Guitars, by Lorena and Lucia

Guitarsby Lorena and Lucia 2º ESO A Instituto Español “V. Cañada Blanch” Londres 2010-2011

What is a guitar? ,[object Object]

Traditionally, guitars have usually been made of combinations of different types of woods and with strings of animal gut, or more recently, with nylon strings or steel strings. ,[object Object]

The classic guitar ,[object Object]

Nowadays, the strings are made of nylon with metal thread. However, animal gut strings are still available.

The classic guitar was developed in the late 19th century. What we call classical guitar is really called modern-classical guitar.,[object Object]

The acoustic guitar ,[object Object]

Theacoustic guitar comes fromtheclassical guitar, butit has steelstrings, so thesoundisbrighter and louder.,[object Object]

The electro-acoustic guitar ,[object Object],Thisguitar requires a preamplifierincorporated in the guitar toamplifythesignalbeforeitgetstothemain guitar amplifier.

The electric guitar The electric guitar converts the vibrations of its strings into electric signals. It has 4 strings. Many people were experimenting with electrical instruments in the 1920s, but, officially, the actual electric guitar was invented in 1931 by George Beauchamp.

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