guitar

Definition of guitar in English English dictionary: A stringed musical instrument, usually with fretted fingerboard and 6 strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick); To play the guitar; {n} a stringed musical instrument; a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking; A string instrument from Spain, with a large, flat-backed sound box, violin-like curved shape, a fretted neck, and six strings; {i} six or twelve-stringed musical instrument with a long fretted neck; A stringed instrument capable of playing chords as well as melodies; Plucked-string instrument originally made of wood with a hollow resonating body and a fretted fingerboard; types include acoustic and electric; A universal term for the popular stringed instruments from Spain (but dating back to the Greek Kithara), with a large, flat-backed sound box, Violin-like curved shape, a fretted neck, and six strings; A stringed instrument of music resembling the lute or the violin, but larger, and having six strings, three of silk covered with silver wire, and three of catgut, played upon with the fingers; A guitar is a musical instrument with six strings and a long neck. You play the guitar by plucking or strumming the strings. Plucked stringed instrument. It normally has six strings, a fretted fingerboard, and a soundbox with a pronounced waist. It probably originated in Spain in the early 16th century. By 1800 it was being strung with six single strings; 19th-century innovations gave it its modern form. Modern classical guitar technique owes much to Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909), and Andrés Segovia gave the instrument prominence in the concert hall. However, it has always been primarily an amateur's instrument, and it remains an important folk instrument in many countries. The 12-string guitar is strung in six double courses. The Hawaiian, or steel, guitar is held horizontally and the strings are stopped by the pressure of a metal bar, producing a sweet glissando tone. The electric guitar represented a major development. Electric pickups were attached to the acoustic guitar in the 1920s. In the 1940s Les Paul invented the solid-body guitar; lacking a soundbox, it transmits only the string vibrations. With its long-sustained notes, affinity for strong amplification, and capacity for producing wailing melodic lines as well as harshly percussive rhythms, it soon became the principal instrument of Western popular music; This is a stringed instrument The modern guitar has 6 strings, which may be plucked or strummed, and are stretched along a fretted fingerboard The guitar spred through Europe from Spain in the 14th-century; a six-stringed instrument plucked or strummed with either fingers or picks In the Appalachian South, guitars are flat-backed and are typically picked or strummed with a single flatpick In this collection the guitar, when it is used, provides chords and rhythm in accompaniment to the fiddle
guitar pick: a plectrum used to pluck a guitar
acoustic guitar: A hollow-body guitar of the older variety, in contradistinction to an electric guitar
air guitar: An imaginary guitar that a listener to (usually rock) music pretends to play
I was embarrassed when a girl I knew walked in on my friends and I playing air guitar.
air-guitar: To play the air guitar
bass guitar: A stringed musical instrument tuned to produce bass or low notes, usually with a fretted fingerboard and 4, 5 or 6 strings
bottleneck guitar: A technique of playing guitar by sliding a metal tube, or (originally) a glass bottleneck, along the guitar strings to alter the pitch
classical guitar: a variety of guitar of Spanish origin used primarily for classical music, flamenco, and Latin American music, with six nylon (formerly gut) strings, usually played with the fingers rather than with a plectrum
electric guitar: A guitar which requires electronic amplification to produce sufficient sound
flamenco guitar: A particular kind of guitar (a kind designed for flamenco)
guitarist: A person who plays or performs on the guitar
lead guitar: in rock music, an electric guitar that plays soloistically, usually playing melodically as opposed to strumming chords; supported by the rhythm guitar
pedal steel guitar: The elements of an electric guitar, mounted horizontally on legs, that uses a combination of a steel bar and pedals to vary the pitch
rhythm guitar: in rock music, a guitar that provides rhythm, usually by playing chords or similar accompanying parts, to support the lead guitar
slide guitar: A technique of playing guitar by sliding a metal tube, or (originally) a glass bottleneck, along the guitar strings to alter the pitch
third bridge guitar: A stringed musical instrument, with three bridges, played at the inverse side with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick)
lead guitar: (Muzik) Lead guitar refers to a role within a band, that provides melody or melodic material, as opposed to the rhythm of the rhythm guitar, bass, and drums. Lead guitar is commonly used in blues, jazz and rock music. The lead guitarist is also normally the guitarist who will play the guitar solo in a song, provided that the song contains one
Hawaiian guitar: An electric guitar consisting of a long fretted neck and six to eight steel strings that are plucked while being pressed with a movable steel bar. Also called steel guitar
acoustic guitar: sound is not amplified by electrical means
acoustic guitar: modern steel-string guitar similar to a classical guitar; sound is not amplified by electrical means
air guitar: {i} (Informal) imaginary guitar that a person holds pretending to play a real guitar especially when miming to rock music; act of pretending to play a real guitar
bass guitar: an electric guitar with four strings, that plays low notes bassist
bass guitar: type of guitar which has only four strings and is used to make a low background rhythm
bass guitar: the lowest six-stringed guitar
electric guitar: a guitar whose sound is amplified by electrical means
electric guitar: guitar whose sound is run through electrical amplifiers
guitarist: {i} one who plays a guitar
guitarist: a musician who plays the guitar
guitarist: A guitarist is someone who plays the guitar. someone who plays the guitar
guitars: plural of guitar
hawaiian guitar: guitar whose steel strings are twanged while being pressed with a movable steel bar for a glissando effect
lap steel guitar: Hawaiian lap-held guitar that is played by plucking the strings with an upward motion
steel guitar: a musical instrument with ten strings that is played using a steel bar and a pedal (=a bar you press with your foot)
steel guitar: musical instrument having steel strings which produces a twanging sound
with guitar accompaniment: with background music from a guitar