mandolin-banjo
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thumb|right|Two styles of mandolin-banjo, showing a large and small head, with a full size, four-string banjo (bottom). thumb|L-R - Banjo-mandolin, standard mandolin, 3-course mandolin, Tenor mandola.
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- Origins
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- Banjolin versus banjo-mandolin
- French banjoline versus mandolin-banjo
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thumb|right|Two styles of mandolin-banjo, showing a large and small head, with a full size, four-string banjo (bottom). thumb|L-R - Banjo-mandolin, standard mandolin, 3-course mandolin, Tenor mandola.
The mandolin-banjo is a hybrid instrument, combining a banjo body with the neck and tuning of a mandolin. It is a soprano banjo. It has been independently invented in more than one country, variously being called mandolin-banjo, banjo-mandolin, banjolin and banjourine in English-speaking countries, banjoline and bandoline in France, and the Cümbüş in Turkey.
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