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