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THE GUITAR

The most commonly used instrument is the guitar. Its so widely used and popular not because of any form of elegance but because its actually extremely easy to pick up and use. None of the music that you hear today, or even yesterday for that matter, would ever sound anything close to what you hear it as had any form of a guitar not been used to push the sound of the track forward. Despite the excessive popularity of the instrument, a question some of even the most renowned musical practitioners have asked is: Who invented the Guitar? Well, lets start from the beginning.

The year was 1779, a man of Neapolitan decent who went by the name of Gaetano Vinaccia created the guitar in its earliest form. Of course, the reason he made this new device was because his family was already known greatly for their crafting ofmandolinsand he wanted to try something a little different with the mandolin formula. So in reality, this guitar was actually a mandolin in its first stage of play.

Gaetano Vinaccia

It wasnt until the 1850s that this new mandolin would start to become its own instrument when a man namedAntonio Torres Jurado, from Spain, would add on his own attachments to the instrument to help differentiate itself from the mandolin name and become its own thing, known as a guitar. Therefore, Spain is where the guitar was first noted as being its own instrument and being strikingly utilized to help define the Spanish culture and its musical endeavors.Antonio Torres Jurado

Of course, the attachments would not end with Jurado as much later in the year 1936 a man named George Beauchamp would take the same concepts implemented by Jurado but would take it a step further by creating the electric guitar. The electric guitar is what gives songs that very interesting sound you hear so much of all the time in hit material by the worlds most popular artists and bands, and believe it or not it all started in a small shop by a mandolin inventor, go figure.George Beauchamp

Guitarsall have their own particular shape and sound. In all types of guitars the sound is produced by the vibration of the strings. The guitar is usually played with fingers or apick.The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with either nylon or steel strings. Some modern guitars are made of polycarbonate materials. Guitars are made and repaired by luthiers (someone who makes or repairs stringed instruments).Playing different guitars in a music shop is a great way of familiarizing yourself with each model's unique qualities. Your choice of guitar will usually be based on the type of music you wish to play and the aesthetic appeal of the color and design.There are two primary families of guitars: acoustic and electric.

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