Definition of guitar
: a flat-bodied stringed instrument with a long fretted neck and usually six strings played with a pick or with the fingers
Updated on: 16 Apr 2018
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Musical director Michael Day gets a rich vocal sound from the large company, and the sounds of flamenco guitars and Spain are threaded through the instrumental tracks.
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Mike Campbell, the lead guitarist for Tom Petty's Heartbreakers, and Neil Finn, the frontman for Crowded House, will take over Buckingham's guitar and vocal chores.
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Brassner had an extensive collection of prized works of art, including a portrait of himself by Andy Warhol, as well as hundreds of guitars and ukeleles, according to the bankruptcy documents.
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Proggy and pointed, the track ruptured into its most excellent, most potent form live, with spindly, piercing guitars and rumbling vocals.
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Night had already been playing guitar and singing for years at that point.
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Dallas Police are looking for the person who stole four guitars and stage equipment from Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Nils Lofgren.
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Four guitars and a harp which Lofgren was set to use during a concert Friday night in Dallas were stolen.
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Sting’s 1978 Fender Stratocaster guitar and a program from the 1985 Farm Aid concert honors the national and international philanthropic goals of those within the music industry.
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Origin and Etymology of guitar
French guitare, from Spanish guitarra, from Arabic qītār, from Greek kithara cithara
GUITAR Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of guitar for English Language Learners
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: a musical instrument that is held against the front of your body and that has usually six strings which are played with your fingers or with a pick
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Definition of guitar for Students
: a musical instrument with six strings played by plucking or strumming
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