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History of the Guitar

Traces the history of guitars to India and Central Asia. It derives from the Sitara. The oldest known iconographic representation a tool that displays all the characteristics of a rock guitar is a 3,300-year-old carving of a Hittite bard. At the beginning of the guitar was known as an instrument with a long neck with frets, sounding flat wood, ribs, and back flat, more often with curved sides. The modern guitar owes its origin from the Spanish guitar derives from the Latin word sitar. Zither zither word comes from the Greek, perhaps derived from ISTH Persian, which in turn related to India Sitara.

Following the history of modern guitar guitars comes from the Roman lyre brought by the Romans to Hispania around 40 AD. Also modified and developed with the input four-stringed lute, brought by the Moors. In other parts of Europe, lut the native six-string Scandinavian (lute) had earned a reputation in the areas of Viking incursions across the continent.

Composers wrote string instruments especially in tablature notation. During the 17th century, Italy was said to be the capital of the world of guitar. In France, the guitar was considered the instrument of the nobility. The Spanish school building the guitar flourished from the end of the century XVIII century. Works and the composition of the composers traveled widely as Italian composers who participated in a series of important works.

One of the most important factors in the history of the guitar was the addition of the sixth string to the middle of the eighteenth century. Changes in conditions social and improved mode of transportation in the 19 th century has contributed to the growing understanding of the guitar and has allowed artists to travel to their composition. music Spain guitar prospered more than others in the 19 th century.

The 20th century saw the European immigrants who came to America brought a number of instrument manufacturers highly specialized, among them, including those who were experts in the manufacture of steel string acoustic guitar. Two types of construction evolved, guitar flat top guitar and the arch top. Martin and Gibson were among the original and most important of all acoustic guitar makers of America.

A recognized name in the history of guitars, Antonio Torres Jurado (1817 to1892), developed the modern feature of the guitar in Seville during the 1850's. George Beauchamp in 1936 patented the electric guitar pickup that uses the horseshoe magnet. However, Danelectro was the first to produce electric guitars the general public.

The requirement for something with an amplified sound was noted during the era of big band in the history of guitars. amplification devices it was necessary to fight with the high volumes of metal sections for large jazz orchestras of the thirties and forties. To begin with the component electric guitar, this consisted primarily of hollow archtop acoustic guitar bodies to which electromagnetic transducers had been fixed.

The original use of the electric guitar known in the history of the guitar was in October 1932 in Wichita, Kansas by Gage guitarist and bandleader who acquired Brewer two instruments directly from George Beauchamp of Los Angeles, California. The first recording of an electric guitar was by jazz guitarist George Barnes. Recorded two songs in Chicago on March 1, 1938. These were love Earth and is a Low Down Dirty Shame.

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