Scoil Acla 2012
Courses & Events
Official Opening
Traditional Music Courses
Accordion
Banjo
Bodhrán
Concertina
Fiddle
Flute
Harp
Tin Whistle
Uileann Pipes
Musicians in Residence
Music Recitals
Sean Nós Singing
Open Air Concert/Aeraíocht
Writers Workshop
Poetry Readings
Lectures
Dance Workshops
Basket Weaving Workshops
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Scoil Acla - Banjo Classes
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, adapted from several African instruments of the same basic design.
