Instuments Surrounding The Genre

Banjo
The banjo is a stringed instrument with, typically, four or five strings, which vibrate a membrane of plastic material or animal hide stretched over a circular frame. Simpler forms of the instrument were fashioned by enslaved Africans in Colonial America, the roots in which the genre developed from.






Acoustic Guitar
An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only acoustic methods to project the sound produced by its strings. This the instrument that is played by the main focus/lead singer of a folk band. Often many camera angles focus around the instrument.



Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It's high pitch has a contrasting effect to that other instruments. The violin is sometimes informally called a fiddle, regardless of the type of music played on it. The use of the violin creates a more sorrowful and dramatic effect.