WebThe modern word guitar, and its antecedents, has been applied to a wide variety of chordophones since classical times and as such causes confusion. The English word guitar, the German Gitarre, and the French guitare were all adopted from the Spanish guitarra, which comes from the Andalusian Arabic قيثارة (qīthārah) and the Latin cithara, …

WebThe following is a non-comprehensive list of composers who have composed original music for the classical guitar, or music which has been arranged for it. This list is sortable by name, nationality and years of birth or death. Name Year of birth Year of death Nationality Notable works Remarks Jean Absil:

WebWhile most classical guitar makers are today mainly concerned with making modern classical guitars with their typical fan-bracing or experimenting to make the instrument louder (e.g., "thin-top lattice-braced", "double-top", with results that are not without criticism); they seem to give little consideration to historical sound ideals, or to tuning and voicing of …

WebClassical guitar strings are strings manufactured for use on classical guitars.While steel-string acoustic guitar strings and electric guitar strings are made of metal, modern classical guitar strings are made of nylon and nylon wound with wire, which produces a different sound to the metal strings.Classical guitar strings were originally made with …

WebThe bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the string family.It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and scale length, and typically four to six strings or courses.Since the mid-1950s, the bass guitar has largely replaced the double …

WebName Born Country Abel Carlevaro: 1916–2001: Uruguay Agustín Barrios Mangoré: 1885–1944: Paraguay Alexandre Lagoya: 1929–1999: France Alirio Díaz: 1923–2016

WebThe Ovation Guitar Company is a manufacturer of string instruments.Ovation primarily manufactures steel-string acoustic guitars (both 6 and 12-string versions) and nylon-string guitars, often with pickups for electric amplification. In 2015, it became a subsidiary of Drum Workshop after being acquired from KMCMusicorp.. The company's Ovation and Adamas …

WebIn the early 1930s, the newly electrified lap steel guitar took a prominent position in a type of dance music known as "Western swing", a form of jazz swing that combined elements of country music and Hawaiian music.: 88 Pioneers of the genre include bandleaders Milton Brown and Bob Wills. Wills in turn hired and nurtured innovative players, who …

Webクラシック・ギター（Classical Guitar）とは、ガット、ナイロン、フロロカーボンなどの弦が張られた、ギターのことである。 スパニッシュ・ギター（Spanish guitar）、ガット・ギター（Gut guitar）とも呼ばれる。. フラメンコに使用されるクラシック・ギターは、激しい演奏からボディトップを保護 ...

WebJohn Christopher Williams AO OBE (born 24 April 1941) is an Australian virtuosic classical guitarist renowned for his ensemble playing as well as his interpretation and promotion of the modern classical guitar repertoire. In 1973, he shared a Grammy Award in the Best Chamber Music Performance category with fellow guitarist Julian Bream for Together …