That is, a basic income has the five following characteristics: 1  Periodic: it is paid at regular intervals (for example every month), not as a one-off grant. 2  Cash payment: it is paid in an appropriate medium of exchange, allowing those who receive it to decide what they spend it on.
The plectrum banjo is a standard banjo without the short drone string. It usually has 22 frets on the neck and a scale length of 26 to 28 inches, and was originally tuned C3 G3 B3 D4. It can also be tuned like the top four strings of a guitar, which is known as Chicago tuning..
Bluegrass banjo players usually use G-tuning for most regular playing (G,D,G,B,D, starting with the fifth string) or D-tuning (A,D,F#,A,D). C-tuning (G,C,G,B,D) is a common folk tuning sometimes used in bluegrass. This earlier style 5-string banjo is an open back banjo, or non-resonator banjo: The open back banjo is often called a frailing banjo, old time banjo or clawhammer banjo, after the playing styles, which generally involve a rhythmic right hand technique, using no picks.