Band-master

The conductor of a military band... Band: pads band. andsman, a member of 3an do‘la (Span.;also Bandolon. Bandora, Bandura.) Instrs of the late ‘family, with 3 Steater or smaller number of eel or gut strings, and pl it plectrum; like the Panddea saith Landurina, Mandora, Mandola, Mone. doer, Mandura, Mandir chen, ‘ait on. sent i ally identical with the Avandoos * BAND ON I annem re ry still in vogue (see Mandolin and Lute) [Riemann] (Also comp. Cither.) Bando’nion. A kind of Concertina with square ends (keyboards), inv. by C. F “ Uhlig of Chemnitz, about 1830, anc since then much improved and enlarged It takes its name from He in rich Band of Crefeld, a dealer in the instr.—Comp. art. Harm on i cum. Bandore. See Bandola and Cither. Bandur’ria (Span.) A variety of guitar having wire strings instead of gut. Banger. The banjo. (‘The Neg roe Banger ” [Apar].) Bania, Banja (African.) Parent instr, of the Banjo. (2) Banjo. A variety of guitar; its body is formed by a circular hoop, over the upper side of which is stretched parchment or skin; it has a long neck with or without frets, and from § to 9 strings, the melody-string, which is the shortest and played with the thumb of the right hand, lying outside of and next to the lowest ba string. The other strings are plucked or struck with the right hand, and all are stopped with the left, It is variously tuned, the 5-stringed banjo often as follows: s Bin‘kelsinger (Ger.; “ bench-singers,” from their mounting on benches, the better to gain a hearing.) Strolling singers of a low cla , who frequent fairs and other places of public resort, and recount, partly singing and partly speaking, romantic tales taken from history or adventure, stirring events of the day, etc., usually explanatory of a Picture which they display.