5 string banjo
Used in bluegrass with a resonator, old time with an open back. Various sizes. See 5 string banjo.
Plectrum banjo
See four string guitars and banjos
Tenor banjo
Shorter scale than the plectrum banjo. See four string guitars and banjos
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 body at some time!
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