| The Guitar can be defined as an instrument with a long | | | | have holes on top. |
| fretted neck. Guitars have been popular since five | | | | . |
| thousand years ago. The word guitar has been | | | | * Classical guitars have nylon strings and they are |
| derived from the Spanish language. This musical | | | | played mainly for classical music. |
| instrument has six strings but even four, seven, eight, | | | | * Russian guitars are seven string guitars that were |
| ten and twelve strings guitars also exist. In olden days, | | | | very popular through out the 19th century. |
| guitars have been made by using various woods and | | | | * Guitar battened is smaller compared to the classical |
| strung with animal gut. Recently guitars are made of | | | | guitar and is played with four or five metal strings .It is |
| either nylon or steel strings. Guitars are one of the | | | | popular in Calbria in Southern Italy. |
| main instruments used for flamenco, rock music, and | | | | Bass guitars enable the musicians to play a very low |
| blues and even in many forms of pop. Guitars can be | | | | note as they have very thick strings. An electric bass |
| divided to two categories that referred to as acoustic | | | | guitar is very common. Guitars meet the demands of |
| and electric guitars. | | | | both the left-handers and right-handers. The various |
| There are different kinds of guitars and each produce | | | | parts of guitars are as follows |
| different sound. The difference between each guitar | | | | Headstock is at the end of the guitar neck far from |
| can be recognized by the sound of each guitar. The | | | | the body of the guitar. Headstock is used mainly for |
| different types of guitars are as follows | | | | tuning the instrument. |
| * Acoustic guitars uses a soundboard that is a | | | | Fret board is a piece of wood that is at the top of the |
| wooden piece mounted on the front of the guitars | | | | neck and this helps in tuning the higher pitch notes. |
| body. Acoustic guitars are available with a variety of | | | | All parts of guitars are attached to one long wooden |
| pickups that enable the layer to amplify and modify the | | | | extension and it is called as neck. |
| raw guitar sound. | | | | Strings are another important part of guitar and the |
| * Electric guitars are used in blues, jazz and pop music. | | | | strings made of steel are commonly used. |
| Unlike acoustic guitars, electric guitars need an | | | | Guitars are transposing instrument. Its pitch sounds |
| additional amplifier. These amplified electric guitars are | | | | normal and the most commonly used tuning is |
| different from other guitars. | | | | standard tuning. Guitars can be played as solo or with |
| * Arch top guitar has a hollow body and steel strings | | | | other instruments .It can be used for pop music as well |
| are used for this instrument. These arch top guitars | | | | as for classical music. |