo and some concertina.
He's most extremely famous for banjo, but he also played the guitar, fiddle, and even an autoharp!
He's most extremely famous for banjo, but he also played the guitar, fiddle, and even an autoharp!
People of the Bluegrass Roots played the guitar, banjo, and violin.
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Steve Martin is probably the most famous comedian banjo player. Billy Connolly the Scottish comedian also plays banjo.
NFL player Chris Banjo played for Southern Methodist.
Indeed, Capone played the banjo in the prison's band, "The Rock Islanders".
Tony Trischka has: Played Banjo in "Foxfire" in 1987. Played Himself - Musical Guest in "Late Show with David Letterman" in 1993. Played Himself - Banjo innovator in "Live at the Quick" in 2002. Played himself in "Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show" in 2003. Played himself in "WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour" in 2006. Played himself in "Give Me the Banjo" in 2011. Played himself in "The Librarian and the Banjo" in 2013.
It was not his nick name. His family just called him that. He used that as his pseudonym "the Banjo" after a famous racehorse that his dad owned.