guitar

     

String instrument (plucke, nylon-stringed guitars usually played with fingerpicking, and steel-, etc. usually with a pick.)

Trivia about guitar

  • Get your hands on one of these & you can make a living like Eric Clapton or Jose Feliciano
  • In 2004 Somalia issued 6 coins in the shape of this instrument, including a fender Stratocaster
  • In the Dire Straits song, the sultan who "knows all the chords" on this instrument is a real musician, George Borowski
  • Duane Eddy, Andres Segovia & Chuck Berry
  • Joaquin Rodrigo's best-known work is "Concierto de Aranjuez" for this instrument (Did Hendrix record that?)
  • Antonio de Torres of 19th century Granada is responsible for the modern version of this instrument
  • If someone showed you his "Fender Stratocaster", you'd be looking at one of these
  • Our hollow body this sounds just as good as an Ibanez--why pay more for a big name?
  • This musical instrument usually has 6 strings
  • Stevie Ray Vaughan,Andy Summers,Neil Young
  • The 6-stringed Spanish version of this instrument has its strings tuned to E below the bass staff, A, D, G, B & E
  • Django Reinhardt was a master of this instrument
  • Fernando Sor was best known for his compositions for this instrument that would later be recorded by Andres Segovia
  • Its 6 strings are traditionally tuned to E-A-D-G-B-E
  • A 4-string bass is usually tuned to E, A, D & G--one octave below the 4 lowest strings of this
  • Heitor Villa-Lobos dedicated his "12 Etudes" for this instrument to Andres Segovia
  • Andres Segovia helped reestablish this as a concert instrument
  • Jazzman Bucky Pizzarelli uses a 7-string one of these
  • Charlie Christian, 1916-1942, was one of the first to electrically amplify this instrument
  • Joan Crawford vs. Mercedes McCambridge (Stand back!):"Johnny _____"
  • The book "Uncommon Sound" focuses on left-handed players of this instrument, like Elliot Easton
  • Dave Barry & Stephen King
  • To achieve the surf style on one of these, use a whammy bar