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definition of guitar

Guitar, also known as classical guitar and spanish guitar , it's a Stringed musical instrument composed of a resonance box that has a narrowed oval shape and has a central hole in the top, a neck, on which a fingerboard and six strings are attached to be pressed with the fingers of one hand. while the fingers of the other step on the mast. On the fretboard they are embedded the dishes which are the ones that allow the execution of the notes.

It should be noted that the guitar is one of the most popular musical instruments in the world and one of the most used in genres such as rock, blues, tango, folklore and flamenco, among others.

Meanwhile, other instruments also belong to the guitar family, which in their form and interpretation have several similarities with the guitar, such is the case of: the charango, the requinto and the guitarrón, the latter being mostly used by mariachis.

Although throughout the centuries both its appearance and its material have been very versatile, varying according to the needs of the performers or groups, as appropriate, the guitar is made with wood in almost all its entirety, the main types being: those of Indian rosewood, fir, Canadian cedar, pine, cypress, ebony.

Once all the elements that make up the guitar have been joined, the surface is varnished, which can be done by hand with shellac, or failing that, with a polyurethane-based spray gun that dries very quickly.

The origin of this instrument goes back very, very far in time; thanks to some pictorial evidence found north of the current Turkey, around the year 1000 B.C., it has been established that mankind used this instrument since then.

On the other hand, it is also called a guitar instrument used to break and grind plaster; it is made up of a thick board and a handle fitted in the center.

Meanwhile, another recurrent use of the word occurs at the request of the colloquial language of some regions of Latin America, in which guitar is a party suit.

And on his side, the electric guitar, broadly respects the forms of the classical guitar, although it differs from it because it transmits the vibrations to an amplifier and then be emitted through speakers.

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