Guitar is a stringed musical instrument played with the fingers of the hand or a plectrum (guitar stringed instrument). The sound produced by vibrating strings.
Guitar can be acoustic or electric guitar, or a combination of both.
Guitar History
Authenticity guitar can not be seen from antiquity. Some experts feel this tool comes from the African continent, where many modern replica in the form of round like a clamshell box with Gut / silk yarn, in many regions of the continent. Other experts find this tool in the form of glass in the relief of old stone relief in the days of Ancient Central Asia and Asia. Materials other thoughts also arise with the discovery of the Ancient Greek vase patterned vase. Greek Strings is probably the first tool that categorized as a guitar. Modern Guitar possibility stems from the Spanish guitar, but different kinds of guitars such as the instrument of instruments that we can see dilukisan painting in Medieval times and Renaiassance that there are many throughout Europe.
Types of Guitar
The Guitar Pick
The Pick guitar played by picking the strings with a pick, where the pick is shaped like a flattened round fruit Almond made from turtle shell or plastic.
The difference this guitar is there are 2 kinds of fruit-shaped sound hole S-shaped at the front of the guitar body. Strings made of wire and connected to the tailpiece / end string binding. Fingerboard / neck of the guitar adjacent to and is marked with lines of iron / her name Frets. Frets is a place where the left hand fingers press the strings. Point to make it easier for players to find the notes of notes and play with rhythm.
Since the mid 30's, Guitar Pick has been created / changed to Contact Electric Guitar with Microphone set up under the strings or Pickups. Then the pickup was connected with a loudspeaker. The Pick Guitar and Electric Guitar is most often used in Jazz music, dance bands and rock groups.
In general, the guitar has a number of strings 6; then came the guitar with 12 strings which is more commonly used in the country music scene. In the decade of the 50's, came the guitar with two necks (fretboard); a one-stringed stringed 6 and only 12 (as is often used by John McLaughlin). Then there are also guitar-stringed 7 (as it is commonly used by Bucky Pizzarelli), and even appears also stringed guitar 10. Electric guitar and growing; Solid-Body (as described above with no sound resonance, until the sound completely electric) type of hollow-body guitars and semi-hollowed. Type electric guitar like that commonly used in the music arena rock / pop. Types of electric guitar is also continuing with the use of different kinds of sound effects.
Part of the Electric Guitar
Guitar is the most important element in a band. Guitar as we know it today has a kind and diverse forms. But we will discuss this time is the essence of the guitar parts.
The Finger-Style Guitar
The Finger-Style Guitar played with the fingers pluck the strings with your fingers. Strings strings are made of Nylon, silk and wire. This guitar has a sound hole circle. The Fingerboard have such Frets Guitar Pick but more broadly. Many works from the classical masters, including Bach and Chopin, has arranged for guitar. Guitar, both of The Finger-Style Guitar or The Pick Guitar, often a favorite for local singer song. A form of guitar music that is popular but hard to Flamenco, Gypsy dance Spain
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