posts like this is why i like videosift so much

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That banjo has a really nice sound. I wonder why the instrument evolved into a horrendous twangy screaming-banshee fingernails-on-the-blackboard kind of tone?

I think it was first introduced by American slaves from a similar African instrument called a "banjar"

As for the screaming banshee version? Well Arvana, clearly you haven't been exposed to some real musicians that know how to play one.

yaya, bluegrass is awesome

The banjo, like the bagpipes, is an instrument that I just can't enjoy no matter how well it's played.

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