Guitar

The word guitar was adopted into English from Spanish word guitarra. There are 4 main types of guitars. They are Classical, Acoustic, Bass and Electric. Playing chords is an easy way to get started playing songs that you can sing along with. Playing the guitar is a type of therapy. The guitar is a string instrument which is played by plucking the strings. The main parts of a guitar are the body, the fret board, the neck, the headstock and the strings. Guitars are usually made from wood or plastic and strings are made of steel or nylon. Standard tuning defines the string pitches as E, A, D, G, B, and E, from lowest (low E2) to highest (high E4).

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