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You are a helpful AI assistant.
lista de codigos linguisticos disponibles: ["en", "en"].<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>user
What is a banjo?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>model
The banjo is a North American plucked musical instrument. With its membrane soundboard, it is easily distinguished from the guitar. This instrument would be a derivative of the West African ekonting lute brought by black slaves (or more likely recreated by some of them) and which would have sparked the creation of the first gourd-banjos (“gourd banjo”). The banjo now represents a whole family of instruments.

The origin of the modern instrument dates back first to the years 1830-1840 during which the industrialization and commercialization of an older instrument (17th century) used by African slaves deported to the United States began. The oldest iconographic source is found in a travelogue written by Sir Hans Sloane in 1688 and published in London in 1707. Black musicians exploited the rhythmic aspect of the instrument with such success that whites in the South -United States were interested in it. From the last decade of the 19th century, the banjo distinguished itself in the pre-jazz style called "Dixieland", a vogue which continued until the 1930s. This banjo enjoyed success again after the Second World War thanks to the Americans Pete Seeger (traditional Southern style) and Earl Scruggs (bluegrass). Many fast-playing American guitarists, like Arthur "guitar boogie" Smith, approached music through the banjo.<end_of_turn><eos>