I play the acoustic guitar - there are 3 main times of this guitar -  the classical guitar, the steel-string acoustic guitar, and the archtop guitar.
I thought there was just typically one type of guitar so that's interesting
It is also interesting that today's guitar was preceded by the gittern, the vihuela, the four-course Renaissance guitar, and the five-course baroque guitar
Can you perhaps explain to me what a gittern is?
A gittern was a fairly small gut strung round-backed instrument from around the 13th century
okay so kind of like an old ukelele? If that's a fair comparison
It was quite popular with court musicians, minstrels, and amateurs
That's pretty cool, I bet it was really easy to take it with you everywher
Minstrel show
The minstrel show, or minstrelsy, was an American form of entertainment developed in the early 19th century. Each show consisted of comic skits, variety acts, dancing, and music performances that depicted people specifically of African descent. The shows were performed by white people in make-up or blackface for the purpose of playing the role of black people. There were also some African-American performers and all-black minstrel groups that formed and toured under the direction of white people. Minstrel shows lampooned black people
type of chordophone, traditionally constructed from wood and strung with either gut, nylon or steel strings and distinguished from other chordophones by its construction and tuning. 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.
There are three main types of modern acoustic guitar: the classical guitar (Spanish guitar/nylon-string guitar), the steel-string acoustic