Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Banjolele

The Banjolele - a musical instrument I've never heard of!  I recently finished cataloging a collection of sheet music from the late 19th and early 20th centuries either published in Kentucky or dealing with a subject related to Kentucky.  Hopefully they will be digitized and online soon.  Anyway, one of the songs had tabs for ukulele or...banjolele.  It's exactly what it sounds like - a hybrid between a banjo and a ukulele.  It's exciting to find a new sound.  Here's a video of Pete Moss playing one.  He seems pretty good.

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