history: I was in a band in college where I played the guitar.  It's my favorite instrument
knowledge: The sound is projected either acoustically, using a hollow wooden or plastic and wood box (for an acoustic guitar), or through electrical amplifier and a speaker (for an electric guitar).
response: That's pretty awesome! For an acoustic guitar, the sound projects via a hollow box, but for electric guitars it's via an amplifier.
history: I was in a band in college where I played the guitar.  It's my favorite instrument
That's pretty awesome! For an acoustic guitar, the sound projects via a hollow box, but for electric guitars it's via an amplifier.
I started by playing the acoustic, but my uncle gave me an electric so I play both now
knowledge: It is typically played by strumming or plucking the strings with the fingers, thumb or fingernails of the right hand or with a pick while fretting (or pressing against the frets) the strings with the fingers of the left hand.
response: Which type do you prefer? Guitars are usually played by strumming or plucking with the right hand and pressing the strings against the frets with the left.
history: I was in a band in college where I played the guitar.  It's my favorite instrument
That's pretty awesome! For an acoustic guitar, the sound projects via a hollow box, but for electric guitars it's via an amplifier.
I started by playing the acoustic, but my uncle gave me an electric so I play both now
Which type do you prefer? Guitars are usually played by strumming or plucking with the right hand and pressing the strings against the frets with the left.
I personally prefer the electric.  I have a vintage Guild and the sound is incredible
knowledge: The modern guitar was preceded by the gittern, the vihuela, the four-course Renaissance guitar, and the five-course baroque guitar, all of which contributed to the development of the modern six-string instrument.
response: Wow, that's really neat. I know some history of the guitar, it's predecessors are the gittern, vihuela, the Renaissance guitar, and the baroque guitar.
history: I was in a band in college where I played the guitar.  It's my favorite instrument
That's pretty awesome! For an acoustic guitar, the sound projects via a hollow box, but for electric guitars it's via an amplifier.
I started by playing the acoustic, but my uncle gave me an electric so I play both now
Which type do you prefer? Guitars are usually played by strumming or plucking with the right hand and pressing the strings against the frets with the left.
I personally prefer the electric.  I have a vintage Guild and the sound is incredible
Wow, that's really neat. I know some history of the guitar, it's predecessors are the gittern, vihuela, the Renaissance guitar, and the baroque guitar.
That's so cool!  I've never heard of those.  I wonder how they differ from the guitars we know now?
knowledge: The modern guitar was preceded by the gittern, the vihuela, the four-course Renaissance guitar, and the five-course baroque guitar, all of which contributed to the development of the modern six-string instrument.
response: It said that they all contributed in some way to the modern 6 string instrument we have today.
history: I was in a band in college where I played the guitar.  It's my favorite instrument
That's pretty awesome! For an acoustic guitar, the sound projects via a hollow box, but for electric guitars it's via an amplifier.
I started by playing the acoustic, but my uncle gave me an electric so I play both now
Which type do you prefer? Guitars are usually played by strumming or plucking with the right hand and pressing the strings against the frets with the left.
I personally prefer the electric.  I have a vintage Guild and the sound is incredible
Wow, that's really neat. I know some history of the guitar, it's predecessors are the gittern, vihuela, the Renaissance guitar, and the baroque guitar.
That's so cool!  I've never heard of those.  I wonder how they differ from the guitars we know now?
It said that they all contributed in some way to the modern 6 string instrument we have today.
Do you know what year the original gittern was invented?
knowledge: The gittern was a relatively small gut strung round-backed instrument that first appears in literature and pictorial representation during the 13th century in Western Europe (Iberian Peninsula, Italy, France, England).
response: I'm not certain, but representations of it started showing up in Western Europe in the 13th century.