The Guitar may refer to The guitar , the musical instrument The Guitar film , a 2008 film starring Saffron Burrows The Guitar The Lion Sleeps Tonight , a song and EP by They Might Be Giants The Guitar Album , a 1974 double compilation album featuring live performances of popular guitarists Disambig ... more details
Other uses pp semi indef Pp move indef Infobox instrument name Guitar names image guitar 1.jpg image capt A classical guitar classical guitar nylon string background string classification String instrument plucked, nylon stringed guitars usually played with fingerpicking, and steel , etc. usually with a Guitar ... Range guitar.svg 130px center div class center a standard tuned guitar div related Bowed string instrument Bowed and plucked string instrument plucked string instruments articles The guitar is a plucked string instrument , usually played with fingers or a guitar pick pick . The guitar consists of a body ... guitar s and similar instruments with hollow bodies have been in use for over a thousand years. There are three main types of modern acoustic guitar the classical guitar nylon string guitar , the steel string acoustic guitar , and the archtop guitar . The tone of an acoustic guitar is produced by the vibration of the strings, which is amplified by the body of the guitar, which acts as a resonating chamber. The classical guitar is often played as a solo music solo instrument using a comprehensive fingerpicking technique. Electric guitar s, introduced in the 1930s, rely on an amplifier that can ... guitar Image Guitar like plucked instrument, Carolingian Psalter, 9th century manuscript.jpg thumb right Illustration from a Carolingian Psalter from the 9th century, showing a guitar like plucked instrument. Before the development of the electric guitar and the use of synthetic materials, a guitar was defined as being an instrument having a long, fretted neck, flat wooden soundboard ... Look at The History of the Classic Guitar . Guitar Review 30,3 12 ref The term is used to refer to a number ... and, later, in the Americas. ref Wade, Graham A Concise History of the Classic Guitar Mel Publications ... representation of an instrument displaying the essential features of a guitar is a 3,300 ... of the Classic Guitar , Guitar Review 30, August 1968, pp.3 12. ref The modern word guitar , and its ... more details
Alto guitar may refer to Six string alto guitar , a classical guitar with light strings and a small body, designed to be tuned higher than the normal classical guitar. Eleven string alto guitar , also called the altgitarr , the Swedish name given to it by its Swedish inventor. Thirteen string alto guitar, a less common version of the altgitarr See eleven string alto guitar . Tenor guitar when tuned to G C E A one fourth higher than the top four stings of the guitar. disambig ... more details
Guitar Slinger may refer to Guitar Slinger The Brian Setzer Orchestra album Guitar Slinger Johnny Winter album Guitar Slinger Vince Gill album Disambiguation ja ... more details
Guitar Man may refer to Guitar Man Bread album Guitar Man Bread album , 1972 The Guitar Man , a song from the album Guitar Man Hank Marvin album Guitar Man Hank Marvin album , 2007 Guitar Man George Benson album Guitar Man George Benson album , a 2011 album by George Benson Guitar Man song Guitar Man song , a 1967 song written by Jerry Reed, covered by Elvis Presley Guitar Man J.J. Cale album , 1996 Guitar Man, a song from the album disambiguation ... more details
wiktionary guitar A guitar is a fretted and stringed musical instrument. An electric guitar is a guitar that uses electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its strings into electric signals. Guitar s may also refer to Guitar Frank Zappa album Guitar Frank Zappa album , 1988 Guitar Peter Lang album Guitar Peter Lang album , 2003 Guitar Tony Rice album Guitar Tony Rice album , 1970 Guitar Ewan Dobson album Guitar Ewan Dobson album , 2007 Guitars Mike Oldfield album Guitars Mike Oldfield album , 1999 Guitars Aka Moon album Guitars Aka Moon album , 2002 Guitars McCoy Tyner album Guitars McCoy Tyner album , 2008 Guitar song Guitar song , a song by Prince from his 2007 album Planet Earth Guitar , a song by Cake from their 1998 album Prolonging the Magic Guitar , a song by Jesus Jones from their 2004 album Culture Vulture album Culture Vulture Guitar, a character in Song of Solomon novel Song of Solomon , a 1977 novel by Toni Morrison See also The Guitar disambiguation disambiguation de Guitar Begriffskl rung it Guitar ... more details
