Irish Banjo: The instruments: The tenor banjo: The short scale tenor banjo

The short scale tenor banjo



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    Data:
  • Body shape: Round
  • Top: Skin
  • Back: Open or resonator
  • Bridge: Floating
  • Frets: Fixed
  • Strings: 4
  • Courses: 4 ( 1 - 1 - 1 - 1)
  • Scale: 505 - 545 mm
Tuned and played like a regular tenor banjo, the short scale variant has a shorter neck and only 17, sometimes 16 frets. It is often especially associated with Irish traditional music, although it is used in other music styles as well.

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