Palma and in the north of the island of Tenerife some players omit the fifth string, tuning the timple like a ukulele, though nowadays this is often seen as non-standard by players in other regions where five strings are preferred. The popular tiple tuning is GCEAD. Other instruments The word "tiple" basically means "treble" or "high pitched", and has been used occasionally for the names of other instruments not directly members of the tiple-family proper. One such is the Marxochime Hawaiian tiple, which bears no resemblance to the traditional tiples, but looks like (and is) a variety of zither. It is played with a combination of plucking, strumming, and playing with a slide similar to a lap steel guitar. The instrument is one of many zither variants marketed within the United States during the early 20th century, of which only the autoharp ever achieved lasting popularity. The instrument, also known as the "Tremola", carries the "Hawaiian tiple" name solely for marketing purposes, as interest in Hawaiian music and culture was high in mainland America during the period when the instrument was marketed. References Guitar family instruments Necked box lutes Resources and sources Colombian tiple: Puerta's tremendous tiple touch Colombian luthier Alberto Paredes Paredes, A., Mottola, R.M. “Construction of the Colombian Tiple”, American Lutherie #90, 2007, p. 40. Puerto Rican tiple: The Puerto Rican Tiple The Tiples of Puerto Rico ATLAS of Plucked Instruments El Tiple Puertorriqueño (In Spanish) Spanish tiple: (In Spanish) (In Spanish) Timple Canario: El Timple (In Spanish) Learn TIMPLE (Spanish) Tiple Cubano: Miguel Teurbe Tolón y de la Guardia. (Matanzas, 1820-1857) Tiple Dominicano, Tiple Argentino, Banjo Tiple, Tiple Uruguayo, and the Tiple Venezolano: TIPLES EN OTROS PAISES (In Spanish) Ficha del Tiple (In Spanish) Marxochime Hawaiian Tiple: Marxochime Hawaiian Tiple