Guitar

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Guitar

• Well known instrument
• String instruments, 5000 years
• Old illustrations, figurines
• Not organized, chords
• Antonio Torres, classic guitar 1850s
• Electric guitar, early 20th
• George Beauchamp, patented 1936

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Acoustic and Electric

• Acoustic, no external device
• Shape and resonance, built-in
• Different types, differ slightly
• 6 strings, 4, 7, 8, 10, 12
• Electric, solid, semi-hollow
• Electromagnetic pickups
• Amplification, effects
• Bass, hybrids, double-necks

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Different Guitars
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Strings and Tunings

• Nylon or steel
• Classical, crispier, chords
• Different tunings
• Most common, EADGBE
• Experienced players, restriction