Bluegrass music--Instruments?!
Question: Which instrument do you consider to be most essiential in bluegrass music?
1. Banjo
2. Guitar
3. Fiddle
4. Mandoline
5. Dobro
6. Bass
Answers: Which instrument do you consider to be most essiential in bluegrass music?
1. Banjo
2. Guitar
3. Fiddle
4. Mandoline
5. Dobro
6. Bass
I'd say banjo. There are many non-bluegrass acts who use mandolin, Dobro, fiddle, and guitar; however, you just don't hear banjo outside of bluegrass very much. Banjo on a country song is the exception, not the rule; while in bluegrass, hearing a song WITHOUT the banjo is the exception, not the rule.
Fiddle. Without a fiddle, it just isn't complete. Orange Blossom Special just wouldn't be right without a fiddle.
You gotta have guitar and bass for backup, but the banjo really stands out.
Banjo- gives it that distinct sound.
they are all important for the bluegrass sound but i would say the mandolin