I am looking at buying a guitar. Can you tell me more about them?
Yes absolutely! They are a nice fretted stringed instrument. Usually six strings but you can also get a 12 string.
Ok. I heard there is acoustic and electric. What is the difference?
Well for the acoustic, the body is hallow wood. The electric has an electrical amplifier and played through a speaker.
I think I will go with acoustic so I don't have to buy more equipment. What else can you tell me?
Well it takes some practice. But you can learn to play by strumming or plucking the strings. You can use your thumb and fingernails. In the beginning your fingers will probably get a little sore.
Yeah I heard some people use a plastic "pick" so they don't have to use their fingers.
Yes this is true. They are made of plastic or sometimes wood or even glass.
Wow I will have to decide what is best for me. Thanks for your help getting me started!
guitar, and the archtop guitar, which is sometimes called a "jazz guitar". The tone of an acoustic guitar is produced by the strings' vibration, amplified by the hollow body of the guitar, which acts as a resonating chamber. The classical guitar is often played as a solo instrument using a comprehensive finger-picking technique where each string is plucked individually by the player's fingers, as opposed to being strummed. The term "finger-picking" can also refer to a specific tradition of folk, blues
fretted, but a significant number are fretless instead. Semi-fretted versions also exist, although they are quite rare.
Like the traditional electric bass and the double bass, the acoustic bass guitar commonly has four strings, which are normally tuned E-A-D-G, an octave below the lowest four strings of the 6-string guitar. Like the electric bass guitar, models with five or more strings have been produced, although these are less common. In part, this is because the body of an acoustic