He plays the piano, guitar, banjo and mandolin. He also played the mandolin, fiddle, banjo, and ukulele. Helms plays banjo, guitar and piano. Garcia soon began playing and teaching acoustic guitar and banjo. Besides singing, she plays keyboards, percussion, banjo, and ukulele. Favors added touches of banjo and bass guitar. My instruments were tenor banjo, long-neck banjo and guitar. Country blues performers often improvised, either without accompaniment or with only a banjo or guitar. As a teenager, Lindley took to playing the banjo and the fiddle. Piccolo banjos are smaller, and tuned one octave above a standard banjo. She taught her son how to play the banjo and ukulele. This is in contrast with instruments like the guitar or banjo, which are fretted chromatically. Invariably these performers choose to accompany themselves on instruments such as guitar and banjo. String instruments such as the bluegrass banjo may also have resonators. He also plays the banjo and piano.