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mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B3%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Акустычная гітара – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Акустычная гітара" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Акустична китара – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Акустична китара" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitarra_ac%C3%BAstica" title="Guitarra acústica – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Guitarra acústica" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akustick%C3%A1_kytara" title="Akustická kytara – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Akustická kytara" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akustisk_guitar" title="Akustisk guitar – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Akustisk guitar" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akustische_Gitarre" title="Akustische Gitarre – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Akustische Gitarre" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akustiline_kitarr" title="Akustiline kitarr – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Akustiline kitarr" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%BA%CE%B9%CE%B8%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B1" title="Ακουστική κιθάρα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ακουστική κιθάρα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_guitar" title="Acoustic guitar – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Acoustic guitar" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitarra_ac%C3%BAstica" title="Guitarra acústica – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Guitarra acústica" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akustika_gitaro" title="Akustika gitaro – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Akustika gitaro" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gitarra_akustiko" title="Gitarra akustiko – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Gitarra akustiko" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A2%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%DA%A9" title="گیتار آکوستیک – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="گیتار آکوستیک" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitare_acoustique" title="Guitare acoustique – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Guitare acoustique" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%86%B5%EA%B8%B0%ED%83%80" title="통기타 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="통기타" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%AF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%AB%D5%AF_%D5%AF%D5%AB%D5%A9%D5%A1%D5%BC" title="Ակուստիկ կիթառ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ակուստիկ կիթառ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akusti%C4%8Dna_gitara" title="Akustična gitara – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Akustična gitara" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gitar_akustik" title="Gitar akustik – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Gitar akustik" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitarra_acustica" title="Chitarra acustica – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Chitarra acustica" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%94_%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%99%D7%AA" title="גיטרה אקוסטית – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="גיטרה אקוסטית" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gitaa_kavu" title="Gitaa kavu – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Gitaa kavu" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akustisk%C4%81_%C4%A3it%C4%81ra" title="Akustiskā ģitāra – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Akustiskā ģitāra" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akusztikus_git%C3%A1r" title="Akusztikus gitár – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Akusztikus gitár" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Акустична гитара – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Акустична гитара" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%AA" title="جيتار الصوت – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="جيتار الصوت" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gitar_akustik" title="Gitar akustik – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Gitar akustik" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akoestische_gitaar" title="Akoestische gitaar – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Akoestische gitaar" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AE%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC" title="アコースティック・ギター – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アコースティック・ギター" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akustisk_gitar" title="Akustisk gitar – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Akustisk gitar" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akustik_gitara" title="Akustik gitara – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Akustik gitara" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gitara_akustyczna" title="Gitara akustyczna – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Gitara akustyczna" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitarra_ac%C3%BAstica" title="Guitarra acústica – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Guitarra acústica" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Акустическая гитара – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Акустическая гитара" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitara_akustike" title="Kitara akustike – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Kitara akustike" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akustick%C3%A1_gitara" title="Akustická gitara – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Akustická gitara" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akusti%C4%8Dna_gitara" title="Akustična gitara – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Akustična gitara" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li 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class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left"><span></span> <a href="/wiki/String_instrument" title="String instrument">String instrument</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pizzicato" title="Pizzicato">plucked</a>, nylon stringed guitars usually played with fingerpicking, and steel-, etc. usually with a <a href="/wiki/Plectrum" title="Plectrum">pick</a>.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hornbostel%E2%80%93Sachs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hornbostel–Sachs (not yet started)">Hornbostel–Sachs classification</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left">321.322<br />(Composite <a href="/wiki/Chordophone" title="Chordophone">chordophone</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Developed</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left">13th century<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span 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(June 2023)">source?</span></a></i>]</sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #b0c4de"><a href="/wiki/Range_(music)" title="Range (music)">Playing range</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><span></span> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Range_guitar.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Range_guitar.png/130px-Range_guitar.png" decoding="async" width="130" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Range_guitar.png/195px-Range_guitar.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Range_guitar.png/260px-Range_guitar.png 2x" data-file-width="645" data-file-height="418" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><div align="center">(a regularly tuned guitar)</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #b0c4de"><a href="/wiki/Musical_instrument" title="Musical instrument">Related instruments</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><span></span> Bowed and plucked strings instruments</td></tr></tbody></table><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Classicalguitar_(20_degrees).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Classicalguitar_%2820_degrees%29.png/220px-Classicalguitar_%2820_degrees%29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Classicalguitar_%2820_degrees%29.png/330px-Classicalguitar_%2820_degrees%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Classicalguitar_%2820_degrees%29.png/440px-Classicalguitar_%2820_degrees%29.png 2x" data-file-width="1315" data-file-height="695" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Classical_guitar" title="Classical guitar">classical guitar</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AcousticGuitar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/AcousticGuitar.jpg/220px-AcousticGuitar.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/AcousticGuitar.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="240" data-file-height="157" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sreel-strings_acoustic_guitar" class="extiw" title="w:Sreel-strings acoustic guitar">folk guitar</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Acoustic guitars</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> are hollow-bodied string instruments that believe resonance to supply sound. Once you pluck a string or strum a chord, the vibration of the strings is amplified by the highest of the guitar and thru the soundhole. These marks show where to press a string with the fingers of the left hand, to change the note that string plays. The right hand plucks or strums the strings, either with the <a href="/wiki/Finger" title="Finger">fingers</a> or using a <a href="/wiki/Plectrum" title="Plectrum">plectrum</a> ("pick"), to make them sound. Acoustic guitars are used in types of music ranging from <a href="/wiki/Classical_music" title="Classical music">classical</a> to <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_roll" title="Rock and roll">rock and roll</a>, to <a href="/wiki/Bluegrass" class="mw-redirect" title="Bluegrass">bluegrass</a> and <a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">folk</a>. The six strings can be <a href="/wiki/Steel" title="Steel">steel</a> or <a href="/wiki/Nylon" title="Nylon">nylon</a>. Nylon strings are typically used for classical and related styles of music. Steel strings are typically used for most other styles. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="How_the_guitar_became_a_popular_instrument">How the guitar became a popular instrument</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Acoustic_guitar&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: How the guitar became a popular instrument" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Acoustic_guitar&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: How the guitar became a popular instrument"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The acoustic guitar came from <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> (an instrument with six strings), created by Antonio Torres Jurado.<sup id="cite_ref-A_History_of_the_Guitar_(Guitarsite)_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A_History_of_the_Guitar_(Guitarsite)-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But at the beginning, the <a href="/wiki/Guitar" title="Guitar">guitar</a> was different with what we see the guitar now. 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