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		<title>History Of Banjos</title>
		<link>http://www.thebanjoguru.com/music/400-history-of-banjos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NiceSounds</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Banjo plating is synonymous with country, folk, Irish tradition music and blue grass. But the interesting thing is that it started manifesting in Africa. As enslaved Africans, they adapted other instruments with the same basic design. The influences that Africans had in the development of the music that we hear today are phenomenal. Through the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Everything Is Going Electric</title>
		<link>http://www.thebanjoguru.com/music/381-everything-is-going-electric/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 21:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can find just about every musical instrument in some kind of electrical fashion. The most common are electric guitars. You can even find an electric violin. Every musical instrument nowadays has a rock type of feel to it. The use of electric banjos is most common with blue grass and country music. It has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t Miss a Note this Holiday Season</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NiceSounds</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the holidays come a time of camaraderie and kinship with our family, friends and loved ones. No matter who you are or where you are, we all experience the holiday spirit at its best when we’re sharing it with the people we care about. And if your home is anything like mine there will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beautiful Sounds of Old Ireland</title>
		<link>http://www.thebanjoguru.com/music/instruments/269-beautiful-sounds-of-old-ireland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NiceSounds</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One thing you will find that is popular in the Irish capital is traditional folk music. By going around the streets of Dublin like the Whelan&#8217;s in Camden Street, you will surely find traditional and folk music. This is one exciting spot has the best of Ireland&#8217;s talented folk performers. A vast array of instruments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banjo Tunings</title>
		<link>http://www.thebanjoguru.com/music/188-banjo-tunings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are lots of banjo-player jokes.  One goes “You can drop a shoe on the banjo and make music,” due to the “open G” tuning that is standard among bluegrass banjoists.  Unlike a guitar or mandolin, which must be fretted to make a proper chord, merely strumming the open strings of a banjo (or dropping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flathead or Archtop?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Earnest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why are bluegrass banjos so heavy? That&#8217;s what everyone wants to know when they pick one up. The reason is that higher-end bluegrass banjos are equipped with a metal tone ring-a casting of a brass alloy weighing around three pounds. It rests between the wooden rim and the drum head. A quality tone ring can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Your Head Right</title>
		<link>http://www.thebanjoguru.com/music/47-getting-your-head-right/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Earnest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We banjo players have a luxury unknown to players of other stringed instruments-the sounding board of our instrument is a drum head that can be replaced easily and inexpensively. That enables us to experiment with different sounds. Once upon a time, all banjo heads were made of animal hide (usually calfskin). The warm tone of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wood Choice&#8230;It&#8217;s Not Just About Looks</title>
		<link>http://www.thebanjoguru.com/music/25-wood-choiceits-not-just-about-looks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thebanjoguru.com/music/25-wood-choiceits-not-just-about-looks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The choice of wood type for your banjo may seem to be solely a cosmetic consideration, but it can have a big impact on the sound of your instrument as well. While it may seem counterintuitive, wood choice can have the biggest effect on tone through the neck. While bluegrass banjo rims are almost always [...]]]></description>
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