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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>
		<dc:creator>Greg Earnest</dc:creator>
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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>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>5-String Bluegrass Banjo Parts and Setup Vol 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Bramlett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the first in a mini-series devoted to parts and setup of a modern five-string bluegrass banjo. In this post, we define the major assemblies of the banjo and each component within those assemblies. In future posts we will expand on each of these and on the role each part plays in the setup [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Defines Bluegrass?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NiceSounds</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many years I have used the term bluegrass to describe music when I really didn&#8217;t know what the exact definition was. Bluegrass originated during the 1940&#8217;s in the US and is actually of sub-genre of country music. Many countries have influenced the bluegrass sound, including places as diverse as Ireland and West Africa.
Bluegrass has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Many Strings Does a Banjo Have?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Earnest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s a frequent question, and not one with a single answer since the banjo is actually a family of instruments. The five-string banjo was the original, featuring a gourd body (later modified into a drum) and a short drone string. It was brought to what is now the United States by African slaves. The finger-picked [...]]]></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>What About Plating?</title>
		<link>http://www.thebanjoguru.com/music/40-what-about-plating/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Earnest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a lot of metal in a quality bluegrass banjo. Plating type should be a consideration when deciding what banjo is the right one for you. The most common type of plating is nickel. Nickel looks great when new and oxidizes as it ages, taking on a slightly softer, warmer look. Gold plating is common [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fiddle Cliches</title>
		<link>http://www.thebanjoguru.com/music/15-fiddle-cliches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While it is commonly believed to be a specific instrument, fiddles can be any bowed string instrument. A violin, viola and cello, all a part of the violin family, may sometimes be referred to by their players as a fiddle.
Over the years, there have been a number of clichés used to describe the differences between [...]]]></description>
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