🎸✨THE GUITAR✨🎸 - -KINGDOM OF JOGA-

-as of [28 JULY 2024]–

-the guitar is a ‘musical instrument’ classified as a ‘fretted string instrument’ with anywhere from ‘4’ to ’18’ strings, usually having ‘6’-

(“i really need to acquire a ’12-string guitar’)

(if only to confirm my ‘duodecimalist’ sympathies)

(by ‘doubling up’ on ‘6’ so to speak)

(the ‘sound’ is projected either ‘acoustically’ (using a hollow ‘wooden’ or ‘plastic and wood’ box (for an ‘acoustic guitar’), or through ‘electrical amplifier’ and a ‘speaker’ (for an ‘electric guitar’))

(it is typically played by ‘strumming’ or ‘plucking’ the strings with the (‘fingers’ / ‘thumb’ / ‘fingernails’ of the ‘right hand’ or with a ‘pick’ while ‘fretting’ (or pressing against the frets) the strings with the ‘fingers’ of the ‘left hand’)

(the guitar is a type of ‘chordophone’, traditionally constructed from ‘wood’ + strung with either (‘gut’ / ‘nylon’ / ‘steel’) strings and distinguished from other ‘chordophones’ by its ‘construction’ + ‘tuning’)

(the ‘modern guitar’ was preceded by…)

*the ‘gittern’*

*the ‘vihuela’*

*the ‘4-course renaissance guitar’*

*the ‘5-course baroque guitar’*

(all of which contributed to the development of the ‘modern 6-string instrument’)

(there are 3 main types of ‘modern acoustic guitar’…)

#1
*the ‘classical guitar’*
(aka ‘nylon-string guitar’)

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#2
*the ‘steel-string acoustic guitar’*

#3
*the ‘arch-top guitar’*
(aka ”jazz guitar”)

(the ‘tone’ of an ‘acoustic guitar’ is produced by the ‘strings’ vibration’, amplified by the ‘hollow body’ of the ‘guitar’, which acts as a ‘resonating chamber’)

(the ‘classical guitar’ is often played as a ‘solo instrument’ using a ‘comprehensive finger-picking technique’ where each string is plucked individually by the player’s fingers (as opposed to being ‘strummed’))

(the term “finger-picking” can also refer to a specific tradition of (‘folk’ / ‘blues’ / ‘bluegrass’ / ‘country’) guitar playing in the ‘united states’)

(the ‘acoustic bass guitar’ is a ‘low-pitched instrument’ that is 1 octave below a ‘regular guitar’)

(‘electric guitars’ (introduced in the ‘1930s’) use an ‘amplifier’ + a ‘loudspeaker’ that both makes the sound of the instrument loud enough for the ‘performers’ + ‘audience’ to hear, and (given that it produces an ‘electric signal’) when played, that can electronically ‘manipulate’ + ‘shape’ the ‘tone’ using an ‘equalizer’ (aka ‘bass tone’ + ‘treble tone’ controls) and a huge variety of ‘electronic effects units’, the most commonly used ones being ‘distortion’ (aka “overdrive”) + ‘reverb’)

(early ‘amplified guitars’ employed a ‘hollow body’, but a ‘solid wood body’ was eventually found more suitable during the ‘1960s’ + ‘1970s’, as it was less prone to unwanted acoustic feedback “howls”)

(as with ‘acoustic guitars’, there are a # of types of ‘electric guitars’, including…)

*’hollowbody guitars’*

*’arch-top guitars’*
(widely used in ‘jazz’ / ‘blues’ / ‘rockabilly’)

*’solid-body guitars’*
(widely used in ‘rock music’)

(the ‘loud ‘amplified sound’ + ‘sonic power’ of the ‘electric guitar’ played through a ‘guitar amp’ has played a key role in the development of ‘blues’ + ‘rock’ music, both as an ‘accompaniment instrument’ (playing ‘riffs’ + ‘chords’) and performing ‘guitar solos’)

(it has also had a huge effect on many ‘rock subgenres’)
(notably ‘heavy metal’ + ‘punk rock’)

(the ‘electric guitar’ has had a major influence on ‘popular culture’)

(the ‘guitar’ is used in a wide variety of ‘musical genres’ worldwide)

(it is recognized as a ‘primary instrument’ in ‘genres’ such as…)

‘blues’

‘bluegrass’

‘country’

‘flamenco’

‘folk’

‘jazz’

’jota’

‘mariachi’

‘metal’