| The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is | | | | - Distortion effect. This will produce a distorted and |
| played by plucking or strumming the strings, while the | | | | very heavy sound, as often used in heavy metal and |
| fingers hold down the strings in certain combinations, to | | | | rock music. |
| play the notes. Most guitars have six strings that are | | | | - Wah effect. The frequency of the note goes up and |
| tuned on the scale E A D G B E. There are two broad | | | | down each time you hit the foot pedal. |
| categories of guitars today, acoustic and electric. | | | | - Flanging effect. This effect causes a pause in the |
| Acoustic guitars have hollow bodies, called sound | | | | signal, followed by a series of the note originally played, |
| boxes, which produce the sound, and thus do not need | | | | sounding like an echo. |
| amplification. However, some modern ones do come | | | | The guitar is used to play almost any kind of music, |
| with the electronics so that it can be connected to an | | | | and is usually a big part of the music played by a band. |
| amplifier. On the other hand, the body of an electric | | | | Learning to play a guitar can be exciting and is a great |
| guitar is solid on only semi-hollow and needs to be | | | | way to entertain yourself and your friend. |
| connected to an amplifier to be heard. | | | | When you decide to learn to play the guitar you will |
| Thanks to the electronics you can produce all kinds of | | | | also have to learn tablatures and sheet music. Guitar |
| effects and sounds with an electric guitar that is very | | | | sheet music is useful to guide you when learning to |
| hard or impossible to reproduce on an acoustic guitar. | | | | play the guitar, as you just have to follow the notes |
| Samples of the special effects that can be produced | | | | and tablatures illustrated on the sheet music. It is a |
| on an electric guitar are: distortion, wah, phasers, | | | | great tool to help you play your guitar. By practicing |
| compression, vibrato, flanging and chorus effect. These | | | | frequently and being dedicated to learning the notes, |
| effects cause the sound produced by the same note | | | | you will soon be playing like an expert. |
| to be different. For example: | | | | |