19. Guitars

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English - October 03, 2020 16:00 - 13 minutes - 9.07 MB
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Some may be surprised to learn that the guitar is not a recent invention. Stringed instruments have dated back to 1900 B.C. After the actual guitar was conceived, it did not take long to spread across the world. In the past one-hundred years, artists and engineers alike have tweaked the guitar to align with the trends of the era, shaping the guitar as we know it today.

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Freeth, Nick, and Charles Alexander. The Acoustic Guitar. Philadelphia: Courage, 1999. Print.

Bacon, Tony. History of the American Guitar: 1833 to the Present Day. Milwaukee, WI: Backbeat, 2011. Print.

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https://www.britannica.com/art/lute