The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to guitars:
luthiers. There are two primary families of guitars: acoustic and electric.
[edit] What type of thing is a guitar?
[edit] Types and varieties of guitars
[edit] Standard guitar variations
- Archtop guitar
- Classical guitar
- Electric guitar
- Electric acoustic guitar
- Flamenco guitar
- Flat top guitar
- Fretless guitar
- Hybrid guitar
- Parlor guitar
- Resonator guitar
- Selmer-Maccaferri guitar
- Semi-acoustic guitar
- Silent guitar
- Steel string acoustic guitar
- Tailed bridge guitar
- Twelve string guitar
- Octave twelve
[edit] Pitch-based variations
[edit] Steel guitars
- Lap steel guitar (aka Hawaiian guitar)
- Pedal steel guitar
[edit] Extra strings
- 5-string bass
- 6-string bass
- 7-string guitar The Russian Guitar and Electric guitar
- 8-string guitar
[edit] Misc
- Harp guitar
- Gittler guitar
- Glock-Guitar
- Lyre-guitar
- Nano guitar
- Portuguese guitar
- Prepared guitar
- Vintage guitar
- Warr Guitars
[edit] Guitar-like instruments
- Tar (lute) Four-stringed Persian instrument
- Balalaika Russian guitar
- Banjo guitar – six-string banjo with the neck of a guitar. Also called a “guitjo”.
- Cavaquinho small Luso-Brazilian guitar
- Cigar Box Guitar
- Chapman Stick
- Shamisen Three-stringed Japanese guitar
- Ukulele
- Lutenist)
- Guitarlele
- Pencilina
- Cuatro
- Tres
- Tiple
- Requinto
[edit] Models
[edit] 6-String
[edit] Acoustic guitar models
[edit] Semi-acoustic models
- Gibson ES-335
- Rickenbacker 360 (Both 12-string and 6-string models)
- Gretsch White Falcon
[edit] Solid body electric models
- Fender Stratocaster
- Fender Telecaster
- Gibson Les Paul
- Gibson SG
- Gibson Flying V
- Superstrat
- Steinberger
[edit] Basses
[edit] Parts of a guitar
- Headstock (peghead, head)
- Nut (instrumental)
- Tuning keys)
- Frets
- Fretboard (fingerboard)
- Truss rod
- Inlay (guitar)
- Neck (music)
- Neck joint: see Neck-thru
- Piezoelectric)
- Bridge (instrument)
- Pickguard
- Body: The sounding box of an acoustic
- Sounding board (Acoustic)
- Strings (music)
[edit] Guitar accessories
[edit] Misc
- Capo
- Dampit
- Guitar pick
- Neck-thru-body
- Slide
- Tremolo arm
- Electronic tuner
- Cable (Electric, some Acoustics)
[edit] Guitar amplifiers
Main article: Guitar amplifier
- Distortion (guitar)
- Power attenuator (guitar)
- Preamplifier
- Stack: A guitar amplification setup consisting of one or more speaker cabinets and a “head” (amplifier), rather than a self-contained unit.
[edit] Guitar effects
Main article: Effects unit
(also known as “Stomp Box”)
- Compression (electric guitar)
- Chorus effect
- Delay (audio effect)
- Fuzz (electric guitar)
- Flange (electric guitar)
- Phaser (electric guitar)
- Reverb (Reverberation)
- Sustain
- Ebow
- Guitar Floor Processor
- Overdrive/distortion terms
- Clean/Dirty
- Wah-wah pedal
[edit] Guitar software
- Amplitube (guitar software)
- Guitar Rig (guitar software)
- Guitar Pro
- G7 (guitar software)
- Guitar Tracks 3 Pro (guitar software)
- GCH (Multimedia Guitar Course)
- Power Tab
- RiffWorks Guitar recording and online collaboration software. Free version.
- TuxGuitar Guitar free software.
- Games
- Guitar Freaks An arcade game featuring playing guitars
- Guitar Hero Like Guitar Freaks, except for home use
- GNU GPL.