File Terz tuning for guitar.png thumb right Terz or G tuning . Terz guitar terz, German language German third refers to either a small sized classical guitar or to the practice of guitar tunings tuning a standard guitar a minor third higher than standard guitar tuning as though a capo were on the third fret of the guitar . The scale length is generally 530 mm 20.8 inches , though sometimes as long as 560 mm 22 inches . Mauro Giuliani wrote extensively for the Terz guitar as a compliment to the prime standard guitar. Acceptable alternate spellings for Terz include Tierce , Third , and Tertz. Strings makers now produce strings that allow Terz guitar tuning on standard scale length guitars at normal string tension. ref Schneider, John 1985 . The Contemporary Guitar , p.157. ISBN 0520040481. ref Sources reflist Guitar tunings Category Classical guitar Category Guitar tunings ... more details
Pink Guitar may refer to Music Henry Mancini Pink Guitar , a 2004 compilation album produced by James Jensen Pink Guitar , a song on Reba McEntire s 2009 album Keep On Loving You album Keep on Loving You disambig ... more details
People who have performed under the name Guitar Junior include Luther Johnson Guitar Junior Luther Guitar Junior Johson 1939 , blues singer and guitarist Lonnie Brooks 1933 , blues singer and guitarist Guitar Junior blues musician Louisiana blues and swamp blues guitarist disambig ... more details
unref date April 2012 Touch guitar is a name used for a variety of musical instrument s of the guitar family which have either been designed or adapted to utilise a tapping fretboard tapping playing style. Prominent examples of touch guitar include the Chapman Stick and the Warr Guitars Warr Guitar . Category Guitars musical instrument stub ... more details
Unreferenced date February 2007 Infobox Guitar model title Silent guitar image File Silent Guitar.jpg 260px caption Mattias Eklundh playing on a Yamaha Silent Guitar Clinic bgcolor manufacturer Yamaha br Traveler Guitar br Warr Guitars br Koopal Music Koopal period bodytype Hollow necktype woodbody woodneck woodfingerboard bridge pickups colors A silent guitar is a type of guitar with a solid body guitar solid or chambered body that converts the vibration of the strings into electric current using a piezoelectric pickup . The body of the guitar does not amplify the vibration of the strings into audible sound. Thanks to this, musicians can practice with headphones without disturbing people around them, or obtain an acoustic tone under heavy amplification without feedback. Types Full size bodies A successful early silent guitar with a full sized body was the Gibson Chet Atkins SST . It appeared to have a soundhole , but it was in fact a dummy. It was employed by Mark Knopfler , among others. Small bodies Reducing the body size of a silent guitar has little effect on the sound. The portability of a small bodied guitar, as well as the ability to practice silently, is an advantage to travelers. Skeleton guitars Some silent guitars are small bodied instruments with a knee rest of outer frame in the dimensions of an acoustic guitar so that they can be played sitting. These can be detachable to allow conversion into a travel guitar . Strings and tuning Silent guitars are guitar tunings tuned in the same manner as traditional guitars, from low to high E A D G B E. Various models are available with seven, eight, and even 14 string configurations, although those are rare. Manufacturers Several guitar manufacturers offer silent guitars, including Yamaha , Traveler Guitar , Warr Guitars , and Koopal Music Koopal . See also Electro acoustic guitar Semi acoustic guitar Hybrid guitar Guitars Guitar stub DEFAULTSORT Silent Guitar Category Guitars de Gitarre Silent Traveller Guitar ... more details
about the magazine Acoustic Guitar magazine the album by Preston Reed Acoustic Guitar album Image AcousticGuitar.jpg frame right A modern acoustic guitar. An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only .... The back of the guitar will also vibrate to a lesser extent, driven by the air in the cavity. Some sound is ultimately projected through the sound hole ref http www.phys.unsw.edu.au music guitar guitarintro.html How a guitar works Bot generated title ref some variants of the acoustic guitar omit ... tonal qualities. The sound is a complex mixture of harmonics that give the guitar its distinctive sound. Listen filename AcousticGuitarSample.ogg title Acoustic Guitar Sample description An example of the sounds which an acoustic guitar can create through vibration of its strings. This guitar uses ... at the expense of