I have an electric guitar with 5 strings tuned fifths (C G D A E), and a tenor guitar with 4 strings in fifths (currently D A E B). I've been mucking around wi

I have an electric guitar with 5 strings tuned fifths (C G D A E), and a tenor guitar with 4 strings in fifths (currently D A E B). I've been mucking around with both for a few years. Conceptually, they're nice. You get a great set of movable bar shapes, giving you spread chords with the first, fifth, and easy access to a 9th (2nd), minor third, major third, or 4th (11th). So it's super easy to get the common chord "colors" (sus2, maj, min, sus4). Similarly, you can add the next string to get a maj 6th, min 7th, and maj 7th with a 4 string movable chord. However, it all sounds a little thin if you're playing in an acoustic style. Bar chords in standard guitar tuning sound better to my ear, so I'm not sure I believe any of the responses talking about better overtones. Maybe that's different with a violin and the music that's played, dunno. If it was overtones, why wouldn't the "double bass" violins use it? Even with the shorter length of the tenor guitar (23 inches), playing diatonic scales is unpleasant. My pinky finger feels week when it has to stretch that distance for 4 notes per string. And I really don't like the stretched out (three notes per string) pentatonics. Because of this, I think the answer to the link above really is about the scale size and ergonomics. I'll probably leave the tenor guitar alone (it's a novelty for me anyways), but I'm thinking I'll switch to CGDGBE or go back to Drop D on the electric guitar. All fifths just isn't that enjoyable for me.