The Guitar And It's Musics

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Baroque guitar: history and development

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Renaissance and Baroque guitars are the gracile ancestors of the modern classical guitar. They are substantially smaller and more delicate than the classical guitar, and generate a much quieter sound.

Renaissance and Baroque guitars are easily distinguished because the Renaissance guitar is very plain and the Baroque guitar is very ornate, with ivory or wood inlays all over the neck and body, and a paper-cutout inverted "wedding cake" inside the hole.

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Baroque guitar: playing techniques

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They were more often used as rhythm instruments in ensembles than as solo instruments, and can often be seen in that role in early music performances.

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Baroque guitar: tunings

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The strings are paired in courses as in a modern 12-string guitar, but they only have four or five courses of strings rather than six.

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Baroque guitar: key points in the development of the instrument

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Baroque guitar: approaches to performance style

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Baroque guitar: effects of technology on both the design of the instruments and on performance style

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Classical guitar: history and development

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ancient greek "kithara", ancient egypt, mesopotamia, Old Persian language "Tar," ancient Arabic (possible, rather than European), Old Testament: Book of Psalms.

NOT descended from Renaissance Lute!

Early Guitars:
Spain- Vihuela, similar to lute, adapted from earlier bowed lute
Four course guitar- main instrument to adopt guitar shape in all varieties
(Both had flat backs)

Rise of 6-strong guitar:
5 double-course --> single string
6-string develoment and move away from lute-like features.
Machine heads used instead of wooden pegs, frets fixed in place, open sound hole, higher bridge, strings held with saddle and pins, flat back, proportions changed to allow 12th fret to lie level with junction of neck and body, separate fingerboards introduced, first flush, then 2mm above table, rectangular peg head gave way to headstock, often lavishly decorated according to maker, fan strutting and cross strutting used.

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Classical guitar: playing techniques

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The classical guitar's wide, flat neck allows the musician to play scales, arpeggios, and certain chord forms more easily and with less adjacent string interference than on other styles of guitar. Flamenco guitars are very similar in construction, but are associated with a more percussive tone.

Originally, appoyando [rest stroke] not used, tirando [free stroke] more common -hangover from lute technique.
Right hand supported on table with little finger.
Use of fingernails debated: Sor+ ; Aguado-
Sometimes thumb used to fret lowest string

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Classical guitar: tunings

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Classical guitars also known as Spanish guitars are typically strung with nylon strings, plucked with the fingers, played in a seated position and are used to play a diversity of musical styles including classical music.

An Extended-range classical guitar is a classical guitar with more than 6 strings, usually up to 13.

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Classical guitar: key points in the development of the instrument

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Classical guitar: approaches to performance style

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Classical guitar: effects of technology on both the design of the instruments and on performance style

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Classical guitar: key performers and, where appropriate, composers, and major contributions of these figures

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Electric guitar: history and development

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Electric guitar: playing techniques

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Electric guitar: tunings

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Electric guitar: key points in the development of the instrument

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Electric guitar: approaches to performance style

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Electric guitar: effects of technology on both the design of the instruments and on performance style

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Electric guitar: key performers and, where appropriate, composers, and major contributions of these figures

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Acoustic guitar: history and development of the instrument

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Acoustic guitars are several notable subcategories within the acoustic guitar group: classical and flamenco guitars; steel-string guitars, which include the flat-topped, or "folk," guitar; twelve-string guitars; and the arched-top guitar. The acoustic guitar group also includes unamplified guitars designed to play in different registers, such as the acoustic bass guitar, which has a similar tuning to that of the electric bass guitar.

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Acoustic guitar: playing techniques

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Acoustic guitar: tunings

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Acoustic guitar: key points in the development of the instrument

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Acoustic guitar: approach to performance style

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Acoustic guitar: effects of technology on both the design of the instrument and on performance style

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Acoustic guitar: key performers and, where appropriate, composers, and major contributions by these figures

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Bass guitar (including Chapman Stick): history and development of the instrument

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Bass guitar (including Chapman Stick): playing techniques

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Bass guitar (including Chapman Stick): tunings

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Bass guitar (including Chapman Stick): key points in the development of the instrument

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Bass guitar (including Chapman Stick): approaches to performance style

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Bass guitar (including Chapman Stick): effects of technology on both the design of the instruments and on performance style

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Bass guitar (including Chapman Stick): key performers and, where appropriate, composers, and major contributions by these figures

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World guitars (including Guitarra Portuguesa, Cuban Laud, Dobro): history and development of the instrument

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World guitars (including Guitarra Portuguesa, Cuban Laud, Dobro): playing techniques

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World guitars (including Guitarra Portuguesa, Cuban Laud, Dobro): tunings

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World guitars (including Guitarra Portuguesa, Cuban Laud, Dobro): key points in development of the instrument

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World guitars (including Guitarra Portuguesa, Cuban Laud, Dobro): approaches to performance style

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World guitars (including Guitarra Portuguesa, Cuban Laud, Dobro): effects of technology on both the design of the instrument style

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World guitars (including Guitarra Portuguesa, Cuban Laud, Dobro): musical culture the chosen instrument belongs to

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World guitars (including Guitarra Portuguesa, Cuban Laud, Dobro): genres most closely associated with each instrument

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World guitars (including Guitarra Portuguesa, Cuban Laud, Dobro): role the instrument plays within its genre e.g. melody line, counter melody, bass line, harmonic support, rhythmic support, etc.

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Fan-strutting

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Wooden supports found under the soundboard of an acoustic guitar. Referred to as fan strutting because the struts radiate out from a central point just like a fan.