Difference between Six Strings Guitar and Four Strings Guitars???

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   maheshpatwalposted 14 years ago

   Are there any differences between the four strings and six strings guitars apart from number difference???

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      Randy Godwinposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Well, the four stringed ones are called ukuleles!

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         mega1posted 14 years agoin reply to this

         sometimes mandolins have four strings - usually 8 - each note is double

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            Randy Godwinposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Yes, my mandolin has eight strings!  Don't they all?  Or are there some with different combinations?  There are four string tenor banjos, but mine has five!  A la Earl Scruggs!

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               Rochelle Frankposted 14 years agoin reply to this

               My father-in-law had a 12 string mandolin-- instead of two strings for each tuning it had triples. I have never seen another like it and I'm sure it took strong fingers to press three strings at a time.
               Unfortunately it was stolen in a house burglary.

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                  Randy Godwinposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                  I traded my 12 string acoustic guitar for that very reason!  Unless you play one regularly it plays heck on your fingers!  A 12 string guitar has a beautiful sound, though.

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                     rebekahELLEposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                     my [late] husband used to have a beautiful 12 string guitar. we had to end up selling it and years later when our sons started playing music, it was so sad that it was gone.
                     all troubles fade away when you hear a 12 string played by someone who knows how to play... it even had a blue suede gultar case.
                     the guitar in Stairway to Heaven is played on a 12 string.
                     and it's such a gorgeous sound.

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                        Randy Godwinposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                        I know what you mean, Rebekah!  I loved to play mine and it seemed to enthrall those who had never heard one live, but I needed another spare 6 string to travel with! 
                        
                        I don't trust airlines with my best guitar.  Good thing too, the one I traveled with was broken on my last trip to Jamaica!

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   Mishaposted 14 years ago

   Umm, aside from six strings I know seven strings - but four? What country they are from?

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      maheshpatwalposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Misha as per WIKI four strings guitars are called as tenor and it is used by guitarist of LIMPBIZKIT in their famous song NOOKIE.....

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   Rochelle Frankposted 14 years ago

   Four string guitars are sometimes called tenor guitars, they have the bottom four strings. The fingering is very much like a uke or a four string banjo CGDA. The neck is slimmer than the 6 string and the body is usually a little smaller.
   Nick Renolds of the Kingston Trio played one.  (I have one too.)

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   C.J. Wrightposted 14 years ago

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      sarahsherlockposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I wanted to say that !

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         C.J. Wrightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         It was calling to me!LOL

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   lady_love158posted 14 years ago

   A Bass guitar has 4 strings and sometimes 5

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      Randy Godwinposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Played a four string bass for years too!

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      Rochelle Frankposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      What is the tuning on a bass guitar? are all of the strings wound like the top strings of a regular guitar? Somebody should write a hub on this subject.

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         Arthur Fontesposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Bass guitars are usually tuned to the top four strings of the guitar.  E A D G
         
         A 5 string bass adds a lower B string.
         
         
         The 7 string guitar also has a lower B string.

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         rebekahELLEposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         it helps to have a keyboard or a tuning fork. if you can tune the low E string first, then it can be done with a good ear.. although I've heard my son get pretty frustrated at times tuning his bass. both of them are musicians, so I've picked up some of this.
         
         
         
         or they have electronic tuners.
         you're right, it does sound like hub material. I just checked, bass guru has one http://hubpages.com/hub/Tuning-a-bass-guitar

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            Rochelle Frankposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            I used to tune my Tenor guitar with that method-- haven't picked it up in a loooong time.

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   Mishaposted 14 years ago

   LOL Every day learn something knew

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   mega1posted 14 years ago

   forgot about bass guitars!  I don't really know much about any of these things!  but I HEAR there are 4 string mandolins.  somewhere.

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      maheshpatwalposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Yeah Mandolin is also of four strings which was developed in Italy.......

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   rebekahELLEposted 14 years ago

   I've never heard of the tenor guitars, that's really awesome. I bet they sound really nice.

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   Paradise7posted 14 years ago

   I gotta say it--two strings! 

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      rebekahELLEposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      

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    Johnnie Blackposted 14 years ago

    sometimes the difference is just two broken strings!
    
    Scott Ian from Anthrax sometimes plays a 4 string guitar, because as a rhythm player in a thrash band he has no use for the highest strings.
    
    Usually a 4 string guitar will be a bass guitar - though not all bass guitars have 4 strings.

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    nickthemusicgeekposted 14 years ago

    Banjos only have four strings as well.

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       Johnnie Blackposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       there are 5 and 6 string banjos out there too man!

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