Different Types of Guitar and Their Functionality

Different Types of Guitar and How to Play Guitar

There is a long history of guitar and time to time as per the requirement different types of guitar with new techniques evolved.

The very basic and most popular type of guitar we could say is ‘Acoustic Guitar’. Acoustic Guitar is best suitable to generate generic music. We can perform any song rhythm and tabs based on our interest.

In this post we are going to learn different types of Guitar, How to play the Guitar in correct Position, technique to play Guitar, type of sound & pitch and structure of guitar changes with different types of guitar.

Types of Guitar | How to Choose a Guitar :

·         Choosing between Acoustic or Electric guitar depends on your stage and skills, if you are a Beginner then you can choose Acoustic guitar (Not classical) as Acoustic guitar gives you freedom to play every technique or type of music. You can learn things better in Acoustic guitar (Acoustic guitar is easy to carry and can be played anywhere). But if you like Rock, jazz or metal music then you could choose Electric as well (Electric guitar need Amplifier and so less portable). So choice is all yours!!!

·         Guitar Size Matters, choose size consciously whether you are buying guitar for a kid or an adult.

·         Tuners are recommended as it always is required to tune your guitar by yourself so that you don’t need to go to service center every time.

Different Types of Guitar :

Generally there are 4 different types of Guitar considering popularity and usage,

1.       Acoustic Guitars

2.       Classical Guitars

3.       Electric Guitars

4.       Bass Guitars

However there are many more guitar types available as below,

5.       Electro-acoustic Guitars

6.       Twelve-string Guitars

7.       Archtop Guitars

8.       Steel Guitars

9.       Touch Guitars

10.   Resonator Guitars

11.   Double-neck Guitars

 Let's discuss different types of Guitar,

1.     Acoustic Guitar:

Basically there are two types of Acoustic guitars, first one is with Metal strings and another one is Classical one. The difference between these two is classical guitar is having wider neck as compare to the Steel wire Guitar.

 Types of Guitar: Acoustic Guitar 

 In general term Steel wire guitar is know by Acoustic Guitar as Nylon wire guitars are further categorized as Classical Guitar.

The Acoustic Guitar itself holds multiple tasks and roles. Acoustic Guitars are very handy, portable and ease of using it makes it Ideal Guitar for everyone and hence this is the most popular form of Guitar.

2.     Classical Guitar:

Classical Guitars are also known by Spanish Guitar when referred by Country of origin. 

Types of Guitar: Classical Guitar 

These are best suited for classical/ advance guitarists to play tabs and classical or Spanish melody. Your fingers are going to like the Nylon touch if compared with the metal wires.

3.     Electric Guitar:

Electric Guitars are popular in Rock and blues Guitarist community. These Guitars are Solid body Guitars unlike Acoustic ones which is having a sound hole in the middle of big rounded wooden body.

Types of Guitar: Electric Guitar 

Electric guitars are plugged with amplifiers to amplify the notes sound. Less pressure is required to play these guitars due to their thinner strings.

4.     Bass Guitar:

Bass Guitars are available with a range of 4 strings, 5 strings and 6 strings options which further extend its variety. These guitars have long neck and thick strings.

Types of Guitar: Bass Guitar  

Let’s check out the Bass Guitar string names,

·         First String is called as E string.

·         Second String is called as D String.

·         Third String is called as A string.

·         Forth String is called as E string.

·         If the guitar has Fifth String then it is called as B0 (Optional String)

·         If the guitar has sixth string then it is called as C3 (Optional String)

So the string names, number of strings your bass guitar holds and there sequence are completely different from your Acoustic or Electric Guitars.

Hope you can identify all four different types of Guitar and have understanding on their requirement and functionality.

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