The guitar appears to be derived from earlier instruments known in ancient central Asia as the Sitara. The word 'lute', comes from the Arabic 'Al-Uud', a stringed instrument from the Middle East. A person who makes or fixes guitars is a luthier, which comes from the word ' lute'.

The sihtar itself is related to the Indian instrument, the sitar.Р”Р„ person who plays a guitar is called a guitarist. The Indian sitar instrument was named after the Persian sehtР”Рѓr. There is also a similar but two-stringed Persian instrument named dotР”Рѓr. seh meaning 'three' and tР”Рѓr meaning 'string'. Kithara could have come from the Persian word sehtР”Рѓr. The word cithara came from the earlier Greek word kithara. Both guitarra and gitter came from the Latin word cithara. In the Middle Ages the word gitter or gittern was used in England. The word guitar was adopted into English from Spanish word guitarra in the 1600s. Standard tuning is used by most guitarists, and frequently used tunings can be understood as variations on standard tuning. Standard tuning defines the string pitches as E, A, D, G, B, and E, from lowest (low E2) to highest (high E4). Frets help a guitarist know where to put his or her fingers to get the right pitch when playing. The neck of a guitar has bars or marks called frets. More strings make the instrument sound fuller. Most guitars have six strings, but there are also guitars with four, seven, eight, ten, or twelve strings. This is because they do not use acoustics to amplify the sound. These guitars, which are often used in popular music, are called electric guitars. (An acoustic instrument is one that makes its own dynamics.)Р”Р‡rom the 1930s, people started making and playing guitars that used electricity and amplifiers to control the loudness. This type of guitar is called 'acoustic'. This makes the sound of the strings louder, and gives the guitar its quality. All traditional types of guitar have a body which is hollow. There are many different types of guitars, classified on how they are made and the type of music they are used for. Most pieces of popular music that have been written since the 1950s are written with guitars. Guitars are used for many types of music, from Classical to Rock. In many countries and at many different time periods, guitars and other plucked string instruments have been very popular, because they are light to carry from place to place, they are easier to learn to play than many other instruments.

Guitar-like plucked string instruments have been used for many years. Different finger positions on the fretboard make different notes. The left hand holds the neck of the guitar while the fingers pluck the strings.

This type of pick is called a ' plectrum' or guitar pick. The guitar strings are plucked with the fingers and fingernails of the right hand (or left hand, for left handed players), or a small pick made of thin plastic.

Their strings are made of steel or nylon. Guitars are usually made from wood or plastic. The main parts of a guitar are the body, the fretboard, the headstock and the strings. The guitar is a string instrument which is played by plucking the strings. Paco de LucР“Вa, a modern flamenco guitarist

Guitar string notes