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The guitar a fretted mu l n trum nt th t typically h x tr ng . It h ld fl t g n t the l r' body nd played b trumm ng or lu k ng th strings with th d m n nt hand, wh l simultaneously r ng th tr ng g n t fr t w th th f ng r f th opposite hand. A l trum or nd v du l f ng r picks m b u d to tr k the strings. The sound f th gu t r projected either acoustically, b m n f a r n nt chamber n th n trum nt, or m l f d b n l tr n ku and n amplifier. The gu t r is classified a chordophone meaning th und is r du d b a vibrating tr ng tr t h d b tw n two f x d points. Historically, a gu t r was n tru t d fr m wood w th its tr ng made of tgut. St l gu t r tr ng w r ntr du d n r th end of th n n t nth ntur n th Un t d St t ; nylon tr ng m n the 1940s. The guitar's n t r n lud th g tt rn, th v hu l , the f ur- ur R n n gu t r, and th f v - ur b r u gu t r, all f wh h ntr but d to the development f th m d rn x- tr ng n trum nt. There r thr m n t f modern guitar: the l l guitar (Spanish gu t r/n l n- tr ng guitar); th t l- tr ng u t guitar; nd th H w n gu t r ( l d r the l r' l ). Traditional u t guitars n lud th flat t gu t r (t ll w th a l rg sound hole) r n archtop gu t r, wh h m t m called a j zz guitar . Th t n of n acoustic gu t r is r du d by the tr ng ' vibration, m l f d by th hollow body of the guitar, wh h t a resonating h mb r. The classical S n h gu t r often l d as a solo instrument using a comprehensive f ng r t l t hn u wh r h string plucked individually b the player's f ng r , as d t b ng trumm d. Th t rm f ng r- k ng n also r f r t a f tr d t n of folk, blues, blu gr , nd untr guitar l ng n th Un t d St t . El tr guitars, ntr du d in th 1930s, use a ku nd amplifier that m d th n trum nt loud n ugh t b h rd, but l n bl d m nuf tur ng guitars w th a solid bl k f w d n d ng no r n nt h mb r. A w d rr of l tr n ff t units b m possible n lud ng r v rb nd d t rt n (or overdrive ). S l d-b d gu t r began to dominate the gu t r m rk t during the 1960 nd 1970 ; they r l r n t unwanted acoustic f db k. A with acoustic gu t r , th r are a number f t f l tr gu t r , n lud ng h ll wb d gu t r , r ht gu t r (u d in j zz gu t r, blues nd rockabilly) nd l d-b d gu t r , which r w d l u d in r k mu . Th loud, m l f d und and n w r f th electric gu t r l d through a guitar m h l d a k role n th development f blu and r k mu , both n m n m nt n trum nt ( l ng r ff nd h rd ) nd rf rm ng guitar solos, nd n m n rock ubg nr , n t bl heavy metal mu nd unk r k. Th l tr gu t r h had a major influence on popular ultur . The guitar is used in a w d variety f mu l genres w rldw d . It r gn z d as a r m r n trum nt in g nr such blu , blu gr , untr , flamenco, f lk, j zz, j t , m r h , m t l, unk, reggae

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