what is guitar ?

some information on guitar are as follow :

The guitar is a plucked string instrument . The strings are arranged parallel to the soundboard and neck , usually cut frets, on which the strings are pressed with one hand to produce different notes. The other hand plucks the strings , or with nails and fingertips or with a plectrum (or mediator ) . Its most common variant has six strings .


The guitar is the most current version of the European organological category lute - box handle. It differs from similar instruments ( balalaika , bouzouki , charango , lute, mandolin, oud, lute , ukulele ), mainly due to its shape , and secondarily by the number of strings and the most common agreement. Variants are called guitar , regionally , by special names : viola , violão , cavaco and cavaquinho (Brazil); tiple and requinto ( Spanish America ) ...

It manufactures several types of guitar may differ in their vocal range and timbre while sharing most of their playing techniques The hollow body of the guitar, usually called sounding , transforms the vibration of the strings into sound waves . Electric guitar, guitar derived from the course of the twentieth century , can dispense with hollow body , which in fact, strictly speaking, a new instrument that includes an electronic amplifier and speaker, with the possibility of changes stamp well beyond the acoustic guitar in all its variantes1 .




Guitar, easily transportable , is a vocal accompaniment instrument in many popular genres. Often the singer is accompanied himself on the guitar .



European classical music provided a guitar repertoire , it is also a characteristic of the instrument where it accompanies flamenco singing and dancing. Brazilian choro , mariachi music in Mexico include in sets.

His popularity already established in past centuries , has increased with the international diffusion of Anglo-Saxon music in the twentieth century : jazz, blues , pop, rock , reggae , soul . The guitar is found in modern interpretations of African , Latin and Celtic music . With the piano, harmonica and fiddle, is one of the most widespread instruments in the world .