A classical guitar (nylon string) (a standard tuned guitar) The
guitar is a string instrument of the chordophone family
constructed from wood and strung with either nylon or steel
strings. The modern guitar was preceded by the lute, vihuela,
four-course renaissance guitar and five-course baroque guitar,
all of which contributed to the development of the modern six-
string instrument. There are three main types of modern acoustic
guitar: the classical guitar (nylon-string guitar), the steel-
string acoustic guitar, and the archtop guitar. The tone of an
acoustic guitar is produced by the vibration of the strings,
which is amplified by the body of the guitar, which acts as a
resonating chamber. The classical guitar is often played as a
solo instrument using a comprehensive fingerpicking technique.
Electric guitars, introduced in the 1930s, use an amplifier that
can electronically manipulate and shape the tone. Early
amplified guitars employed a hollow body, but a solid body was
eventually found more suitable, as