decay time. An unamplified guitar one with no soundboard at all would have a low ... main Acoustic electric guitar Image Pattern on Acoustic Guitar.JPG thumb right 230px Many acoustic guitars incorporate rosette design rosettes around the sound hole . An acoustic guitar can ... for acoustic guitar amplification are piezo and magnetic pickups. Piezo pickups are generally mounted under the bridge saddle of the acoustic guitar and can be plugged into a mixer or amplifier. Magnetic pickups are generally mounted in the sound hole of the acoustic guitar and are very similar to those found in electric guitars. An acoustic guitar with pickups for electrical amplification is known as an acoustic electric guitar .The acoustic guitar is a bit difficult to amplify faithfully. As of recent ... areas for the guitar top were introduced by Martin Guitars Martin in an attempt to create louder volume levels. The popularity of Martin s larger Dreadnought guitar type dreadnought body size amongst ... guitar by using the fingers of the playing hand or by using a plectrum . Some techniques also ... File Yamaha APX700.jpg thumb right A steel strung Yamaha APX700 electric acoustic guitar Historical ... more details
Virtuoso Guitar may refer to Virtuoso Guitar Lily Afshar album Virtuoso Guitar Lily Afshar album , a 2008 video album Virtuoso Guitar Laurindo Almeida album Virtuoso Guitar Laurindo Almeida album , 1977 disambiguation Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it from being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Long comment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ... more details
About the magazine musicians who play guitar guitarist the Tal Farlow album Guitar Player album Infobox magazine title Guitar Player image file image size image caption editor editor title previous editor staff writer frequency Monthly circulation category company New Bay Media publisher firstdate country USA based language English language English website URL http www.guitarplayer.com issn 0017 5463 Guitar Player is a popular magazine for guitarist s founded in 1967. It contains articles, interviews, reviews and lessons of an eclectic collection of artists, genres and products. It has been in print ... in the rise of the vintage guitar market. Citation needed date June 2011 The magazine is currently edited by Michael Molenda . Guitar Player is a part of the Music Player Network. Contents A typical issue of Guitar Player includes in depth artist features, extensive lessons, gear and music reviews, letters to the magazine, and various front of book articles. Guitar Player TV In May 2006 the Music .... It provides content similar to that of the magazine such as interviews and lessons. Guitar ... moxie news inthenews guitar player magazine la.shtml Guitar Competitions Guitar Player has a yearly competition now called Guitar Superstar , which used to be the Guitar Hero Competition . External links Portal Guitar http www.guitarplayer.com Guitar Player Online http www.musicnewstko.com learn to play the guitar Online Guitar Lessons http www.guitarplayertv.com Guitar Player TV http ... as an editor at Guitar Player PDF http rockcritics.com category guitar player feature Past and present Guitar Player Staff Interviews http web.archive.org web 20021216013801 archive.guitarplayer.com archive index.shtml gear Guitar Player Online Archives http www.washtenawvoice.com ?p 3380 Writin and Rockin The Jas Obrecht Experience Category Guitar magazines Category American magazines Category Publications established in the 1960s da Guitar Player es Guitar Player hu Guitar Player pt Guitar Player ... more details
Image Brahms guitar.jpg thumb Brahms guitar Commonly referred to as the Cello Guitar , the Brahms guitar was invented in 1994 by classical guitarist Paul Galbraith in conjunction with the luthier David Rubio . It was originally conceived in order to perform Johannes Brahms Theme and Variations Opus 21a . The instrument is an eight string guitar , adding both a high and a low string to the conventional six string guitar. The tuning continues in fourths and Multi scale fingerboard the frets are splayed to allow for the different string lengths. Galbraith s method is to play the Brahms guitar in the cello position adding greater freedom to both hands and incorporating a resonating box. Other practitioners include Everton Gloeden and Luiz Mantovani of the Brazilian Guitar Quartet and Galbraith s former students Redmond O Toole and Matthew Korbanic . The Brahms guitar is also in use by the Dublin Guitar Quartet who use the instrument in their arrangements of Philip Glass , Kevin Volans ref http soundcloud.com dublin guitar quartet white man sleeps mvt 4 excerpt ref and Arvo P rt Arvo Part string quartets. Reflist See also Classical guitar making Sources http www.paul galbraith.com engl 8string.htm http www.redmondotoole.com instrument.html http www.luth.org memoriam rubio.htm http erez perelman.com guitar brahms.html http www.matthewkorbanic.com http dublinguitarquartet.com Category Guitars Category 1994 introductions ... more details
