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Outline of guitars
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to guitars: A guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Most guitar necks have metal frets attached (the exception is fretless bass guitars). Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with either nylon or steel strings. Some modern 2010-era guitars are made of polycarbonate materials. Guitars are made and repaired by luthiers. There are two primary families of guitars: acoustic and electric. An acoustic guitar has a wooden top and a hollow body. An electric guitar may be a solid-body or hollow body instrument, which is made louder by using a pickup and plugging it into a guitar amplifier and speaker. Another type of guitar is the low-pitched bass guitar.
Instrument classification
A guitar can be described as all of the following:
Types and varieties of guitars
Standard guitar variations
Pitch-based variations
Steel guitars
Courses
Extra strings
Fewer strings
Misc
Models
6-strings
Acoustic guitar models
Semi-acoustic models
Solid body electric models
Bass guitars
Bass guitars are also called "electric basses".
Parts
Guitar accessories
Miscellaneous
Guitar amplifiers
Guitar effects
Effects unit (also known as "Stomp Box")
Guitar software
Guitar use
Guitar music
Guitar tunings
See Guitar tunings and List of guitar tunings.
Guitar playing styles
The difference between guitar playing styles and guitar techniques (below) is that a style is a collection of techniques
Guitar technique
Main Category: Category:Guitar performance techniques
Fretting hand technique
Bridge (Right) hand techniques
See also the following from List of musical terminology: sul porticello (plucking/strumming near the bridge), sul tasto (plucking/strumming above the fingerboard)
Strumming
Flat picking (single picking, plectrum picking)
Finger picking (multiple picking)
Percussive techniques
Head (Left) hand techniques
Legato techniques
Harmonic techniques
Extended techniques
History of guitars
Guitar makers
Guitar magazines
Guitar music
Guitar festivals
Guitar community
Significant guitarists
Guitar methodologies
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