Is Banjo similar to Guitar?

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Gaurav Wavhal

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Banjo is somehow similar with the concept of guitar. Technically both of different theory
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Guitarist

It looks like a guitar but the playing is different
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Guitar Instructor

I guess so..A guitar is a stringed instrument with a fretted fingerboard and six or twelve strings,played by plucking or strumming with the fingers or a plectrum and a banjo is a stringed instrument of the guitar family,with a round open-backed sound box of parchment stretched over a metal hoop.. It...
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I guess so..A guitar is a stringed instrument with a fretted fingerboard and six or twelve strings,played by plucking or strumming with the fingers or a plectrum and a banjo is a stringed instrument of the guitar family,with a round open-backed sound box of parchment stretched over a metal hoop.. It also depends on sound banjo as a more tine twangy type sound. a great sound by the way.the guitar is so different sound and play more notes with 6 strings..n more ...a great tune to have a listen to is dulling banjos... read less
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Surgazmic ( Music : vocal, piano, keyboard , recording , programming )

no
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No. banjo is like chimpanzee and guitar is human.
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It has few similarities. Both are stringed instrument, both have tuning pegs, both have fret board and playing style is almost similar. But of them sound totally different.
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It is a string instrument but it's not similar to guitar. The scale n note to fret relations are a little different
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Hi Virendra, Even though both are stringed instruments Banjo and Guitar are different instruments. The techniques used to play the instruments are different.Banjo is normally associated with country and folk music.
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No. A banjo would follow the design of a keyboard. It sound very different than Guitar. However both the instruments are played with a Pick.
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A guitar is a stringed musical instrument with a fretted fingerboard and six or twelve strings,played by plucking or strumming with the fingers or a plectrum. A banjo is a stringed instrument of the guitar family,with a round open-backed sound box of parchment stretched over a metal hoop.
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