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SoftTalker 26 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: The Birth of the American 12-string Guitar (2013)

> the "tenor guitar"

Would that be a ukulele? Or is that something different yet?

bilegeek 26 days ago [–]

Different lineage[1] as (partially) mentioned above; the ukulele evolved from small Portuguese instruments[2], and is tuned about 3 full steps higher.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor_guitar

[2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukulele#History

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