5 string banjo

This is the original banjo, used in bluegrass music when fiited with a resonator, and in old time music with an open back. Various sizes. See 5 string banjo.

Plectrum banjo

A four string version of the 5-stringer. See four string guitars and banjos

Tenor banjo

A shorter scale version of the plectrum banjo. See four string guitars and banjos

Cello banjo

Used in banjo orchestras. Tuned like a cello:

• C - G - d - a

Bass banjo

Rare, used in some banjo orchestras. Versions exist played like a guitar, and like an upright bass.

• E' - A' - D - G

6-string banjo

Tuned and played like a guitar.

Banjo-mandolin

A small, eight-stringed four-course instrument strung and tuned identically to a neopolitan mandolin.

Others

Almost any plucked instrument has been produced with a banjo body at some time!

External links

• http://jonathanhoppe.com/banjolinks.asp
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo Comprehensive article
• http://www.banjomuseum.org/banjohistory.htm Officially a tenor banjo site, it has a more general history