opposite hand.

A plectrum or in dividual finger picks may be used to strike the strings. The sound of

the guitar is projected either acoustically, by means of a resonant chamber on the instrument, or
amplified asd an electronic pickup and an amplifier.
The guitar is classified as a chordophone – meaning the sound is produced by a vibrating string
stretched between two fixed points. Historically, a guitar was constructed from wood with its strings
made of catgut. S teel guitar strings were introduced near the end of the nineteenth century in the
United States;[1] nylon strings came