An American InventionRiddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.They say I came from Africa.
I suppose that may be true. But the type I am was mostly played In a place where grass is blue. Of wood and pearl, skin and steel, You could say I am high strung. My neck looks like a ladder, With brass on every rung. What am I? AnswerA 5-string banjo.A 4-string "banjar" was brought to the US by African slaves in the 18th century. An individual named Joel Walter Sweeny of Appomattox Court House, VA, is credited with inventing the 5-string banjo when he adapted the banjar by adding a 5th string. The 5-string banjo was most popularized by its use in Bluegrass Music. Brass is used on the frets of the Banjo neck. Hide What Next?
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