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The Guitar

e fingers. The practice of using the ring finger along with others was later introduced in the nineteenth century. The golden age of the guitar is considered to be in the eighteen hundreds when England embraced the guitar after a visit from Fernando Sor. Sor was one of the great early guitarists, along with Matteo Carcassi, and Dionysio Aquado. They were all European guitarists who had a vast effect on the technique used to play guitar today. The father of modern guitar is considered to be Antonio de Torres Jurado, a classical guitarist who developed new methods of playing. He also modernized the guitar by improving its tone, and increasing the amount of sound that could be produced on it. These new improvements enabled the guitar to be heard in large music halls. The twentieth-century came with the arrival of new guitars, and new guitar manufacturers. These new guitars were mostly coming from Germany, England, and America. The new innovative design used better woods in the body, and neck. With a new kind of soundboard, the guitar now sounded superior. The wood, which is the most important material out of all, had to be allowed to “settle”, or loose its natural moisture. Many varieties of woods were used and still are, to make guitars, from cedar to rosewood. Each provides a different tone. These new acoustic guitars, along with there great sound, also had a sleeker design. This new sleeker design allowed for greater playability. New guitar manufacturers began to emerge in the early nineteen hundreds. These new manufacturers perfected the construction of acoustic guitars. Gibson, Martin, and National are some examples. The acoustic guitar then became the main instrument in country, and folk music. One famous guitar player that used acoustic guitars was Roy Rogers, a southern country singer. Later, in the late 1940’s to early 1950’s the most revolutionary variation of guitar appeared. The electric guitar, which i...

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