THE

GUITAR
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,

Gaetano
Vinaccia

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.

Antonio
Torres Jurado

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.

George Beauchamp

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.

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

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