Editing Banjo (section)

===Banjo hybrids and variants===
A number of hybrid instruments exist, crossing the banjo with other stringed instruments. Most of these use the body of a banjo, often with a resonator, and the neck of the other instrument. Examples include the [[banjo mandolin]] (first patented in 1882)<ref name=paper>{{cite web|url=http://blarneystar.com/BANJO_030912X.pdf |title=The Irish Tenor Banjo |author=Don Meade |website=Blarneystar.com |access-date=26 January 2017}}</ref> and the [[banjo ukulele]], most famously played by the English comedian [[George Formby]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article4029395.ece | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509094311/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article4029395.ece | url-status=dead | archive-date=9 May 2009 | location=London (subscription required)| work=The Times | title=George Formbys Little Strad banjolele up for sale | date=30 May 2008}}</ref> These were especially popular in the early decades of the 20th century, and were probably a result of a desire either to allow players of other instruments to jump on the banjo bandwagon at the height of its popularity, or to get the natural amplification benefits of the banjo resonator in an age before electric amplification.

Conversely, the [[tenor guitar|tenor and plectrum guitars]] use the respective banjo necks on guitar bodies. They arose in the early 20th century as a way for banjo players to double on guitar without having to relearn the instrument entirely.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.tenorguitar.com/what.html| title= What is a tenor guitar| access-date= September 1, 2020| archive-date= 30 June 2020| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200630153754/http://www.tenorguitar.com/what.html| url-status= dead}}</ref>

Instruments that have a five-string banjo neck on a wooden body (for example, a guitar, [[bouzouki]], or [[dobro]] body) have also been made, such as the [[banjola]]. A 20th-century [[Music of Turkey|Turkish]] instrument similar to the banjo is called the ''[[cümbüş]]'', which combines a banjo-like resonator with a neck derived from an [[oud]]. At the end of the 20th century, a development of the five-string banjo was the [[BanSitar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.helmutrheingans.co.uk/bansitar |title=Bansitar |website=Helmutrheingans.co.uk |access-date=26 January 2017}}</ref> This features a bone bridge, giving the instrument a [[sitar]]-like resonance.

The Brazilian samba banjo is basically a [[cavaquinho]] neck on a banjo body, thereby producing a louder sound than the cavaquinho. It is tuned the same as the top 4 strings of a 5-string banjo up an octave (or any cavaquinho tuning).