| The guitar is one of the most popular musical | | | | |
| instruments today. Most of the music that you | | | | Evolution |
| hear on the radio uses guitars in many | | | | |
| different ways: pop, rock, reggae, blues, | | | | The guitar, as we know it, is said to |
| ballads and everything else is influenced by | | | | originate in Spain. It is believed that the |
| the guitar. | | | | people of Malaga invented the instrument. |
| | | | The guitar evolved from having three pairs of |
| The guitar, together with the drums and the | | | | strings to four pairs of strings and |
| piano compose the modern music scene | | | | eventually six single strings. |
| equipment set. The playability of the guitar | | | | |
| has made it one popular instrument. A guitar | | | | The guitar began to become popular in the |
| can be played by a learning child or an | | | | 16th century. It was played by the lower and |
| experienced guitar player. It's not "picky" | | | | middle classes as a counterpart for the |
| about its players. | | | | vihuela which was played by the aristocrats. |
| | | | The vihuela was tuned like a lute but had a |
| Today, the electric type of guitar is most | | | | body similar to that of the guitar. |
| often used in musical production. The guitar | | | | |
| has been enhanced with a very good | | | | The guitar made a serious evolution during |
| accompaniment in the form of the effects box. | | | | the 18th century: the double strings where |
| Today, guitars can emulate the sounds of a | | | | replaced by single strings and a sixth string |
| piano, a violin, even the sounds of the human | | | | was added. In the 1800s, Antonio Torres de |
| voice and is continuously widening its | | | | Jurado gave birth to the classical guitar. |
| horizons. | | | | Basically, he increased the size of the body |
| | | | of the guitar. The guitar still struggled |
| With the functions and features of the modern | | | | because it was considered as an instrument |
| electric guitar, one can't help thinking | | | | for the taverns - an instrument which could |
| about the beginnings of the instrument. Where | | | | not be used for classical music. In Spain, |
| did the guitar come from? This article tries | | | | where people hated the piano, the guitar |
| to give a brief history of the wonderful | | | | found refuge. However, it was also tainted by |
| musical instrument, which is the guitar. | | | | the views that guitars were for gypsies and |
| | | | for no-good bums who asked for loose change |
| The creation of the guitar cannot be traced | | | | in bars. |
| to a single person. The guitar came about | | | | |
| through the evolution of its predecessors. | | | | Electric guitar |
| Its image has also undergone change | | | | |
| throughout the centuries. Today, playing the | | | | The modern electric guitar was invented in |
| guitar is a symbol of talent and musical | | | | 1931. The electric guitar uses electronic |
| prowess, but during the early times, the | | | | "pick-ups" to enable it to produce sound. The |
| guitar was actually a symbol of being poor | | | | pick-ups convert the vibrations from the |
| and it was refuted by most classical | | | | strings into electric signals. The body of |
| musicians. | | | | the electric guitar is semi-solid or solid, |
| | | | depending on the design. The structure of the |
| Predecessors | | | | guitar took a great leap when the electric |
| | | | guitar was born, no longer did its sound |
| There have been many guitar-like musical | | | | depend on the structure and construction of |
| instruments in the ancient times, up to as | | | | the body, but on the quality of the pick-ups |
| many as 5,000 years ago. Instruments which | | | | and soundboard. |
| look like the guitar were seen in statues | | | | |
| which were recovered in archeological | | | | The sounds of the electric guitar can also be |
| expeditions in the Iranian region of Susa. | | | | altered to be able to achieve a desired tone. |
| However, the very first documented mention of | | | | The use of the guitar effects box has given |
| the instrument dates back to the fourteenth | | | | the guitar a wide array of sounds. I is |
| century. At that time the guitar-ancestor had | | | | continuing to garner popularity in all fields |
| three pairs of strings (usually referred to | | | | of music, even in classical music. |
| as double courses) and a single string with | | | | |
| the highest tone. | | | | The guitar is a very dynamic musical |
| | | | instrument. Through evolution, the guitar has |
| Some say that the word "guitar" came from the | | | | made its mark on the modern music scene. From |
| word "qitara". Qitara is an Arabic name for | | | | crude instruments with many variations, the |
| the different kinds of lutes during the early | | | | guitar has become a real and much-sought |
| times. | | | | after instrument. |