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	<title>The Banjo Guru &#187; Choosing A Banjo</title>
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		<title>Good Songwriters Listen Carefully</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 22:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NiceSounds</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Certain songwriters take months to write and rewrite the lyrics for an album&#8217;s worth of songs. They serve as their own scrupulous editors and critics, and the bar is set very high. Others operate in an entirely different way, improvising their lyrics and even some of the music right on the spot when they get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Musical Genres On The Banjo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Banjos have a long history dating back to ancient Egypt, and they&#8217;ve evolved today into four basic genres.  Folk or Traditional music features a clawhammer (also called a frailing) open-back five-string banjo.  It&#8217;s usually played with the index finger and the thumb, and produces a melodious sound.  It grew in popularity during the American Civil War as soldiers strummed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gibson Musical Instruments &#8211; A Very Short History</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Earnest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No brand name looms larger in the bluegrass banjo world than Gibson.  The company’s story goes back to the late 1800s when a young man named Orville Gibson, son of an English immigrant, moved from his native New York to the rapidly-growing industrial town of Kalamazoo, Michigan (“Yes”, said the Kalamazoo Chamber of Commerce in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top-Tensions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Earnest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gibson&#8217;s now-legendary Mastertone banjo line was introduced in 1925 and quickly became an industry standard, but by the late 1930s the banjo had fallen in popularity. Anxious to kick-start flagging sales, Gibson announced a new product that fixed an old problem. The new &#8220;top-tension&#8221; Mastertone design, introduced in 1937, was intended to make life easier [...]]]></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 [...]]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
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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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