The spikes are so small and usually dark in color so from even a short distance they virtually disappear.
Players who prefer spikes like the fact that they are not easily visible. ) When you slip the string underneath the spike, it does tend to distort the tuning of the string slightly, so a small amount of re-tuning is necessary when the spikes are used.
BANJO 5TH STRING CAPO CRACK
There must be a hole drilled first and then the spike will not crack the hard fingerboard. (Just a note for do it yourselfers, do not just drive these little spikes into your banjo fingerboard. However, when the capo, or clamping device, clamps across the first four strings, what do you do with the short fifth string? By using a model railroad spike which is basically a very small nail with a head that hangs over more on one side than the other, and by installing this “spike” behind the 7th fret, the fifth string can be slipped underneath the spike, which holds the string against the 7th fret which changes it’s pitch from G to A and makes it musically compatible with the other four strings. The capo is a small clamp that pushes down the first four strings of the banjo a bit like an artificial finger and when playing in the “key of A” the capo clamps the strings down just behind the second fret. By using a device called a capo, a banjo player can raise the first four strings of the banjo to change the “key” or the “foundation” of the song to “A”, for example, instead of “G”. Vocalists might need to sing in a “key” that is more “comfortable” or “appropriate” for their voice. Fiddlers and mandolin players often play in the key of “A”. When you start playing with other musicians, you will discover that they don’t always want to play songs that are based on G, or that is, they don’t want to play in the key of G. Just knowing that you are playing “in the key of G” will help you when playing with other musicians. For the sake of this explanation of spikes, playing a song where the “G” chord is the “foundation” or “starting point” for a song generally means that the song is in the “key of G”.
If you are new to music or banjo playing, don’t be too concerned about what “G” means. Just use your ears.Most five string banjos are tuned so that strumming across the strings produces a major chord that chord being a “G”. Used too sparingly, and you’re playing a tenor banjo.
Used too much, it will distract from the rest of the strings. I view the 5th string as the salt to the meat and potatoes of the other four. Depending on the key of the song, it may be necessary to capo the 5th string. Try to use the 5th string sparingly. It can be used when transferring roll patterns, switching chords, when ‘walking’ in between chords, and as a melody or a harmony note. The 5th string is almost exclusively picked by the thumb. Combined with the Scruggs technique, a banjo player can play many more notes in the same amount of time than most other musicians. This oddity provides the banjo player with the ability to play very fast. A couple other instruments such as the Hardanger Fiddle and the Sitar have resonance (sympathetic) strings which are similar, but not meant to be played directly. This 5th string, combined with the banjo head, separates the banjo from most fretted string instruments.
BANJO 5TH STRING CAPO FULL
For the full historical background, please see The History of the Banjo. The 5th string (drone string) has been in place since the earliest records of the banjo.
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