String band
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This article is about a type of early 20th-century American string ensemble associated with old-time music or jazz. For the Virgin Islands fungi ensembles known as "scratch bands", see Fungi (music).
A string band is an old-time music or jazz ensemble made up mainly or solely of string instruments. String bands were popular in the 1920s and 1930s, and are among the forerunners of modern country music and bluegrass. While being active countrywide, in Philadelphia and its surrounding suburbs they are a huge part of its musical culture and traditions, appearing, among others, in the yearly Mummers Parade.