acoustic guitar
Campfire musician's companion
An acoustic guitar produces sound through the vibration of its strings amplified by a hollow wooden body, requiring no electronic amplification.
The term distinguishes it from electric guitars, which depend on pickups and amplifiers: She switched from electric to acoustic guitar for the unplugged set.
Often shortened to acoustic: Can you play that on acoustic?
Opening in acoustic instrument
- fretboardStringed instrument's neck face
- bridgeStructure spanning an obstacle
- saddleMounted rider's seat
- nutHard-shelled seed
tuning pegs · pickguard · nylon strings · dreadnought · parlor · classical · concert · jumbo
Self-composing musical performer
- fingerpickingPlucking strings by hand
- campfireOutdoor fire for gathering
- buskingPublic performance for donations
- troubadourMedieval Provençal lyric poet
Americana · bluegrass · protest · storytelling · Dylan · Guthrie · Seeger · roots
Sweeping across guitar strings
- fingerstylePlucking strings directly
- pickingAct of selecting
- pluckingRemoving by tugging
- arpeggioSuccessive chord tones
flatpicking · hammer-on · pull-off · slide · barre · fretting · capo · downstroke
soundhole
Opening in acoustic instrument
- fretboardStringed instrument's neck face
- bridgeStructure spanning an obstacle
- saddleMounted rider's seat
nut · tuning pegs · pickguard · nylon strings · dreadnought · parlor · classical · concert · jumbo · cutaway
singer-songwriter
Self-composing musical performer
- fingerpickingPlucking strings by hand
- campfireOutdoor fire for gathering
- buskingPublic performance for donations
troubadour · Americana · bluegrass · protest · storytelling · Dylan · Guthrie · Seeger · roots · traditional
strumming
Sweeping across guitar strings
- fingerstylePlucking strings directly
- pickingAct of selecting
- pluckingRemoving by tugging
arpeggio · flatpicking · hammer-on · pull-off · slide · barre · fretting · capo · downstroke · upstroke
unplugged
Disconnected from power
- liveTo exist or dwell
- gigShort-term paid work
- accompanimentSupplementary support element
solo · duet · jam · setlist · venue · serenade · concert · open mic · session · ensemble
spruce
Neat; also a conifer
maple · ebony · koa · walnut · grain · resonance · luthier · craftsmanship · tonewood · finish
- Guitarfret, frets, neck, body, headstock
- acoustic musicfolk, bluegrass, unplugged set, fingerstyle, singer-songwriter
- ElvisGraceland, jumpsuit, Hound Dog, the King, Heartbreak Hotel
- Guitarselectric, classical, archtop, dreadnought, telecaster
- music makingsinging, jam session, jam sessions, karaoke, open mic
- string instrumentsukulele, mandolin, electric bass, tenor banjo, cuatro
acoustic guitarelectric guitar
Amplified stringed instrument
electric bass · synthesizer · bass guitar · electronic keyboard · industrial noise
acoustic guitarelectric guitar
Amplified stringed instrument
synthesizer · electronic instrument · drum machine · sampler · keytar
acoustic guitarsynthesizer
Electronic sound-generating instrument
electronic keyboard · electric organ · theremin · digital piano · vocoder
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