Alto guitar

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Alto guitar may refer to:

  • Six-string alto guitar, a classical guitar with light strings and a small body, designed to be tuned higher than the normal classical guitar.
  • Eleven-string alto guitar, also called the altgitarr, the Swedish name given to it by its Swedish inventor.
  • Thirteen-string alto guitar, a less common version of the altgitarr; See eleven-string alto guitar.
  • Tenor guitar when tuned to G-C-E-A one fourth higher than the top four strings of the guitar.
  • Jazz guitarist Joe Beck's alto guitar: an electric jazz guitar in reentrant tuning, with special split pickups.

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