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• The guitar is a stringed instrument that can be played acoustically or amplified. A guitar can be used as a featured lead instrument or as a background rhythmic instrument in a variety of musical genres from classical to rock 'n' roll. Most guitars have six strings, but some guitars have as few as four and as many as sixteen.

• Fast Facts

  1. Conventional number of strings: 6
  2. Conventional tuning (from low to high): E A D G B E
  3. First acoustic guitars developed in the 1700s
  4. First electric guitars developed in the 1930s
  5. Dropped D Guitar tuning: D A D G B E (The 6th string tune 1 note down) Used mainly for easy bare power chords playing.

• Common Types of Guitar

  1. Electric guitars, which use amplifiers to project their sound
  2. Steel-string acoustic guitars, which utilize their hollow bodies equipped with a soundboard and a sound box to project their sound
  3. Resonator Guitar An acoustic guitar that produces sound thru the use of one or more metal piece cone on the sound hole. Instead of a tradionational wooden sound hole. It is designed to produce a louder sound that standard acoustic guitars that is usually drowned by horns and preccusions in dance orchestras. Before the arrival of guitar amplification.
  4. Classical guitars, also referred to as Spanish or nylon-string guitars, are specialized acoustic guitars
  5. Twelve-string guitars provide a fuller, more lush sound for rhythm parts
  6. Bass guitars provide the low end and are considered members of the rhythm section along with the drums
  7. Lap steel guitar are flat tabletop guitars. Its played via the use of guitar slide and a combination of thumb and finger picks on each fingers.

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