| A guitar is a very versatile instrument with a long | | | | strings. It is the primary instrument in blues music, |
| story behind it. The guitar has typically six strings, but | | | | country music, flamenco, rock, and pop music. There |
| some have four, seven, eight, ten, and even twelve | | | | is also solo classic guitar music. The guitar is one of |
| strings. Regardless of the number of strings, it holds | | | | the most popular instruments for beginners. One of |
| an interesting place among musical instruments. | | | | the reasons for this is that it is fairly easy to learn |
| The guitar has been around for a long time. It is | | | | how to play it, at least at the early stages. |
| estimated that stringed instruments that are similar to | | | | A luthier is a person who builds or repairs guitars. In |
| modern guitars have been a part of the music scene | | | | Europe, during the development of the modern |
| for 5,000 years. The oldest picture of an instrument | | | | guitar, there were families of luthiers who passed |
| that had the basic elements of a guitar was a Hittite | | | | their expertise down from generation to generation. |
| stone carving that was carved 3300 years ago. The | | | | One such family was the Vinaccia family of Naples, |
| very ancient sitar that came from India is one of the | | | | Italy. Although they are mostly known as the |
| ancestors of the guitar family. | | | | developers of the mandolin, they might also have |
| The English word "guitar" comes from the Spanish | | | | made the very first six string guitar that has the |
| word "quitarra". Quitarra comes from the Latin word | | | | characteristics of modern guitars. |
| "cithara." Cithara comes from the Greek word | | | | Today, the electric guitar is quickly becoming the |
| "Kithara" which may have come from the Persian | | | | most popular guitar. An electric guitar may have a |
| word, sihtar. This word bears a remarkable | | | | solid, semi-hollow, or hollow body. They also make |
| resemblance to the ancient Indian instrument, the | | | | very little sound without amplification. The electric |
| sitar. These name progression shows the evolution of | | | | guitar was first developed in 1936 by a man named |
| the instrument as well as the spread of the | | | | George Beauchamp. A company named Danelectro is |
| instrument across the ancient world. | | | | credited with making the electric guitar widely |
| The guitar normally has six strings, but there are | | | | available to the public. |
| versions with four, eight, ten, and even twelve | | | | |