Guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that adapts readily to a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six strings, but four-, seven-, eight-, nine-, ten-, eleven-, twelve-, thirteen- and eighteen-string guitars also exist. The size and shape of the neck and the base of the guitar also vary, producing a variety of sounds.

Types of guitars

• Acoustic guitars
  
• Renaissance and Baroque guitars
  
• Classical guitars
  
• The modern Ten-string guitar
  
• Portuguese guitar
  
• Flat-top guitars
  
• Archtop guitars
  
• Selmer-Maccaferri guitars
  
• Resonator, resophonic or Dobro guitars
  
• 12-string guitars
  
• Russian guitars
  
• Acoustic bass guitars
  
• Guitarrón
  
• Tenor guitars
  
• Harp guitars
  
• Extended-range guitars
  
• Guitar battente
  
• Electric guitars