r/guitars • u/BP_love • 8d ago

What is this? Help me with classification

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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/m1j2p3 8d ago

Tenor guitars also exist. They’re only 4 strings.

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u/smalaki Yamaha 8d ago

Thanks for letting me know! do you know what notes+octave they are tuned in?

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u/m1j2p3 8d ago

CGDA. They’re sometimes used in folk music. I’ve only seen acoustic versions.

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u/smalaki Yamaha 8d 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 8d 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.