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Intro

Guitar

Six-stringed, fretted instrument. It is typically played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a guitar pick or the finger/fingernails of one hand, while simultaneously fretting with the fingers of the other hand.

Relationships
Parents	StringInstrument	Instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings when the performer plays the strings in some manner, usually by bowing, plucking, or striking.
Instances	AcousticGuitar	A guitar that produces sound acoustically by transmitting the vibration of the strings to the air—as opposed to relying on electronic amplification.
	BahianGuitar	Brazilian four or five stringed guitar with a shorter neck than a standard guitar.
	BajoSexto	Mexican 12-string guitar.
	BaritoneGuitar	Guitar with a longer scale length, typically a larger body, and heavier internal bracing, so it can be tuned to a lower pitch.
	BaroqueGuitar	Small-body guitar with five gut strings and moveable gut frets.
	ChapmanStick	10 or 12-stringed fretted instrument in the guitar family that produces sound by the performer tapping on the strings, allowing the player to play multiple lines simultaneously. Invented by Emmett Chapman in the early 1970s.
	DobroGuitar	Guitar with a metal resonant chamber built into the body, which gives the instrument a more resonant sound than a standard guitar. Usually tuned to an open chord and played with a slide.
	ElectricGuitar	A guitar that uses one or more pickups to convert the vibration of its strings into electrical signals, which are then sent through an amplifier.
	ElectricSitar	A kind of electric guitar designed to mimic the sound of the sitar.
	FryingPanGuitar	Early kind of lap steel guitar. The body is small, made of metal, and resembles a frying pan. Played with a slide.
	Guitarron	Large, deep-bodied Mexican guitar with six strings. Used in mariachi music. The standard tuning is A1, D2, G2, C3, E3, A3.
	LapSteelGuitar	Steel guitar held horizontally in the performer's lap and plucked with picks attached to the fingers. Usually played with a slide. Common in Hawaiian, Country, Bluegrass, and Western Swing styles.
	NylonStringGuitar	Guitar with nylon or gut strings used to play classical music.
	Pedabro	Pedal steel guitar with a dobro resonator cone.
	PedalSteelGuitar	Horizontal guitar on a stand that is played with a slide on one hand and picked with finger picks on the other. The pedals change certain string tunings to achieve different open tunings. There are typically two sets of strings on the instrument - one set of strings is tuned to an open E Major chord and the other is tuned to a C6 chord.
	PortugueseGuitar	Distinctively bright-sounding lute instrument with 12 strings in 6 courses. Most commonly associated with Fado music.
	RenaissanceGuitar	Earliest modern guitar. It had 8 strings in 4 courses.
	RomanticGuitar	Early version of a six single course guitar used during the Romantic period. Predecessor of the modern classical guitar.
	TenorGuitar	Small four-string guitar that was developed so tenor banjo players could double on guitar.
	Tiple	Soprano guitar with 12 strings in 4 triple courses. Mainly associated with Colombia.
	TouchGuitar	Guitar that is either designed or modified to be played in a fretboard finger tapping style.
	Tres	Cuban guitar with three double courses.
	TwelveStringElectricGuitar	Electric guitar with 12 strings in 6 choruses so that the normal guitar strings are doubled, giving the instrument a richer sound.
	TwelveStringGuitar	Guitar with 12 strings on 6 choruses so that the normal guitar strings are doubled, giving the guitar a rich sound.
	ViolaCaipira	String instrument that is bowed or played with varying techniques. It is slightly larger than a violin, and has a lower pitch and deeper sound. A standard orchestral instrument.
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