The guitar is one of the most popular musical instruments these days. The modern guitar has six strings. You can play the guitar either by plucking the string with the finger or strumming it with a pick. There is a similarity between the guitar and the lute, especially the older guitar which had a few similar strings. With its slim waist and flat back, the guitar looks as beautiful as a young girl.

It has a fretted neck. There are other types of guitars besides the 6-string guitar, which are

- 12-stringed guitar

- Bass guitar

- Steel guitar

- Lefty guitar

- Electric guitar

- 4-stringed bass guitar

- Acoustic guitar

- Vintage guitar

- 12-stringed guitar

- Lefty guitar

- Electric guitar

- Vintage guitar

- Bass guitar

- Steel guitar

- 4-stringed bass guitar

- Acoustic guitar

The steel guitar generates a sliding tone as a metal barstrums it. Four stringed bass guitar and electric guitar are compatible with rock music. They rely on electronics for amplification.

The conventional guitars that are classical, originated in Spain in the 12th century, but became popular only in 16th century when music was exclusively created for them. Fernando Sor was the master in playing guitar. He was a composer and composed music exclusively for the guitar. The 19th century was the zenith in popularity of guitar and the credit for this goes to one of the stalw arts in the world of guitar- Francisco Tarrega.

Another interesting thing discovered about the guitar is that it has succeeded the harp, played in ancient Egypt. Over the years the harp has been modified from a bow-shaped string instrument to the one that looks like the guitar. The guitar, too, has seen many changes because of the influence of various countries. It has been gaining more and more popularity with every passing century.

Those of you who mistake the association of the guitar with the modern generation would be surprised to know that archeologists have uncovered clay plaques having figures similar to the guitar. This places the origin of the guitar to about 1900-1800 B.C.

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