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The banjolele (brand name; sometimes banjo ukulele or banjo uke) is a four-stringed musical instrument with a banjo-type body and a neck with sixteen frets (shorter than a banjo, but longer than a ukulele). 'Banjolele' is a generic nickname given to the instrument, which was derived from the 'banjulele-banjo,' intruduced by Alvin D. Keech in 1918. The instrument achieved its greatest popularity in the 1920s and '30s, and combines the small scale and tuning of a ukulele with the playing style and construction of a banjo, hence the name. The banjolele is commonly tuned GCEA ("C Tuning") or ADF#B ("D Tuning"), with a re-entrant 4th string. The ADF#B tuning often produces more volume, and is used for this purpose. Both of these tunings are known as "my dog has fleas" tunings (5th, Tonic, Maj 3rd, Maj 6th). A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ...
A four-string banjo For other uses, see Banjo (disambiguation) The banjo is a stringed instrument of African origin, early or original examples sometimes being called the gourd banjo. One predecessor to the banjo is called the Akonting. ...
The neck of a guitar showing the first four frets. ...
Ukulele The ukulele (ʻukulele in Hawaiian and standard Hawaiian English; pronounced , or the Anglicised ), or uke, is a fretted string instrument which is, in its construction, essentially a smaller, four-stringed version of the guitar. ...
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The banjolele is the instrument played by George Formby, which was commonly referred to as a ukelele although George himself used the correct term (as can be seen in the film Keep your seats please). George Formby (May 26, 1904 – March 6, 1961) was an English singer and comedian who became a major star of both cinema and music hall. ...
Ukulele The ukulele (pronounced OO-koo-LAY-lay, or the Anglicised YOU-ka-LAY-lee), or uke, is a fretted string instrument which is, in its construction, essentially a smaller, four-stringed version of the guitar. ...
Queen (band) member Brian May used it in the song "Bring Back That Leroy Brown", which appeared on their third album Sheer Heart Attack. Queen are an English rock band formed by Brian May, Freddie Mercury, and Roger Taylor in London, England in 1970 from the remains of Smile, with John Deacon completing the lineup the following year. ...
Brian Harold May CBE (Born July 19, 1947) is the guitarist for the English rock band Queen. ...
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In P.G. Wodehouse's novel Thank You, Jeeves, valet Jeeves is driven to resign over his employer Bertie Wooster's decision to take up the banjolele. Called English literatures performing flea, P. G. Wodehouse, pictured in 1904, became famous for his complex plots, ingenious wordplay, and prolific output. ...
Thank You, Jeeves is a Jeeves novel by P.G. Wodehouse, first published in the U.K. on March 16, 1934 by Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the United States on April 23 1931 by Little, Brown and Company, New York. ...
Jeeves, here portrayed by Stephen Fry in ITVs Jeeves and Wooster series, is P.G. Wodehouses most famous character. ...
Other uses There is another, lesser known instrument that goes by the same name. It is any banjo string tuning (normally a four string tuning) on a small guitar shaped body. It is usually just a modified ukulele.
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