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HISTORY OF THE GUITAR
Guitars have been played as far back as 3,000
years ago. The first guitar was played in Ancient
Egypt. Then it was played in the by Byzantine
Empire. During the Middle Ages it became the
lute in Europe. In the 1600s, the baroque guitar
was played in Europe. In the 1800’ s, Torres
made the first modern guitar.
Parts of A Guitar
• Every guitar has a body, it is the main part.
The neck sticks to the body and it carries the
frets and the finger board. The strings on
different guitars can be made out of different
materials like steel and nylon. The frets help
guitarists to play different notes. The finger
board has the frets attached to it and it is one
of the most important parts of the guitar
body. Tuning pegs are like switches that you
turn to tune your guitar.
Acoustic guitar
• An acoustic guitar is hollow and it has up to 6
12, or 18 steel strings.
Electric guitar
It is solid and it has 6 strings and you can plug it
in an amplifier. The styles of music it is
popular in is pop, rock, and jazz.
Guns and Roses
Slash is the lead guitarist.
Izzy Stradlin is the rhythm guitarist. Their most
popular song is Sweet Child O’Mine.
Glossary
• Frets: iron string in the fingerboard
• Tuning pegs: pegs that you turn to tune the
guitar
• Steel: a metal like how iron is a metal
• Amplifier: a machine that you plug an electric
guitar in to make a much bigger sound
• Lead guitarist: the guitarist that does the most
solos
Tuning Peg
Fret