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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.
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Fast Facts
- Conventional number of strings: 6
- Conventional tuning (from low to high): E A D G B E
- First acoustic guitars developed in the 1700s
- First electric guitars developed in the 1930s
- 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.
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Common Types of Guitar
- Electric guitars, which use amplifiers to project their sound
- Steel-string acoustic guitars, which utilize their hollow bodies equipped with a soundboard and a sound box to project their sound
- 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.
- Classical guitars, also referred to as Spanish or nylon-string guitars, are specialized acoustic guitars
- Twelve-string guitars provide a fuller, more lush sound for rhythm parts
- Bass guitars provide the low end and are considered members of the rhythm section along with the drums
- 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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