Guitar (Italian: Chitarra), also translated as guitar or lyre. It is a plucked instrument, usually with six strings, which is similar in shape to a violin. Classical guitar, violin and piano are three world-famous musical instruments.
Guitar is usually regarded as the main instrument of pop music, rock music, blues, folk songs and flamenco. In the field of classical music, guitars are often played in the form of solos or duets; Of course, in chamber music and orchestral music, the guitar also plays a considerable role as a foil.
The origin of guitar:
The ancestors of guitar can be traced back to various ancient plucked instruments in ancient Egypt before 2000 BC, such as Naifar, Babylonia and ancient Persia. The oldest modern guitar-like instrument discovered by archaeologists is the Hittite guitar, which lived in the ancient Hittite city gate ruins in Asia Minor and northern Syria 0/400 years ago BC.
The figure-of-eight bent piano body determines the unique sound and musical instrument characteristics of guitar, which has become the most remarkable feature of guitar and other plucked instruments.