guitar Definition
gui·tar (gi tär′)
noun
a musical instrument related to the lute but having a flat back and usually six strings that are plucked or strummed with the fingers or a plectrum
Etymology: Fr guitare < OSp guitarra < Ar qītār < Gr kithara, lyre, lute
guitar Related Forms
gui·tar′·ist noun
guitar Usage Examples
Converse of object
- strum: You see him strumming a guitar in the Quit Playin ' Games ( With My Heart ) video.
- chime: It's a feel good sound, chiming guitars and infectious melodies.
- play: Roger just played the Spanish guitar, which is very quiet.
- jangle: The mention of this group brings to mind three part harmony and jangling guitars!
Adjective modifier
- acoustic: They'd write songs on the acoustic guitar, then play them live.
- electric: I like a really good balance between the chaos of the electric guitar.
- classical: It's a song I wrote on classical guitar.
- 12-string: Some examples of different types of guitars are the electric guitar, the base guitar, the 12-string guitars and the non-electric acoustical guitar.
Modifies a noun
- riff: When the opening guitar riff opens of ' Modern Way Of Letting Go ' , the crowd go insane.
- solo: By the time the guitar solo comes in, you've reached the rainbow.
- playing: Many classes offering courses in guitar playing have sprung up.
- chord: Eleven years, the streets of my estate ringing and echoing with guitar chords and harsh vocals.
- lick: T his offering may be likened to a series of trips accompanied by chiming keyboards, thrashing drums and crisp guitar licks.
- amp: In fact I was always astonished that anyone could think they sounded like a guitar amp at all!
Noun used with modifier
- bass: One of the reasons I moved to London was to play bass guitar in a soul group.
- rhythm: He played the rhythm guitar part on the second half of that.
- fuzz: Indeed, the fuzz guitar constituted some of the most pleasing I've heard in a long while.
- slide: Spencer, for example, was an excellent slide guitar player.
- bluesy: Oh, ' Runaway ' features a bluesy guitar solo that's pretty accomplished and it really adds to the song.
- steel: The Lap Steel Guitar - excellent page includes background and history of the lap steel guitar, related links and steel guitar players.
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