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The modern word guitar and its antecedents have been applied to a wide variety of chordophones since classical times, sometimes causing 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) [6] and the Latin cithara, which in turn came from the Ancient Greek ...
vai.com. Steven Siro Vai[1][better source needed] (/ ˈvaɪ /; born June 6, 1960) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer. A three-time Grammy Award winner and fifteen-time nominee, [2] Vai started his music career in 1978 at the age of eighteen as a transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, [3] and played in Zappa's band from 1980 to 1983. [2]
Tom Morello. Thomas Baptist Morello (born May 30, 1964) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and political activist. He is known for his tenure with the rock bands Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave. Between 2016 and 2019, Morello was a member of the supergroup Prophets of Rage.
Category:Classical guitarists. The classical guitar, also known as Spanish guitar, [1] is a member of the guitar family used in classical music and other styles. An acoustic wooden string instrument with strings made of gut or nylon, it is a precursor of the modern steel-string acoustic and electric guitars, both of which use metal strings.
Air Guitar World Championships (AGWC) is an annual event taking place in Oulu, Finland. AGWC was arranged for the first time in 1996. [1] Today, national championships are held all around the world. Playing air guitar is based on mimicking guitar playing. Music genres may vary, but the most common ones are heavy metal and rock.
Leo Fender. Clarence Leonidas Fender (August 10, 1909 – March 21, 1991) was an American inventor and founder of the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. Fender designed the company's iconic early instruments: the Fender Telecaster, the first mass-produced solid-body electric guitar; the Fender Stratocaster, among the most iconic electric ...
4 June 2015. Android. 11 December 2015. Genre (s) Puzzle, role-playing. Mode (s) Single-player. You Must Build a Boat is a 2015 puzzle - role-playing game developed by Luca Redwood under the developer name EightyEight Games. It is a sequel to 10000000 and was released for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Android, and iOS in June 2015.
An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked, its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, resonating through the air in the body, and producing sound from the sound hole. [1]