guitar
Let an agent identify guitar types and relatives, support learning and buying, explain tuning and maintenance, and describe guitar traditions with attribution.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent identify guitar types and relatives, support learning and buying, explain tuning and maintenance, and describe guitar traditions with attribution.
A fretted, plucked string instrument with a flat back and a neck, usually with six strings, in acoustic and electric forms and many regional relatives such as the charango, the Mexican twelve-string, baritone and soprano guitars; the guitar is among the most widely played instruments in folk, classical, popular and world music.
What it is for: Music making across genres.
It can be identify guitar types and regional relatives; support learning to play; advise on buying and maintenance; describe guitar traditions.
Distinguishing features
Fretted plucked lute
Flat back
Acoustic or electric
Global popularity
What it looks like
A flat-backed body with a fretted neck and strings.
How it is recognised
Six strings and frets
Acoustic body or solid electric body
Lutes have rounded backs; banjos have drum heads
Related models
is a kind of - category
is played in - context
is related to - other instrument family
is related to - harmony and keys
In practice
Families and kinds
classical and flamenco guitars
steel-string acoustic guitars
electric guitars
bass, baritone and extended-range guitars
regional relatives such as charango and requinto
Standards and regulation
CITES rules on tonewoods such as rosewood
Product safety for electric instruments
Failure modes and hazards
Restricted woods in trade and travel
Playing injuries
Counterfeit instruments
Also called
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Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.guitar
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Identify Which guitar.
Types and relatives.
Type
Guitar type.
Type
Type.
- What type of guitar is this, and what music is it suited to? definition
- Is it a regional relative such as a charango? definition
Instrument
A specific instrument.
Instrument
Specific instrument.
- Who made this guitar, and when, according to serial numbers and records? provenance
- Is it genuine? boundary
Learn Playing.
Practice and technique.
Start
Beginning.
Start
Beginning.
- How can a beginner start learning guitar, and which instrument suits them? action
- Which chords and songs come first? action
Technique
Improving.
Technique
Technique.
- How can this technique or style be practised? action
- How can hand strain be avoided? provenance
Own Buying and care.
Setup matters.
Buy
Buying a guitar.
Buy
Buying.
- What should a buyer check on a new or used guitar? action
- Do CITES rules affect travel with this instrument? provenance
Maintain
Maintenance.
Maintain
Maintenance.
- How should the guitar be tuned, strung, stored and set up? provenance
- When is a professional setup needed? boundary
Culture Traditions.
Guitars across cultures.
Traditions
Regional traditions.
Traditions
Traditions.
- What are the traditions of this guitar type, as described by its musicians? provenance
- Which players are notable? provenance
History
History.
History
History.
- How did the guitar develop, according to organologists? provenance
- Which innovations were key? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each guitar type be a separate entry?
- How should learning resources be linked?
- How should CITES rules be tracked?