A guitar's standard tuning is E-A-D-G-B-E, while a guitalele is tuned as to A-D-G-C-E-A, which is the same tuning as a guitar but higher. You can get higher tuning by placing a capo on the fifth fret of a standard guitar. It is precisely the way a guitalele sounds. Guitalele has six strings which makes switching to the guitar much easier in the future.