5- or 6-string banjo?

KiyoshiJPByKiyoshiJP

Hey,

I'm thinking about getting a banjo. I've been playing fingerstyle guitar for almost a year now, and I have a few questions. I wanted to get a banjo because I love the sound. Let's say I want to learn a popular song like "Drivers License." There are guitar tabs available, but no banjo tabs. That means I'd probably have to make my own tabs if I choose the 5-string banjo. But if I were to buy the 6-string banjo, things would be different again. However, I've read that a 6-string banjo isn't very good. What would be the solution to this?

Thanks for all the answers 🙂

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Grobbeldopp
Grobbeldopp
1 year ago

Hi.

6saiy banjos are not good, lazy compromise.

There is no real solution. Besides learning the basics on Banjo. DAS instrument is quite different from the guitar.

Banjos also have a much shorter sustain and so you often play more notes and more broken chords. Strumming almost doesn’t exist and sounds pretty bad. Simple picking patterns are also rarer.

A banjo to play a song that contains none in the original is always an arrangement. This requires the instrument to play a little advanced. But there’s no way to go, it’s not 6saiter.

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