Portal:Guitar
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 The guitar is a musical instrument, that both accompanies through the use of chords and as a melodic instrument that makes use of single notes. It is used in a wide variety of musical styles, and is also widely known as a solo classical instrument. It is most recognized in popular culture as the primary instrument in blues, country, pop, Jazz, and rock music. The guitar is usually associated with a six-stringed format but variations include that of the four-, seven-, eight-, ten-, and twelve string guitars. Other variations are those of acoustic guitars, semi-hollowbody electric guitars, solidbody electric guitars as well as guitars with more than one neck (see Gibson EDS-1275). Guitars are designed, made, maintained and repaired by luthiers.  
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 ....that Jimi Hendrix was one of the few people whom Eric Clapton invited to play along with informally, in the middle of a show? ....that the bass player Jaco Pastorius was killed by a night club bouncer, after being refused entry to a Santana concert? ....that Igor Stravinsky wanted to compose a piece for Andrés Segovia but that Segovia told him that he would never play it? ....that Pete Townshend and Eric Clapton' first talked to each other to go to the movies, where Townshend said "Clapton, I've just seen this guy... Who is going to put us out of work, man..." and they were talking about Jimi Hendrix? ....that B.B.King's guitar, Lucille, was named after a woman at one of his concerts who caused a fight between two men that eventually led to a fire? .. that Les Paul, in addition to creating the guitar of the same name, invented multitrack recording.
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Subcategories of Guitar:   Acoustic guitars - Guitar amplifier manufacturers - Artists who use seven-string guitars - Classical guitar - Compositions for guitar - Electric bass guitars - Electric guitars - Guitar parts and accessories - Guitar performance techniques - Guitarists - Guitar magazines - Guitar-related software - Guitar tunings - Guitar-related websites - Composers for classical guitar This is a subportal of the Music Portal.
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