steel-string guitars
Metal-wound fretted instruments
Steel-string guitars are acoustic guitars strung with steel rather than nylon strings, producing a brighter, louder tone suited to folk, country, bluegrass, and rock music.
The steel strings create more tension, requiring a reinforced neck and heavier bracing than classical guitars.
She learned fingerpicking on a steel-string guitar.
- fingerpickingPlucking strings by hand
- acousticRelating to sound
- folkRegular common people
- strummingSweeping across guitar strings
- luthierStringed instrument craftsperson
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Fretted instruments with synthetic filaments
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