The guitar is a musical instrument

belonging to the family of plucked

strings. it can be played with the
fingertips or with the pick, classical
guitar is usually played with nails and
fingertips, while acoustic and electric
guitar are usually played with stick.
its origins are ancient, it derives from
lute, an arabic instrument then
exported in europe. his name, in fact,
derive from aloud, an arabic name.
it was smaller than guitar, the handle
was shorter and the tuning was
different. lute strings were made of
animal gut, instead modern strings are
made of synthetic material.
lute was mainly use in medieval and
renaissance music, as a solo
instrument, to accompany a voice or a
vocal ensemble, or in instruments
ensembles, it was also used in
baroque music, by composers like
johann sebastian bach. he wrote a lot
of compositions for lute, like sonatas
and suite.

a renaissance lute.

from the evolution of the lute we

moved on to the Baroque guitar and
then to the romantic guitar.

romantic guitar was similar to modern

guitar, but it was smaller and strings
were made of animal gut.
modern guitar has been widespread in
the late 19th century, thanks to the
innovations of spanish luthier antonio
de torres. he expanded the
soundboard and the neck.

Guitar is made of six fundamental

parts:

Sound Hole: placed in the center of a

the soundboard

Strings: in classical guitar are made of

plastic and metallic alloys, vibrating
they allow to generate sounds

Soundboard: it allows, through the

hole, to amplify the sounds generated
by the strings
Neck: it allows to stretch the strings,
and, pressing the frets, that are
placed there, to play

Headstock: placed at the end of the

neck, it allows to allocate and to tie the
strings,
and, with tuning mechanics, to tune
the guitar.

Bridge: placed at the opposite of the

headstock, it allows to tie the strings

There are three main types of

guitar: classical, acoustic and electric
guitar.
Acoustic guitar: similar to the classical
guitar, but strings are entirely made of
metal alloys, while in classical guitar
three strings are made of plastic and
three of metal alloys. it has a pick
guard to protect the soundboard from
pick knocks

Classical guitar:
Electric guitar: mainly used in pop and
rock music, it needs to be amplified,
with pickups, sort of microphones
placed under the strings.

Main classical guitar composers:

Fernado sor(1778-1839), Spain.

Mauro giuliani(1781-1829), Italy.

Heitor villa-lobos(1887-1959), Brasil.

Leo brouwer(1939), Cuba.