5 string banjo
Used in bluegrass with a resonator, old time with an open back. See 5 string banjo.
Long neck banjo
Pete Seeger's invention, adds an extra three frets to four of the strings of a 5-stringer. See long neck banjo.
Plectrum banjo
See four string guitar, resonator guitar and banjo.
Tenor banjo
Four heavier strings, used in jazz. See four string guitar, resonator guitar and banjo.
Cello banjo
Used in banjo orchestras. Tuned like a cello:
Bass banjo
Rare, used in some banjo orchestras. Versions exist played like a guitar, and like an upright bass.
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 bodyat some time!
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