History and Influences of the Guitar

The History of the Guitar Four hundred years ago the guitar was invented. Since then, guitar has been a great innovative instrument. It serves as the heart of a song, or sound. From Jazz, and Blues, to Heavy Metal, and punk music guitar has been perhaps the biggest factor in modern music. Between acoustic guitar, and electric guitar there is a lot of history.

The Faster than Fast My hero is my guitar teacher Rocco Calipari because he is a great guitar player who helps me with any troubles on my guitar. He has many things that he has accomplished, along with being the best guitar teacher ever. Have you ever met one of the fast pickers in California? My hero is named Rocco. He is in the band the “Head Honchos”, they play a lot of blues/rock/rhythm.

They are the needle in the haystack. Having the experience with Ibanez guitars they are definitely one of the highest quality made guitars on the face of the earth because of the universal use they have in music. Ibanez is the guitarist for beginners, intermediate and famous guitar players. Works Cited http://www.chrisbsmusic.com/hisofibguit.html http://www.ibanez.com/support/faq?id=19 Zavaleta Guitarras http://zavaletas-guitarras.com/content/index.cfm?action=view&ContentID=68&Parent_ContentID=39 J. Sherry, E. Pardee-Warren, E. Witt, R. Lee, A. Taylor, G. A. Molano http://www.guitarsofspain.com/Salvador_Ibanez_ca1897/Ibanez.asp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibanez http://guitaristrock.com/ibanez-guitars/the-history-of-ibanez-guitars/ Scotty Smith

The guitar is a well-known instrument that influences many musical genres including Country. The origins of the guitar can be traced back to the Arabic oud. The Arabic oud is stringed instrument closely related to the lute. This instrument does not resemble the guitar structure but its structure is the theory behind the modern day’s guitar structure. The people of Malaga are said to have invented the first instrument recognized as the guitar (Kentor Michael 2).

They gave the guitarist volume, but at a price. At high volume they woul... ... middle of paper ... ...of these are essential techniques. The 1980s rock sound was dominated by bands with guitarist that used this style of playing. Where much of the guitar work in the 60s and 70s was influenced by the blues, guitar shredding in the 80s showed classical music influence in their pieces. Many of the guitarists that became popular in the 80s are considered some of the most technically proficient players ever.

These same people have brought the guitar into the spotlight by using their own special styles. Thanks to them, the guitar has a spot in every type of music; heavy metal too classical. Biography Biography. [online] Available http://clapton.musicdot.com/biography.htm. Ewen, David, ed.

Throughout history there have been many musical "influences". One extremely important influence to modern music is The Grateful Dead. The group was formed in 1965 by bluegrass - enthusiast Jerry Garcia on guitar and vocals, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan on vocals and organ, Bob Weir on guitar and vocals, classical music student Phil Lesh on bass and vocals, and Bill Kreutzmann on drums. From the beginning, they brought together a variety of influences, from Garcia's country background to Pigpen's feeling for blues (his father was an R&B radio DJ) and Lesh's education in contemporary serious" music. Add to that, the experimentation encouraged at some of the group's first performances at novelist Ken Kesey's "acid test" parties-multimedia events intended to replicate (or accompany) the experience of taking the then-legal drug LSD-and you had a musical mixture of styles often played with extended improvisational sections that could go off in nearly any direction.

The popularity of the guitar grew during the 17th century as the lute and vihuela declined. The lute and vihuela remained amateur’s instrument from the 17th to early 19th century. A few virtuoso guitarists, however, became known in Europe, among them Gaspar Sanz (flourished 1674), Robert de Visée (c. 1650–1725), Fernando Sor (1778–1839), and Joseph Kaspar Mertz (1806–56). Modern classical-guitar technique owes much to the Spaniard Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909), whose transcriptions of works by Bach, Mozart, and other composers formed the basis of the concert repertory. (The

Heavy Metal Heavy metal from the 1960’s to the 1980’s was a different and hard time for heavy metal bands. Heavy Metal is a genre of rock n’ roll that was created in the late sixties and late seventies. With influences from blues-rock and psychedelic rock mostly blues. With there twelve bar blues and extended guitar solos help create many guitar styles. Heavy Metal is recognized by its loud distorted guitars, emphatic rhythms, dense bass and drum sound, and vigorous vocals.

Guitars were considered “lutes” at the time. In which lutes formed to be vihuelas then later became guitars. When the guitar was first invented, it only had four-strings so it was called a four-course guitar. However, it has a variety course of strings now. The guitar is one of the instruments that has a major role in music, today.