Guitar Rockstar is the European brand name for a virtual air guitar, manufactured by Tomy . It originated and continues to be sold by Tomy in Japan under the brand name Air Guitar. Gameplay consists of holding buttons representing notes and strumming where the strings would be, in a similar fashion to air guitar. An infra red beam passes from the end of the guitar head, and as your hand passes through the invisible infra red beam a note is played. Deleted image removed Image Gr08.jpg thumb right Guitar Rockstar Promotional Wallpaper deletable image caption Thursday, 24 September 2009 Guitar Rockstar was launched in the UK with 8 licensed pre programmed rock songs Wild Thing by The Troggs Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple I Love Rock n Roll by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts One Vision by Queen I Believe in a Thing Called Love by The Darkness Take me Out by Franz Ferdinand Venus by Shocking Blue Change the World by Eric Clapton Guitar Rockstar was launched in Europe in 2008, and a competition in association with MTV was used to launch the product. Colour Variations As of 2008, Guitar Rockstar was available in 3 colour variations Black brown Red black Blue yellow External links http www.guitarrockstar.co.uk Official Guitar Rockstar Website http www.tomy.co.uk about us news air guitar with guitar rockstar Press Release from Tomy Category 2000s toys Category Electronic toys ... more details
A contrabass guitar is a low Register music register plucked string instrument in the guitar family with six ... having existed at least since 1899, when a Grand Concert Contra Bass Guitar was listed in Mr. Joseph ... Catalogue 1899 with image of Contra Bass Harp Guitar at harpguitars.net ref . Bohmann, a violin , mandolin , guitar and zither manufacturer from Chicago , developed a large 6 string guitar. While it is speculated that this instrument may have been tuned down one octave lower than a standard guitar ... guitar is tuned EADGBE, like the classical guitar but one octave lower. It is popular in Fado bands ... guitar , for it shares the same low end range. Although called a contrabass guitar, the fact that it is tuned only an octave lower than a normal guitar makes it&mdash in modern terminology&mdash more an acoustic bass guitar rather than a contrabass instrument. Its strings are much thinner than a conventional acoustic bass guitar , so it lacks the thick tone of those instruments. Contrabass guitars ... A D F music sharp B &mdash to preserve the intervals of a standard guitar and have the top and bottom notes at the same pitch. They usually are Bass guitar electric instruments with a Solid body solid wooden body . After a first, arguably non satisfying attempt by Luthier guitar maker Carl Thompson luthier Carl Thompson to create such an instrument in 1974, the first entirely usable contrabass guitar ... magazine US ref . The contrabass guitar influenced the development of the Extended range bass six string electric bass . Dav Byrne from the Australian band Terrorust plays a contrabass guitar tuned A D G C E A . In recent years, the use by the Niibori Guitar Orchestra has brought the contrabass guitar some renewed currency. References Reflist Portal Guitar DEFAULTSORT Contrabass Guitar Category Bass guitars Category String instruments Category Guitar family instruments Category Contrabass instruments Category Bass sound guitar stub ... more details
