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 Modern tenor guitar manufactured by the Gold Tone Music Group [1] | |
| String instrument | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Four-string guitar |
| Classification | String instrument (plucked, stringed instrument usually played with a plectrum) |
| Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 321.322-4 (Composite chordophone) |
| Developed | c. 1927 |
| Related instruments | |
The tenor guitar or four-string guitar is a slightly smaller, four-string relative of the steel-string acoustic guitar or electric guitar. The instrument was initially developed in its acoustic form by Gibson and C.F. Martin so that players of the four-string tenor banjo could double on guitar.[2]
- ^ Tenor guitar on Gold Tone, 31 October 2019
- ^ "The Stringed Instrument Database: Index". Stringedinstrumentdatabase.aornis.com. Retrieved 19 April 2021.