The banjo is a four-, five- or six-stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity as a resonator, called the head. The membrane, or head, is typically made of plastic, although animal skin is still occasionally but rarely used, and the frame is typically circular.
The banjo is frequently associated with country, fold,Irish traditional,and bluegrass music. Historically, the banjo occupied a central place in African American traditional music,before becoming popular in the minstrel shows of the 19th century.The banjo, with the fiddle, is a mainstay of American old-time music It is also very frequently used in Traditional Jazz.