Unreferenced date September 2007 Guitar Garden is an instrumental progressive rock band led by American guitar ist and music journalist Pete Prown b.1963 . Guitar Garden s latest album is Secret Space 2006 , inspired by the many progressive rock and jazz rock bands of the 1970s, such as Yes band Yes , Emerson, Lake & Palmer ELP , and Mahavishnu Orchestra , as well as contemporary acts like The Flower Kings . It featured Prown on lead guitar, keyboards, guitar synthesizer, and samples, plus former editor in chief of Guitar Magazine Rich Maloof b. 1966 on acoustic fingerstyle and electric guitars. Guitar Garden s music has also been featured on NPR s Morning Edition radio program. Fact date September 2007 Guitar Garden s 2005 album, CHINA ROSE, featured a World pop Progressive rock style. The CD ... motifs. Prown also released a surf rock guitar album in 2009 called Guitar Safari by Sir Clive & the Raging ... music magazine, Guitar Shop , and still writes for Vintage Guitar magazine. He is also the author of several rock music reference and guitar instructional books, such as shred guitar Shred The Ultimate Guide to Warp Speed Guitar co written with Rich Maloof, 2006 Gear Secrets of the Guitar Legends co written with Lisa Sharken, 2003 Legends of Rock Guitar co written with HP Newquist, 1997 Modal Riffs for Rock Guitar 1995 Of his guitar approach, Prown notes, Besides the traditional acoustic and electric guitars that Rich Maloof and I play on the album, I sometimes use guitar synthesizers ... guitar and acoustic piano in perfect unison. That s because I used the guitar synth to double my guitar lines in real time with a piano patch. Fact date September 2007 There s also a clear distinction between my guitar style and Rich s, which helps broaden our scope. I come from a rock, fusion and blues guitar background, where Rich is fabulous acoustic fingerstyle player you can hear that in the solos ... Guitar Garden s official website Category American instrumental musical groups Category American ... more details
Deleted image removed Image 2issuesofGuitar World.jpg thumb 400px Two issues of Guitar World featuring Adam Kelley, and Rico Martain on the covers, and the accompanying CDs May 2005, October 2009 Infobox Magazine title Guitar World editor editor title Editor staff writer frequency Monthly firstdate July 1980 circulation category Music Magazine guitar focus company publisher Harris Publications 1980 2003 br Future US , Inc. 2003 2012 br NewBay Media 2012 present founded country flagcountry United States language English language English website http www.guitarworld.com Guitar World website issn Guitar World is a monthly music magazine devoted to guitarist s. It contains original interviews, album and gear reviews and guitar and bass tablature of approximately five songs each month. The magazine .... In its age 1980 7 1 year history, Guitar World has had interviews with many notable guitarists ... magazine Guitar Legends . In the January 2005 issue, Guitar World began selling some issues of the magazine ... . In 2007 Guitar World started to produce a new DVD magazine Guitar World presents...Guitar DVD As of the January 2009 issue, Guitar World is including columns from its now defunct sister magazines Guitar One and Guitar World Acoustic . Some of the columnists include Shred Alert by Paul Gilbert of Racer ... Writer 1996 current . References references External links http www.guitarworld.com Guitar World website http guitar.about.com library bl100greatest.htm 100 Greatest Guitar Solos as ranked by readers of Guitar World http web.archive.org web 20021209031742 www.guitarworld.com 0100 framesets interviews.html Guitar World Interviews Past and Present Category Magazines established in 1980 Category Guitar magazines music mag stub cs Guitar World de Guitar World es Guitar World it Guitar World ka Guitar World hu Guitar World no Guitar World pl Guitar World pt Guitar World ru Guitar World simple Guitar World sk Guitar World fi Guitar World ... more details
Guitar Idol is an international online talent competition for unknown guitarists . The guitarists compete through 3 online heats and one online knock out round, for a chance to fill 12 places to play at the London International Music Show . ref name journal http www.johnogroat journal.co.uk news fullstory.php aid 4771 Guitar Idol Lyle is second.html John O Groat Journal ref The competition has been running since 2008. ref http www.planetnotion.com news all out guitar launches guitar idol 2009.html Guitar Idol Launch ref The competition was postponed in 2010 due to the London International Music Show not having sufficient funds to go ahead with it that year. Winners 2008 Gustavo Guerra from Brazil. ref name journal ref name guitaridol cite web publisher licklibrary url http www.licklibrary.com Channels Guitar Idol title LickLibrary.com s Guitar Idol channel accessdate 2009 02 24 ref 2009 Jack Thammarat from Thailand. ref name guitaridol 2011 Guitar Idol III Don Alder from Canada. ref name guitaridol References Reflist External links http www.guitaridol.tv Guitar Idol http www.licklibrary.com Channels Guitar Idol Guitar Idol , Lick Library Category Music competitions pt Guitar Idol ... more details
