The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six
strings. It is typically played with both hands by strumming
or plucking the strings with either a guitar pick or the
fingers/fingernails of one hand, while simultaneously
fretting (pressing the strings against the frets) with the
fingers of the other hand.
The sound of the vibrating strings is
projected either acoustically, by means of the hollow chamber of
the guitar (for an acoustic guitar), or through an electrical
amplifier and a speaker.
Coded by Annabell Hauschild