Concept in Definition ABC

Guitar, also known as classical guitar and spanish guitar , it's a Stringed musical instrument composed of a soundboard that has a narrowed oval shape and has a central hole in the lid, a neck, on which is attached a fingerboard and six strings that will 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 the rock, the blues, the tango, the folklore and flamenco, among others.

Meanwhile, at the family other instruments also belong to the guitar, which in their form and interpretation they 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 his appearance

As its material has been very versatile, varying according to the needs of the performers or groups, as appropriate, the guitar is made with wood in almost all of its entirety, the main types being: those of Indian rosewood, spruce, 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 gun that dries very fast.

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 since then mankind used this instrument.

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 is given at the request of the languagecolloquial from some regions of Latin America, in which guitar is a party suit.

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

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