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Acoustic guitars
[1]
are hollow-bodied string instruments that believe resonance to supply sound. Once you pluck a string or strum a chord, the vibration of the strings is amplified by the highest of the guitar and thru the soundhole. These marks show where to press a string with the fingers of the left hand, to change the note that string plays. The right hand plucks or strums the strings, either with the
fingers
or using a
plectrum
("pick"), to make them sound. Acoustic guitars are used in types of music ranging from
classical
to
rock and roll
, to
bluegrass
and
folk
. The six strings can be
steel
or
nylon
. Nylon strings are typically used for classical and related styles of music. Steel strings are typically used for most other styles.
How the guitar became a popular instrument
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The acoustic guitar came from
Spain
(an instrument with six strings), created by Antonio Torres Jurado.
[2]
But at the beginning, the
guitar
was different with what we see the guitar now. In the 16th to 17th centuries, the guitar became popular in Europe. In the 18th century, the guitar changed to be similar to how it is now. But before the 19th century, many people thought the guitar could not be same as a piano or violin. They thought it could not play
classical music
. But at the beginning of 19th century, a famous guitar player, Fernando Sor, made the guitar become more popular and he made more people like playing the guitar.
[2]
Before the 20th century, people played the acoustic guitar. In the 20th century, a musician in United States,
Leo Fender
, invented the
electric guitar
.
The guitar and the
ukulele
are similar in shape and other ways, but they are also different. The ukulele looking like a small guitar. But the guitar has six strings, and the ukulele has just four strings. The six strings in a guitar are tuned: E, B, G, D, A, and E;
[3]
the four strings in a ukulele are tuned: G, C, E, and A. Also, the ukulele comes from
Hawaii
, and the guitar comes from Spain.
[4]
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