MUSIC / Printed Music / Guitar & Fretted Instruments

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A significant precursor to technological development in music, the electric guitar was first brought to the attention of a wider public in 1939 through the extraordinary virtuosity of young bebop pioneer, Charlie Christian. From the Jazz Age to the Black Chicago clubs and country music halls of the 1940s, and into the 1960s with electric-blues-influenced players such as Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Jeff Beck, con…

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fretted string instrument

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The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted and typically has six or twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strings against frets with the fingers of the opposite hand. A guitar pick may also be used to strike the strings. The sound of the guitar is project…