The classical Spanish guitar is often played as a solo instrument using a comprehensive fingerstyle technique where each string is plucked individually by the player's fingers, as opposed to being strummed. The tone of an acoustic guitar is produced by the strings' vibration, amplified by the hollow body of the guitar, which acts as a resonating chamber.

Traditional acoustic guitars include the flat top guitar (typically with a large sound hole) or an archtop guitar, which is sometimes called a ' jazz guitar'. There are three main types of modern guitar: the classical guitar (Spanish guitar/nylon-string guitar) the steel-string acoustic guitar or electric guitar and the Hawaiian guitar (played across the player's lap). The guitar's ancestors include the gittern, the vihuela, the four- course Renaissance guitar, and the five-course baroque guitar, all of which contributed to the development of the modern six-string instrument. Steel guitar strings were introduced near the end of the nineteenth century in the United States nylon strings came in the 1940s. Historically, a guitar was constructed from wood with its strings made of catgut.

The guitar is classified as a chordophone – meaning the sound is produced by a vibrating string stretched between two fixed points. The sound of the guitar is projected either acoustically, by means of a resonant chamber on the instrument, or amplified by an electronic pickup and an amplifier. A plectrum or individual finger picks may be used to strike the strings. It is held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strings against frets with the fingers of the opposite hand. The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. The other instrument is mandolin, played by Bill Monroe. From 25 seconds to 50 seconds Doc Watson plays guitar.

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