Alto guitar

Alto guitar may refer to:

• Six-string alto guitar, a classical guitar with light strings and a small body, designed to be tuned higher than the normal classical guitar.
• Eleven-string alto guitar, also called the altgitarr, the Swedish name given to it by its Swedish inventor.
• Thirteen-string alto guitar, a less common version of the altgitarr; See eleven-string alto guitar.
• Tenor guitar when tuned to G-C-E-A one fourth higher than the top four strings of the guitar.
• Jazz guitarist Joe Beck's alto guitar: an electric jazz guitar in reentrant tuning, with special split pickups.