Guitar

A guitar is a plucked string instrument - played with the fingers - with a fingerboard which has frets on it, although there are fretless guitars,

A guitar usually has six strings, but there are a number of varieties like the 11-stringed alto guitar, or the 8-stringed electric guitar called the Chapman Stick, espesially made for tapping.

It is played by plucking, strumming, or tapping the strings , or with a plectrum.

Fretting is usually done by the hands, but there are

The sound is produced by vibrating strings, which in turn resonate the body and neck.

• Acoustic guitar
• Classical guitar, Spanish Guitar
• Steel guitar
• Acoustic bass guitar
• electric guitar
• Semi-acoustic guitar
• Bass guitar
• Pedal steel guitar
• Lap steel guitar
• Hawaiian guitar

Other types of guitar is guitars specially made to be used for some role in a band, som particular purpose or with a special technique, like rhythm guitar or lead guitar, slide guitar / .

guitar - full Britannica article.