Finger-plucked banjos fitted with five strings, four of regular length plus a fifth one positioned below the lowest string, secured by a peg halfway up the neck, on which the melody is played with the thumb while the fingers play accompaniment on the others.
AAT
3000205209
banjos, finger-style
banjos, five-string
finger-style banjos
12yrs ago
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