Guitar

What
is it?
Stringed musical instrument formed by a
hollow wooden box of an elongated shape
with a slight narrowing in the middle, a
circular hole in the center and an arm (mast)
along which the strings extend and at the end
of which they are located the pegs, which
allow the instrument to be tuned.
Spain during the invasion
of the Arabs in the 8th
century Origi
time of the greeks,
which created a
instrument
certain appearance to
with current guitar that
the
n
was copied and modified
by
romans

Season of th Hittite
(1,300 BC) e s

Egyptian culture
Its origins are not very clear. There are theories that defend that the instrument
The guitar's predecessor was introduced in Spain during the invasion of the Arabs in the 8th century.
However, others
theories argue that its origins date back to the time of the Greeks, who created an instrument with
certain appearance to the current guitar although with straight edges and four strings that was copied
and modified by the
Romans. Which was later introduced into Spain around the year 400 BC.
On the other hand, there are documents that prove that in the time of the Hittites (1,300 BC), there
was already an instrument of
four strings that also had curved edges. And there are also indications of the existence of a
guitar-like instrument with smooth, curved sides in Egyptian culture. Whatever its origin, it was at the
end
of the 18th century and early 19th century when the first guitar appeared with an appearance very
similar to the current one
classical guitar, from which the other guitars that exist today (acoustic, electric, etc.) have been
derived.
Characteristic
s
It has six tuned strings, going from low to high.

It has a flat, figure-eight-shaped sound box, a resonance opening in the soundboard.

The neck is provided with a fingerboard with nineteen frets, generally metal.
 The headstock is where the tuning of the strings is regulated, the pegs are seated, with a screw
. endlessly each one.
of the
Cylindrical piece that is tied to the
rope. It has an ear that allows you to
put your fingers and turn it. In order
to increase or decrease the tension
of each
rope.

Piece of wood or metal located at

the beginning of the neck, it also
houses the pegs.
The fingerboard is divided by metal
bars embedded in it, called frets.
The spaces that are formed
between these dividing bars receive
the same name.

Rectangular piece of ivory (in some

cases bone) that is placed in the
bridge slot and also in the
headstock. It serves to raise the
strings above the level of the
soundboard and, through their
contact with it, transmit the
vibrations to the soundboard.
 Elongated piece of wood that goes
from the body of the guitar (or
soundboard) to the headstock. The
fingerboard is located on the front of
this neck.
It is the flat wooden plate that covers

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the front part of the neck and on
which the strings are stepped on
with the fingers.

Fingerboar
It is the hole located in the back
cover of the sound box, whose
purpose is to let the air contained
therein enter and exit.

It is a rectangular piece with a

transverse slot in the center, where
it fits the nut He
bridge has six small holes into which
one end of each rope is tied.
 The classical acoustic guitar has 6 strings

9 Strings which are numbered from bottom to top.

Number 1, or first, is the thinnest and is
located in the lower position. The 6th is
located in the upper position, which is the
thickest. On classical or flamenco guitars, the
first three strings are made of nylon and the
last three have a nylon core with a metal
wound.

It is where the acoustic

effect is produced that
gives volume to sounds.