Guitar Basics
Guitar - The guitar is a musical instrument of the chordophone family, being a stringed instrument played by plucking, either with fingers or a pick.
Spanish - The Classical Guitar, also known as the "Nylon String Guitar" — is a plucked string instrument. It typically has 6 nylon strings (the 3 bass-strings additionally being wound with a thin metal thread). The classical guitar is well known for its comprehensive finger picking technique, which enables the solo rendition of melody, multi-voiced harmony and polyphony (in much the same manner as the piano can). The modern classical guitar is usually played in a seated position, with the instrument resting on the left lap - the left foot is usually placed on a footstool. Alternatively - if a footstool is not used - a guitar support can be placed between the guitar and the left lap (the support usually attaches to the instrument's side with suction cups).
Hawaiian - A lap slide guitar is a general term often used to describe any guitar played on the lap with steel.
Versions
Acoustic - The body of the guitar is hollow. The vibrating strings drive the soundboard through the bridge, making it vibrate. The soundboard has a larger surface area and thus displaces a larger volume of air, producing a much louder sound than the strings alone.
Electric - An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of electromagnetic induction (Pickups) to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric signals. Solid body instruments are generally made up of hardwood with a lacquer coating.
Semi Acoustic - Some steel-string acoustic guitars are fitted with pickups purely as an alternative to using a separate microphone. They may also be fitted with a piezoelectric pickup under the bridge, attached to the bridge mounting plate, or with a low mass microphone (usually a condenser mic) inside the body of the guitar that will convert the vibrations in the body into electronic signals.
Strings
A string is the vibrating element that is the source of sound in string instruments,
Thick 6 5 4 3 2 1 Thin
Lower E A D G B E Higher
Standard Tuning
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