Banjo

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[Video] Prof. Jim Woodhouse: Investigating the Acoustics of the Banjo - Jean Le Rond d’Alembert Institute Conference: Sharpening the Scientific Tools for Violin Making, October 2020
Banjo: A Brief History - Ballad of America
Historical Origin and Stylistic Developments of the Five-String Banjo - Jay Bailey. The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 85, No. 335, pp. 58-65, 1972
The “Elevation” of the Banjo in Nineteenth-Century America - Karen Elizabeth Linn. American Music, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 441-464, 1990
America’s Instrument: The Banjo in the Nineteenth-Century - Philip F. Gura & James F. Bollman. The University of North Carolina Press, 1999
Within Sight: Three-Dimensional Perspectives on Women and Banjos in the Late Nineteenth Century - Lydia Hamessley. 19th-Century Music, Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 131-163, 2007
Black History of the Banjo - Eli Ratzlaff. The Front Porch, February 2022