Hello friends, I am writing from Madrid, Spain. After a couple of years learning guitar, I decided to increase my musical knowledge with the mandolin, since I have always really liked Irish folk music. After a year learning the rudiments of the mandolin, I learned that there is a banjo with the same four courses and tuning as the mandolin, the tenor banjo. It was a truly magical experience to hold an instrument in my hands for the first time and know how to play it. I have decided to buy a banjo for it and there will be three instruments with which I will practice. But my question is the following: I really like Bluegrass and I would gladly expand my musical knowledge towards that side, but… would I buy a tenor banjo or a 5-string one? It is very tempting to buy a banjo that I already know how to play, like the tenor ... but I do not know if I will put a ceiling on it, I will limit my possibilities for bluegrass, since I see that it is usually played with one of five strings and the three picks on the fingers. So the tuning and the way of playing would be different and learning from scratch ... I would like to know your expert opinion ...
Thank you
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