Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • The Electric Guitar: and Its Predecessors

    Uploaded by

    James Saunders
    34 views21 pages
    The electric guitar evolved from earlier stringed instruments like the lute, vahuela, and baroque guitar. In the early 20th century, the classical guitar was developed in Spain, known for its rich tone and complex melodies as pioneered by musicians like Andrés Segovia. The steel-string acoustic guitar later emerged as a development of the classical guitar with steel strings producing a varied sound. The electric guitar was created to be heard more easily, with pioneers like Les Paul experimenting with amplification, leading to the first commercially available electric guitar in 1932 made of solid wood with pickups.

    Original Description:

    Original Title

    guitarppt

    Copyright

    © Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)

    Available Formats

    PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Report this Document
    The electric guitar evolved from earlier stringed instruments like the lute, vahuela, and baroque guitar. In the early 20th century, the classical guitar was developed in Spain, known for its rich tone and complex melodies as pioneered by musicians like Andrés Segovia. The steel-string acoustic guitar later emerged as a development of the classical guitar with steel strings producing a varied sound. The electric guitar was created to be heard more easily, with pioneers like Les Paul experimenting with amplification, leading to the first commercially available electric guitar in 1932 made of solid wood with pickups.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    34 views21 pages

    The Electric Guitar: and Its Predecessors

    Uploaded by

    James Saunders
    The electric guitar evolved from earlier stringed instruments like the lute, vahuela, and baroque guitar. In the early 20th century, the classical guitar was developed in Spain, known for its rich tone and complex melodies as pioneered by musicians like Andrés Segovia. The steel-string acoustic guitar later emerged as a development of the classical guitar with steel strings producing a varied sound. The electric guitar was created to be heard more easily, with pioneers like Les Paul experimenting with amplification, leading to the first commercially available electric guitar in 1932 made of solid wood with pickups.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    of 21

    The Electric Guitar

    and its predecessors.

    Classic

    Where does it come from?


    The classical guitar
    derives from 3 main stringed instruments.

    Lute Vahuela Baroque Guitar

    The classical guitar was a 19th century


    development from Spain.

    Very similar to the three aforementioned


    instruments.

    Known for its full and rich tone, along


    with the ability to perform complex melodies.

    Pioneered by musicians such as


    Andrs Segovia in the 20th century and John Williams, who is still regarded as one of the finest classical guitarists in existence.

    Steel-string Acoustic

    A later development of the


    Classical guitar.

    Steel strings to produce a varied


    sound.

    Heavy duty feel. Larger than a


    Classical guitar.

    Prominent acoustic guitarists


    include famous guitarists like Eric Clapton.

    Unplugged - massive steel-string


    album.

    More unknown artists like John


    Faney.

    Electric

    Guitars struggled to be heard. Massive race to perfect amplification. Les Paul experimenting with
    microphones.

    Adolph Rickenbacker and George


    Beauchamp collaberated.

    Guitar made available by 1932.

    Solid bodied, usually wood. Features pickups. Most commercial instrument of


    today.

    The electric guitar has a massive


    influence over modern music.

    Most genres. Rock and Roll (Johnny Be Goode 1958)

    Punk (God Save the Queen - 1977) Indie (Hummer - 2007)

    Guitar brands
    Guitar becomes commercialised. Fender Gibson

    Fender
    Leo Fender was an electronics repair
    man, but built amplifiers and decided there was more money in that.

    In 1965 Fender sold his company to


    CBS for $13,000,000.

    Fender
    Fender started out by making the
    Telecaster.

    Branched out. Today has a


    massive lineup.

    Stratocaster is most
    recognised.

    Gibson Orville Gibson originally made


    mandolins, he set up Gibson Guitar Corporation to sell these.

    Les Paul was working on an


    amplification method in the 1920s-30s.

    They teamed up and the Les Paul was


    released.

    The Les Paul has become a signiature


    look of the electric guitar today.

    Rickenbacker - The Beatles. Dean - Heavy Metal. Ibanez - First Japanese instruments. 7
    String.

    Other manufacturers

    Manson - Muse. PRS - Mark Knopfler.

    Thank you for watching.


    Do you have any questions?

    You might also like