guitar
a stringed musical instrument with a long, fretted neck, a flat, somewhat violinlike body, and typically six strings, which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
Origin of guitar
1Words Nearby guitar
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How to use guitar in a sentence
Practicing guitar in a chair with arms can be pretty tricky.
He also plays guitar well enough to have at least once sat in at Nashville’s Bluebird Cafe, the jumping-off venue for such notables as Garth Brooks and Taylor Swift.
NIH Director Francis Collins Is Fighting This Coronavirus While Preparing for the Next One | Belinda Luscombe | February 4, 2021 | TimeGetting his first guitar at 13, he formed a musical group called the Heppers, playing the popular skiffle music of the time.
The Animals guitarist Hilton Valentine dies at 77 | Phil Davison | January 31, 2021 | Washington PostEva had sung it during a gig at the Maryland Inn in Annapolis, accompanying herself on guitar.
Twenty-five years after her death, Eva Cassidy’s music is as timeless as ever | John Kelly | January 26, 2021 | Washington PostThis tough, stretchy, lightweight plastic shows up in everything from swimsuits and sportswear to fishing line and guitar strings.
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He played it through once, singing the lyrics softly to his own guitar accompaniment.
How Martin Luther King Jr. Influenced Sam Cooke’s ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’ | Peter Guralnick | December 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe guitar is tuned to E, and an Eminor chord on a guitar just rings and rings forever.
This performance of Bob Dylan's 1971 blues tune features Clapton on guitar.
Sid Vicious is stomping all over Steve Jones, about to smash in his guitar (again).
‘All Good Cretins Go to Heaven’: Dee Dee Ramone’s Twisted Punk Paintings | Melissa Leon | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe captures Ramone and his second wife, Barbara, together in the studio in one photo, him on bass, her on guitar.
‘All Good Cretins Go to Heaven’: Dee Dee Ramone’s Twisted Punk Paintings | Melissa Leon | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSee the ease and grace of the lady in the sacque, who sits on the bank there, under the myrtles, with the guitar on her lap!
Checkmate | Joseph Sheridan Le FanuIt was eleven o'clock before the river was crossed and the headquarters of Colonel guitar reached.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnOf this force, Colonel guitar ordered one hundred to accompany him to Fulton.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnWhen this became known to the few Union inhabitants of Fulton they implored guitar not to do it.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnLawrence and Dan were told of the danger that threatened Fulton, and they determined to accompany guitar in his expedition.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. Dunn
British Dictionary definitions for guitar
/ (ɡɪˈtɑː) /
music a plucked stringed instrument originating in Spain, usually having six strings, a flat sounding board with a circular sound hole in the centre, a flat back, and a fretted fingerboard. Range: more than three octaves upwards from E on the first leger line below the bass staff: See also electric guitar, bass guitar, Hawaiian guitar
Origin of guitar
1Derived forms of guitar
- guitarist, noun
- guitar-like, adjective
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Cultural definitions for guitar
A stringed musical instrument (see strings) usually played by strumming or plucking. Guitars are widely used in folk music and, often amplified electronically, in country and western music and rock 'n' roll.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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