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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Guitar master

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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Musician, Guitarist, Artist, Painter and Maths Teacher

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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Guitar Instructor

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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