- RiffWorks – Guitar Recording Software, Online Collaboration, and Podcasting
- Rockband A muilti-platform game for PlayStation 2, 3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii which includes a guitar element similar to that of Guitar Hero/Freaks along with a Karaoke-like vocal element and a drum element.
[edit] Guitar use
[edit] Guitar music
- Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra
- Classical guitar music
- Instrumental guitar
- Tablature notation (“Tab”)
[edit] Guitar tunings
See Guitar tuning
[edit] Guitar playing styles
The difference between guitar playing styles and guitar techniques (below) is that a style is a collection of techniques
- 3rd bridge
- Blues guitar playing
- Classical guitar techniques
- Downstrokes picking
- Extended technique
- Flamenco
- Flamrock
- Guitar solo
- Guitar Moves
- Jazz guitar
- Lead guitar
- Multiple guitar players
- Prepared guitar
- Rhythm guitar
- Shred guitar
- Slack-key guitar
- Slide guitar
[edit] Guitar technique
Main Category: Category:Guitar performance techniques
[edit] Fretting hand technique
[edit] Bridge (Right) hand techniques
See also the following from strumming above the fingerboard)
[edit] Strumming
[edit] Flat picking (single picking, plectrum picking)
[edit] Finger picking (multiple picking)
- Apoyando: rest stroke
- Chicken picking
- Fingerstyle guitar (including Travis picking)
- Fingerpicking
- Pattern picking
- Picados
- Tirando: free stroke
[edit] Percussive techniques
[edit] Head (Left) hand techniques
- Double stop
- Finger vibrato (includes string-bending, and bending behind the nut)
- Left-hand muting
- Slide guitar
[edit] Legato techniques
[edit] Harmonic techniques
Main article: Guitar harmonics
[edit] Extended techniques
See also: Extended technique
[edit] History of guitars
[edit] Guitar makers
Main article: List of guitar manufacturers
- Luthier (Guitar maker)
- Bailey, John
- B.C. Rich Guitars
- Bourgeois Guitars
- Caparison Guitars
- Carvin A&I
- Collings Guitars
- Cort Guitars
- Dean Guitars
- Epiphone Guitars
- ESP Guitars
- Fender Musical Instruments Corporation
- Fernandes Guitars
- Flipper’s Guitar
- Gibson Guitar Corporation
- Godin guitars
- Heritage Guitars
- Hagstrom
- Ibanez
- Jackson Guitars
- James Tyler Guitars
- John Bailey
- Kramer Guitars
- Kilometer
- longfellowguitars
- Maton Guitars
- Martin Guitars
- MusicMan
- Novax Guitars
- Ovation Guitar Company
- Peavey Guitars
- Pensa Custom Guitars
- PRS Guitars
- Rickenbacker Guitars
- Schecter Guitar Research
- Shine Guitars
- Snowpeace Guitars
- Takamine Guitars
- Taylor Guitars
- Valley Arts Guitar
- Warwick (bass guitar)
- Washburn guitars
- Yamaha (manufacturer)
- Zon guitars
[edit] Guitar music
[edit] Guitar community
- Golden Guitar Attraction in Australia
[edit] Guitar magazines, web-sites and other media
- Guitar Player
- Guitar World
- Total Guitar
- Ultimate-Guitar
- Young Guitar Magazine
- Guitarist
- Vintage Guitar (magazine)
- TrueFire
- aeguitar.org
- Guitar Kit Builder
- Classical Guitar Links
- Guitar Chords 247
[edit] Guitar festivals
[edit] Significant guitarists
[edit] Guitar methodologies
[edit] Slang and other terms
- Axe – A Guitar
- Fret buzz
- Guitar battle or guitar duel
- Guitar face
- Guitar hero
- Guitar legend
- Jam (music) – Playing with other people
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] External links
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- This outline displayed as a mindmap, at wikimindmap.com
- Instruments In Depth: The Guitar An online feature from Bloomingdale School of Music (October, 2007)
- Stalking the Oldest Six-String Guitar
- Guitar physics
- International Guitar Research Archive
- The Guitar, Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, The Metropolitan Museum of Art featuring many historic guitars from the Museum’s collection
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