yes it does
yes you can
The banjo has strings which are usually plucked rather than strummed like a guitar.
No. it sounds like a Banjo.
It sounds like a banjo with a higher pitch and a little more sustain.
Any banjo is a good banjo! Banjos are built for different purposes. I personally like the Huber banjos, but if you play claw hammer or old time, you may like a open backed handmade banjo. The sound of a banjo is determined by the tone ring. This is a ring of wood or other material that controls the vibrations your banjo will make, such as a hollow rhythmic sound, a melodic sound, or a sharp and bouncy sound. The latter being my favorite. Some banjos to check out would be: Huber, Gibson, Washburn, or Deering.
It was invented to play music, like guitar, mandolin. Many people like its sound.
a twang
A Banjo does have a built in pickups. The pickups can be built into the frets and the body of the banjo. A pickup is used to plug the banjo into a system to amplified the sound.
Like other acoustic instruments, the hollow body resonates with the string vibrations and amplifies the sound
Standing sound waves.
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