| The guitar (violao) is a musical
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| | guitars (include the flat top or `folk`
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| instrument that utilizes strings to
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| | guitar); Twelve string guitars; Arch-top
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| produce sound. Usually, guitar is made
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| | guitars; Renaissance or Baroque guitars;
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| with six strings, but four, seven, eight,
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| | Resonator, resophonic or Dobro guitars;
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| ten and twelve string guitars are not
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| | Russian guitars; Acoustic bass guitars;
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| rare.
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| | Tenor guitars; Harp guitars; Extended
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| Guitar (violao) is considered as an
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| | range guitars; Guitar battente.
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| instrument in many forms of music like
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| | Electric guitars: Electric guitar bodies
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| blues, country, flamenco, rock and even
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| | are solid, semi-hollow or hollow. The
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| pop. Acoustically playing, the guitar
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| | sound produced is little and low without
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| involves production of the tone by
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| | amplification. An amplifier forms an
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| vibration of the string and modulation by
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| | integral part of electric guitars.
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| the hollow body. Electronic manipulation
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| | Vibrations of steel strings converted
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| can also be done on the tone using an
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| | into electric signals by electromagnetic
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| amplifier.
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| | pick-ups are fed in to an amplifier using
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| Combinations of various woods, with
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| | a cable or radio transmitter. The sound
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| either nylon or steel strings are used
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| | is often modified either using electronic
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| for the construction of guitars. The
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| | devices or through distortion of valves
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| person who makes and repairs string
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| | naturally. The pick-ups here are of two
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| instruments like guitar is called a
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| | types: single line or double line, each
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| luthier.
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| | can be either active or passive. Electric
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| History and development of string
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| | guitar sound is most commonly used in
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| instruments similar to guitar (violao)
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| | jazz, rock-n-roll and blues style of
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| can be traced back to at least 5,000
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| | music.
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| years. In those days, when synthetic
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| | Construction of the guitar (violao) is
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| material was not available for making
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| | based on whether the player is
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| guitars, a guitar was defined as `a long,
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| | left-handed or right-handed. Usually,
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| fretted neck, flat wooden soundboard,
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| | players use their dominant hand to pluck
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| ribs, and a flat back instrument, most
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| | the strings. For most of the people, it
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| often with incurved sides`.
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| | is the right hand. The other hand of the
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| There are two major types of guitars:
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| | player is on the frets for depressing and
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| Acoustic guitar (violao): A soundboard
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| | gripping guitar strings.
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| (present in the front of the guitar body
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| | The various major guitar components
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| in the form of a piece of wood) is used
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| | include: headstock, nut, fretboard,
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| to produce the sound from this kind of
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| | frets, truss rod, inlays, neck, heel or
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| guitars. No external arrangement or
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| | neck joint, strings, guitar body and
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| device is needed to produce sound. This
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| | pickups.
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| makes the acoustic guitar quieter than
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| | There are certain accessories that might
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| other commonly found band or orchestra
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| | be helpful while playing a guitar
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| instruments and often an external
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| | (violao). Accessories like: Plectrum -
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| amplifier is used to make the guitar
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| | also called the guitar pick, is used for
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| sound audible and to match the sound of
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| | picking the strings. It is made of a
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| other band instruments. The latest range
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| | plastic like hard material; Slides - used
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| of acoustic guitars come with a host of
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| | for creating glissando effect in blues
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| pick-ups for amplifying and modifying the
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| | and rock genre of music. Neck of a
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| raw guitar sound.
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| | bottle, knife blade or round metal bar,
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| Within the acoustic guitar type, the
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| | any of these can be used as a slide;
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| sub-categories include: Classical
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| | Copatasto - it is used for changing pitch
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| guitars; Flamenco guitars; Steel string
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| | of open strings.
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