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A mandolin banjo is an instrument (either conventionally constructed or of the zither style) with 4 pairs of strings (8 strings in total) tuned and played just like a mandolin. A banjolin is a very similar instrument but with only 4 strings. It is tuned like a violin but played like a mandolin banjo.
