There are several types of guitar,
The two main types are acoustic and electric - All guitars have the following parts; Headstock, Tuners, Nut, Strings, Bridge, Body, Neck, Frets. Acoustic guitars can be steel strung or nylon strung. Nylon strung guitars are often the best choice for a beginner as the strings are softer on your fingers. Once you are into the routine of playing at least 10 minutes a day you will grow hard skin pads on the ends of your fingers and will be able to play for as long as you like. These are the various parts of the guitar –The body is the largest part, with a sound hole in the middle, so the body of the guitar is hollow. Electric guitars mostly have solid bodies, so they are thinner and usually heavier.
The neck is attached to the body and the fretboard and frets are on the neck. This is the part we will be concentrating on the most as it is where we will be placing our fingers to hold down the strings in various places to make notes. Electric guitars have pickups instead of a sound hole and they literally pick up sound from the strings, turning it into an electrical signal which travels down cables through the volume and tone controls to the jack socket. The jack socket is where you plug your electric guitar cable, the other end goes into an amplifier.
At the top end of the neck near the headstock is the nut, which holds the strings at the right height and distance apart, at the other end of the strings is the bridge which does the same job but on the body.
Tuners or machine heads, as they are often called, are on the headstock, either a 3 a side or 6 in a row, 4 for a bass. Nearly all acoustic guitars have their tuners three to a side, electric guitars come in 3-a-side and 6-a-side. |
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Guitar lessons in Stoke on Trent:
42 fell street, Smallthorne, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire ST6 1JT
42 fell street, Smallthorne, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire ST6 1JT