LarryS
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An instrument called a banza, supposedly the origin of the banjo, does look like a big uke
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo#/media/File:Manuel+Moreira.jpg
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An instrument called a banza, supposedly the origin of the banjo, does look like a big uke
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo#/media/File:Manuel+Moreira.jpg
Actually, it's descended from a banjar.
https://bittersoutherner.com/history-of-the-banjo#.XdqUWO3Yr8k
http://www.historyisnowmagazine.com...th-a-fascinating-past-the-banjo#.XdqVJO3Yr8k=
http://usslave.blogspot.com/2011/06/banjo-african-american-music.html
Lots pf pictures in the articles of African banjars and their predecessors from throughout Africa too.
LarryS
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Interesting. I'll have to give the Chocolate Drops a listen
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I think "guitar" is the point of reference because the guitar is and has been HUGELY popular for a long time now, and the ukulele has been only VERY popular for a lesser amount of time. And what goes for the naming of the uke ("little guitar") has also gone for the building of it in terms of shape. But I want to maintain that the uke is not in fact a guitar (and we know the obvious differences). And yet while most ukes do indeed look like mini-guitars, what I find really interesting is the number of variant or alternative types of ukes that have had notable success in the marketplace--the Pineapple, the Bell, the Flea and Fluke, etc. Excuse the rant, but I'm kind of a history buff, and I also build ukes of the alternative type--while still appreciating all the types.
oldjazznut
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How about a harp ukulele? Or the plucked and bowed Ukelin?
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A good friend of mine refers to my ukes as little toy guitars to try and rile me up. When he does that I just start calling his motorcycle a moped.
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My grandson, almost but not quite four years old, likes to go down in the basement and play guitar. So at first I just gave him a Waterman soprano to play. But after a while he came to realize that the soprano didn't sound like a guitar and that a baritone did more so. So I let him bang away on a Kala baritone. Just last week he pointed out to me that his baritone only had four strings and my guitar has six. He is unhappy with the baritone and I am actually looking for a little guitar for him.
The point of the story, even a three year old knows that a ukulele is not a little guitar.
The point of the story, even a three year old knows that a ukulele is not a little guitar.
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