History Of Guitar Essay

Did you know that guitars were first created 4,000 years ago, that’s only 3,000 years after the wheel was invented. Guitars were even found in cave drawings! Today you will read about how these guitars were played, created, and even how the very first guitar was created.
Now you are probably thinking, what is a guitar? A guitar is a stringed instrument that often has 6 strings. A guitar can be played by plucking or strumming the strings with one hand, and with the other hand pressing your fingers down on the strings to create different sounds. Guitars have 3 main parts, the neck, the body, and the headstock. The neck is the long part of the guitar were the strings run down and were the strings are pressed down to create different sounds. The

The 2 most popular guitars are the electric and acoustic guitars. The Electric Guitar is often thinner than other guitars and used in rock bands. The other one is the acoustic guitar, which is thicker and has a hole in the body. The biggest difference between them is that the acoustic guitar is used for lighter sounding songs and not heavy metal or rock songs. An Electric Guitar is used for more rock sounds and has a gritty sound. You can plug it in and make it a lot louder than an acoustic guitar. You can make an Electric Guitar sound less choppy and more like an acoustic guitar if you want. There are also guitars that are electric-acoustic, meaning it is an acoustic guitar that can be plugged in like an Electric Guitar. A few more types of guitars are 12 String, Double Necked, Steel, Arch Top, and Classical. The 12 string as you can guess is a normal guitar with 12 strings and their are 2 small strings that are tuned the same with one low and one high but sound similar. The Double necked guitar is a guitar that has 2 necks with separate strings with a total of 12 or 24 strings depending on the model of guitar. This guitar is extremely hard to play and only a few people in the whole world can play it successfully. The arch top guitar is a very interesting guitar because it has a arched headstock which bends the strings in a weird sort of way that makes it sound different or