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Published online 7 November 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news031103-13

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Physicist picks over banjo folklore

First acoustic analysis of American five-string puts some science into the tinkering.

John Whitfield

Banjo players love to tinker with their instruments. Now they can do so with scientific backing - a US researcher has analysed the affect of different adjustments on a banjo's sound.

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