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 ...

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.