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Elizabeth CottenListen for alternating bass and melody moving at the same time.
AINSTRUMENT · KNOWLEDGE GUIDE
Acoustic Guitar
A wooden resonance makes picking, strumming and finger contact easy to hear.
- Instrument family
- Strings
- Origin
- European roots; modern steel-string form developed in the United States
- Related genres
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ORIGIN
Where does it come from?
The strings drive a wooden sound box directly. Modern classical and steel-string guitars emerged from different nineteenth-century building traditions.
ROLE IN ARRANGEMENT
What does it do in an arrangement?
It often carries harmony, pulse and accompaniment at the same time.
FingerstyleStrummingSlide and open tunings
COMMON USES
Where will you hear it?
Common in singer accompaniment, folk narrative, country rhythm, fingerstyle and unplugged ensembles.
LISTENING EXAMPLES
Recordings and repertoire to recognize
COMMON GENRES
Common in these genres
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