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Banjo from afar – same twang

May 8, 2011

BRC AbroadAlthough the banjo is considered by some to be a uniquely American musical instrument, the BRC founder has seen and appreciated  its cousins  in other cultures on distant continents.

In a trio of traditional Thai musicians, he enjoyed the “saw duang”  which is a bowed mini banjo with a python skin head,  the traditional “taphon” drum, and the  “sueng” which has a wooden drum head.

On the Nile River

 

 

As pictured along the shoreline of the upper Nile River, the BRC founder vocally echoed the tones of  the lyre-like tambura to a surprised but pleased Nubian tribesman  who responded, “No money,” when offered a tip by the singing American.