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The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with some exceptions) and typically has six or twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strings against frets with the fingers of the ...
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A guitar is a fretted and stringed musical instrument. An...
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The guitar is a transposing instrument; that is, music for...
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Sol Ho'opi'i (pronounced Ho-OH-pee-EE) was perhaps the most...
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The neck of a guitar showing the nut (in the background,...
- Baroque Guitar
The Baroque guitar (c. 1600 –1750) is a string instrument...
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- Guitar (Disambiguation)
The guitar is a string instrument which is played by plucking the strings. The main parts of a guitar are the body, the fretboard, the headstock and the strings. Guitars are usually made from wood or plastic. Their strings are made of steel or nylon.
- 13th century
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Apr 25, 2024 · Guitar, plucked stringed musical instrument that probably originated in Spain early in the 16th century. In popular music the guitar is usually amplified, and ensembles frequently include more than one instrument, a ‘lead’ guitar for solos, another for rhythm, and a ‘bass’ guitar to play bass lines.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted and typically has six or twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strings against frets with the fingers of the opposite hand.
An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar. It uses one or more pickups to convert the vibration of its strings into electrical signals, which ultimately are reproduced as sound by loudspeakers.
- 1932, United States
Dec 11, 2018 · Discover how the guitar has evolved over the centuries to become what we know today. Learn about the oud & lute, Baroque guitars, and today's guitars. 800-255-7529 admissions@mi.edu
Flatpicking (or simply picking) is the technique of striking the strings of a guitar with a pick (also called a plectrum) held between the thumb and one or two fingers. It can be contrasted to fingerstyle guitar, which is playing with individual fingers, with or without wearing fingerpicks.
