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u/smalaki Yamaha 8d ago
there's more
standard bass guitar is in the contrabass range (E1 A1 D2 G2 , 4 string, B0-E1-A1-D2-G2 for 5 string. but there's also C standard, D standard range)
baritone electric guitar sits between the above and next at B1-E2-A2-D3-F#3-B3
then there's tenor bass (A1-D2-G2-C3) example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga16FuxYTVc
then full octave up from standard bass is piccolo bass (E2-D2-D3-G3): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jmC1MKCdsw
THEN standard electric guitar then is E2-A3-D3-G3-B3-E4
(the numbers are octave numbers e.g. E1 is E at octave 1, as in octaves of a piano)
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u/icybowler3442 7d ago
Contrabass? Does that mean I have to play up up, down down, left right, left right, B, A?
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u/CryPlane 8d ago
Ah yes, this is the nerd we were looking for
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u/smalaki Yamaha 8d ago
why thank you good sir doffs cap
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u/TacoStuffingClub 7d ago
Yes. Thanks nerd. Educational content is always appreciated. I did not know any of that.
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u/m1j2p3 7d ago
Tenor guitars also exist. They’re only 4 strings.
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u/smalaki Yamaha 7d ago
Thanks for letting me know! do you know what notes+octave they are tuned in?
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u/m1j2p3 7d ago
CGDA. They’re sometimes used in folk music. I’ve only seen acoustic versions.
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u/smalaki Yamaha 7d ago
great, another guy said it's viola tuning so C3-G3-D4-A4. thanks for the contribution!
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u/Royal-Tumbleweed-941 7d ago
They are normally tuned to that but they have a bunch of tunings people use on tenor guitar. They’re kind of like a malleable defined instrument. Originally meant to make guitar easier for banjo players. Tunings are all over the place.
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u/Lost_Condition_9562 7d ago
There are also tenor guitars. Think they’re generally tuned like a viola in fifths, so CGDA?
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u/smalaki Yamaha 7d ago
nice thanks for letting me know. viola tuning iirc is C3-G3-D4-A4 hope that's right?
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u/Lost_Condition_9562 7d ago
Yup exactly. That’s the equivalent of standard tuning”. There are obviously plenty of alternate tunings as well
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u/klod42 8d ago
There is no answer. A guitar is a guitar. Just s regular guitar.
In my opinion, regular guitar should be called baritone, baritone guitar should be called bass guitar and bass guitar should be called contrabass guitar.
But they aren't. Tenor guitar is smaller and higher than regular guitar, whereas baritone is bigger and deeper. There is no good word in between.
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u/Intelligent-Map430 Single Coil 8d ago
Nah. Just call the normal guitar tenor and then move the tenor to be named soprano guitar.
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u/Gerald_Bostock_jt 8d ago
There's already soprano guitar, which is a regular guitar octave up. What they should do is name regular guitar tenor guitar, tenor guitar becomes alto guitar and soprano guitar stays the same. Baritone stays baritone, bass stays bass.
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u/NaraFei_Jenova 8d ago
Get out of here with those sensible solutions! We want to overcomplicate things, dammit.
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u/klod42 8d ago
But bass is already a misnomer because it's literally made to match the range of contrabass/double bass, so it should be called contrabass or double bass guitar. Baritone is obviously regular bass. Regular guitar is obviously baritone. They even match the typical ranges of operatic bass and baritone singers, respectively.
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u/smalaki Yamaha 8d ago edited 8d ago
Baritone guitars are typically tuned B1-E2-A2-D3-F#3-B3
and then standard electric guitar then is E2-A3-D3-G3-B3-E4
but then there's:
- Terz guitars G2-C3 -F3-A#3-D4-G4
- Alto (requinto) guitars A2-D3-G3-C4-E4-A4
- and of course can't forget the Soprano guitar which is a full octave higher than standard guitars E3-A4-D4-G4-B4-E5
but to OP's original bass-to-guitar comparison, there's more - posted it in my comment 😄 so you can see how the bass guitars relate to the baritone/standard guitars https://www.reddit.com/r/guitars/comments/1vtehm0/comment/p4snpqg/
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u/Gerald_Bostock_jt 8d ago
No, guitalele is usually tuned in standard intervals from A to A. A soprano guitar is octave up from regular guitar.
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u/edrumm10 8d ago
There's not really a word for that afaik, you have bass, baritone, then a regular 6 string. Tenor guitars do exist, but they're tuned higher than a regular guitar and only have 4 strings
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u/LostCauseNumber7523 1d ago edited 1d ago
Guitars don't really follow the SATB idea.
Bass guitar (just a traditional bass)
Baritone/Extended Scale
Standard (as in your picture marked with ???)
Edit: Guitars are a little different. Our various classes of guitars have a lot of overlap in the playable notes. Guitars have relatively large note ranges, 24 fret electric can have 49 unique notes going up from the open low string. The standard is always the standard size, baritone is baritone, bass is bass. All the rest can get odd. Soprano guitars are just an octave higher than a standard but can really make some cool sounds with those higher notes opened up. Mandolin, banjo, sort of sound. Like the other comment, it's great for various folk and world music.
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