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style="text-align: left"><span></span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Classical_guitar" title="Classical guitar">Classical guitar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ukulele" title="Ukulele">Tenor ukulele</a>, <a href="/wiki/Requinto" title="Requinto">Requinto</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A <b>guitalele</b> (sometimes spelled <b>guitarlele</b> or <b>guilele</b>), also called a <b>ukitar</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-ultimateguitar_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ultimateguitar-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <b>kīkū</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-lichty_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lichty-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kinnard_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kinnard-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a guitar-ukulele hybrid, that is, "a 1/4 size" guitar, a cross between a <a href="/wiki/Classical_guitar" title="Classical guitar">classical guitar</a> and a tenor or baritone <a href="/wiki/Ukulele" title="Ukulele">ukulele</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The guitalele combines the portability of a ukulele, due to its small size, with the six single strings and resultant chord possibilities of a classical guitar. It may include a built-in microphone that permits playing the guitalele either as an <a href="/wiki/Acoustic_guitar" title="Acoustic guitar">acoustic guitar</a> or connected to an amplifier. The guitalele is variously marketed (and used) as a travel guitar or children's guitar. It is essentially a modern iteration of the Quint guitar.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Guitalele.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Guitalele.jpg/100px-Guitalele.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="243" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Guitalele.jpg/150px-Guitalele.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Guitalele.jpg/200px-Guitalele.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1092" data-file-height="2656" /></a><figcaption>A guitalele or guitarlele</figcaption></figure> <p>A guitalele is the size of a ukulele, and is commonly played like a guitar transposed up to “A” (that is, up a 4th, or like a guitar with a capo on the fifth fret). This gives it tuning of ADGCEA, with the top four strings tuned like a low G ukulele.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is the same as the tuning of the <a href="/wiki/Requinto" title="Requinto">requinto</a> guitar, although the latter are typically larger than a guitalele, and as the most common tuning for the <a href="/wiki/Guitarr%C3%B3n_mexicano" title="Guitarrón mexicano">guitarrón mexicano</a>, albeit at a higher octave. </p><p>Several guitar and ukulele manufacturers market guitaleles, including <a href="/wiki/Yamaha_Corporation" title="Yamaha Corporation">Yamaha Corporation</a>'s <a href="/wiki/GL-1_Guitalele" title="GL-1 Guitalele">GL-1 Guitalele</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-small_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-small-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cordoba's Guilele<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Mini,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Koaloha's D-VI 6-string tenor ukulele,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mele's Guitarlele,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kanilea's GL6 Guitarlele<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Islander GL6,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Luna's 6-string baritone ukulele,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Yudelele, the Lichty Kīkū,<sup id="cite_ref-lichty_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lichty-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Kinnard Kīkū,<sup id="cite_ref-kinnard_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kinnard-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Gretsch guitar-ukulele.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some manufacturers' (e.g., Luna) use of the term "6-string ukulele" (or the like) in describing their six-string, six-course guitaleles can lead to confusion with the common six-string, four-course ukuleles that are typically referred to by the same name.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These four-course "6-string ukuleles" are usually strung with a single G string, a closely spaced course of two (often octave-tuned) C strings, a single E string and a closely spaced course of two (often unison-tuned) A strings. This means that chord formation is more akin to a traditional four-string ukulele, while the Guitalele's is more akin to a six-string guitar. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Terminology">Terminology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guitalele&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Terminology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Latin America, Brazil, Portugal, and Spain, this instrument type is often referred to as a kind of <a href="/wiki/Requinto" title="Requinto">Requinto</a>. In that sense, the new English <a href="/wiki/Portmanteau" class="mw-redirect" title="Portmanteau">portmanteau</a> word Guitalele is a commercial brand used to promote a locally unfamiliar variant of the guitar. Despite the Hawaiian origin of the word Kiku', the term is also a commercial, Anglo-Saxon creation. </p><p>Perhaps for these reasons, many sellers avoid naming the instrument altogether, preferring instead to use descriptive terms like '6-string ukulele' or 'Guitar-Ukulele'.<sup id="cite_ref-gretsch_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gretsch-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In English, the alternative term Ukitar emerged in parallel, but its usage is not widespread among instrument vendors. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guitalele&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-ultimateguitar-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ultimateguitar_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=723701">"Want to mess up my acoustic..."</a> <i>Ultimate-guitar.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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