The banjolele is a four-stringed musical instrument with a small banjo-type body and a fretted ukulele neck. Banjolele, sometimes also spelled banjelele or banjulele is a generic nickname given to the instrument, which was derived from the banjulele-banjo, introduced by Alvin D. Keech in 1917.
The instrument achieved its greatest popularity in the 1920s and '30s, and combines the small scale, tuning, and playing style of a ukulele with the construction and distinctive tone of a banjo, hence the...
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