Banjo guitar



Banjo guitar, also known as banjitar or ganjo, is a six-string banjo tuned in the standard tuning of a six-string guitar (E2-A2-D3-G3-B3-E4 from lowest to highest strings). The instrument is intended to allow guitar players to emulate a banjo, without learning the different tuning and fingering techniques required for the standard five-string banjo.

The banjo guitar differs from the standard five-string banjo in the number of strings, playing and tuning methods, and a slightly different timbre. The first versions of six-string banjos were introduced in the late 19th century though did not gain popularity. The concept was reintroduced in the mid to late 20th century.



Banjo guitar players
Johnny St. Cyr was the first well known player of six string banjo. He used it in Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven, with Jelly Roll Morton, and in his own recordings after World War II.

A number of musicians have played banjo guitars or guitjos, and one a double-necked guitjo.


 * Sylvester Weaver
 * Ryan Ross of Panic! at the Disco
 * Danny Barker
 * Clint Black
 * Norman Blake
 * Buckethead
 * Mark Butler of Claddagh
 * Ali Campbell of UB40
 * Eric Church
 * David Crowder
 * Steve Howe
 * A.D. Paige (Paige & Fiends)
 * Kevin Hall of Concrescence
 * Clancy Hayes
 * Kevin Hayes of Old Crow Medicine Show
 * Papa Charlie Jackson
 * Steve James
 * Larry LaLonde of Primus
 * Harry Manx
 * Dave Matthews
 * Robert May
 * Sam McGee
 * John McCutcheon
 * Kacey Musgraves
 * Harvey Reid
 * Django Reinhardt
 * Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies
 * Janet Robin
 * Joe Satriani
 * Joe Scott of Acoustic Eidolon, ("double-necked guitjo")
 * John Sebastian
 * Bruce Springsteen
 * Jim Stafford
 * Taylor Swift
 * Taj Mahal
 * Keith Urban
 * Doc Watson
 * Neil Young
 * James Taylor
 * Steve Martin
 * Terri Hendrix