Image Lapstyle.jpg thumb right Resonator guitar played lap steel fashion. Steel guitar is a type of guitar ..., a steel guitar is usually positioned horizontally strings are plucked with one hand, while ... generally made of metal, but also of glass or other materials . The term steel guitar is often mistakenly used to describe any metal body resophonic guitar . Steel guitar can describe A method of playing slide guitar using a slide guitar steel . Resonator guitar s, including round necked varieties ... referred to generally as a Dobro, acoustic slide guitar, or square neck resonator guitars. Dobro is also ... built for playing in steel guitar fashion. These are of several types Lap steel guitar , which may be Lap slide guitar , with a conventional wooden guitar box. The square necked variety of resonator guitar . Electric lap steel guitar. Electric console steel guitar . Electric pedal steel guitar . Technique Steel guitar refers to a method of playing on a guitar held horizontally, with the strings uppermost and the bass strings towards the player, and using a type of slide guitar slide called a steel ... guitar, but is most common on instruments designed and produced for this style of play. The technique was invented and popularized in Hawaii . Thus, the lap steel guitar is sometimes known as the Hawaiian guitar , particularly in documents from the early 20th century, and today any steel guitar is frequently called a Hawaiian steel guitar . However, in Hawaiian music , Hawaiian guitar means slack string guitar , played in the conventional or Spanish position. Bottleneck guitar may have actually developed from Steel guitar technique. It is similar, with the exception that the guitar is held .... Instruments A steel guitar is one designed to be played in steel guitar fashion. Historically, these have been of many types, but two dominate Resonator guitar s, particularly the square necked variety which can only be played in steel guitar fashion. Electric instruments, starting with electric ... more details
Orphan date December 2007 Unreferenced date June 2009 A glock guitar lang sv klockspelsgitarren is a percussion instrument in the idiophone instrument family. The glock guitar is composed of a large, flat wooden board with a smaller handle known as the akkordboard . The akkordboard usually has four round peg holes for attaching three chime chord block sets, often making a four note partial scale of A minor, E, D minor, and D. The glock guitar can be played with several different sized mallets or with the hand like a guitar , while the instrument is related to the glockenspiel , thus its portmanteau name in both Swedish and English. External links http www.auris.se item KRA441.html Image at Auris.se store Portal Guitar Category Guitars Category Pitched percussion Category Struck idiophones guitar stub ... more details
main Tapping Unreferenced date December 2009 Orphan date November 2006 Tap guitar is a class of guitar that is played primarily by tapping on the strings. Any guitar can be played this way, but there are various specialty brands of instruments that are designed specifically for this technique. Various approaches to tapping exist, but the most common used by players on these specialty instruments was developed by Emmett Chapman in 1969, and uses both hands tapping with fingers parallel to the frets rather than having the right hand parallel to the strings as on a conventional guitar. Early pioneers in tapping used the former conventional orientation, like Jimmie Webster and Dave Bunker. Dedicated tapping instruments Hamatar Chapman Stick NS Stick Warr Guitars Warr guitar See also Stanley Jordan DEFAULTSORT Tap Guitar Category Electric guitars ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Image Gallotone Champion guitar body.jpg thumb Gallotone Champion Guitar Image Gallotone Champion headstock.jpg thumb Headstock showing labels The Gallotone Champion Guitar was an acoustic guitar manufactured in South Africa by the country s largest record company, Gallo Record Company Gallo Africa , during the 1950s and 60s. It was a cheaply made instrument intended for the beginner market and was exported to many countries. The Champion model is a 3 4 size steel string flat top acoustic made from laminated woods, and was guaranteed not to split . Perhaps the most famous of all Gallotone Champion players was John Lennon , whose guitar was sold for 155,500 251,700 at a Rock n Roll memorabilia sale by Sotheby s London in 1999. DEFAULTSORT Gallotone Guitar Category Acoustic guitars ... more details
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