page_title: Bass banjo
section_title: Heftone upright
hierarchical_section_title: Bass banjo / Heftone upright
caption_attribution_description: English: picture of a Gold Tone Cello banjo
context_page_description: There are multiple instruments referred to as a bass banjo. The first to enter real production was the five-string cello banjo, tuned one octave below a five-string banjo. This was followed by a four-string cello banjo, tuned CGDA in the same range as a cello or mandocello, and modified upright bass versions tuned EADG. More recently, true bass banjos, tuned EADG and played in conventional horizontal fashion have been introduced.
context_section_description: An unusual variation is the Heftone bass, which combines a large, 22" banjo pot with an upright spindle to produce an upright bass banjo.
caption: Gold Tone four-string Cello banjo
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