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Main Types Of Guitars

As defined by the Royal Spanish Academy have the guitar is:

“Stringed musical instrument consisting of a sounding board in a figure eight, a long neck with frets and strings, usually six, which are sounded with the fingers.”.

More full is found in wikipedia tells us:

“The guitar is a plucked string musical instrument, consisting of a wooden box on a pole that is attached the fingerboard or storeroom, usually with a sound hole in the center of the lid and six strings. On the fingerboard are inlaid dishes that allow the different tones. Its specific name is classical guitar, Spanish guitar or guitar Creole.
It is the most widely used in genres like blues, rock and flamenco, and quite common in singers. It is also used in genres such as rancheras and cruppers addition to the folklore of various countries.
When the instrument is smaller than a guitar is called a fife and when it is largest bass guitar. The latter is often used by the mariachi. ” Read the rest of this entry »