The Tenor Guitar Foundation motto, “Fostering musicianship four strings at a time,” speaks volumes about their mindset. They identify more directly along with players of the ukulele, bass and ...

An instrument that definitely fits the unusual category is the four-string tenor guitar, which — as legend has it — originated back in the 1920s by frankensteining a banjo neck and a guitar ...

Additionally, his father got him a tenor guitar when he was “very small.” Tenor guitars only have four strings. As a result, their necks are slimmer and better suited to very small hands.

Tiny Grimes began his musical career playing drums and piano. In 1938 he took up the guitar choosing the unusual electric 4-string tenor guitar. In 1940 he joined the Cats And A Fiddle as guitarist ...

More Guitars come in many forms, mostly with six strings or doubled to 12. The tenor guitar — with just four strings — is a notable exception.