The guitar is considered to be a member of the family of musical instruments called chordophones, but it is distinguished from other chordophones by its construction and tuning. The guitar is traditionally constructed from wood and strung with nylon or steel strings. Guitar history is long and ...
Over time, the guitar became more popular in Europe, and was eventually adopted by the classical musicians of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. In the 19th century, the guitar began to evolve into the modern-day instrument that we know today. The introduction of the steel-string guitar, ...
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Hawaiian guitar,steel guitar- guitar whose steel strings are twanged while being pressed with a movable steel bar for a glissando effect stringed instrument- a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound uke,ukulele- a small guitar having four strings ...
. The Hawaii Guitar or steel guitar is laid across the knees of the player instead of propped upright. And, of course, there is the famous electric guitar; played mostly in rock music but not unheard of in jazz and other genres. It’s a solid, non-vibrating body guitar made of steel...
German immigrant, Christian Fredrich Martin, began to develop an x-braced top for the guitars. This was because the steel strings being used in America created too much tension. The use of steel strings had also created a louder sound. Martin is known as the father of the American guitar....
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I took on the responsibility of taking the guitar around with me and showing all the local music stores this beautiful new instrument. My sample was a TB 1000 Artist booked matched koa with a clear finish, highly polished aluminum neck and stainless steel pick ups. The guitar looked like a...
The electric guitar may be the most important and popular instrument of the last half-century in American music. Early Martin Guitars Evolution from gut string to steel string guitars – more volume! At the turn of the century, guitars were primarily played in the family parlors because it was...
Catalogue 1956 “It all started with the classical guitar, when I heard my friend played a piece by Bach” says Shiro AraiWith the arrival of rock ’n’ roll, Arai also began importing electric and steel string acoustic guitars from overseas. During the early Sixties, the company expanded ...