Electric Guitar

     "Electric guitar" sounds like a cool instrument, isn't it? Have you ever dared playing one?  If not, you missed the chance to experience the coolness of playing an instrument like this. One look of this instrument seems easy to play but once you try it, it’ll never be that easy. Electric guitar invented in 1931, it is usually played by jazz musicians. During 1950’s and 1960’s the electric guitar became the most important instrument in pop music. It evolved into a stringed musical instrument that has multiple sound effects and styles.

      While the acoustic guitar’s sound depends on its wooden body and the air within it which passes through the hole on the center, the electric guitar depends on the electrical signal which is connected to an amplifier/speaker to make a loud sound. It also adds color to the tone and can change its sound.

Now let’s distinguish each part of an electric guitar which helps it create a sound.

Head-stock- where the tuning machines are located which is use in tuning a guitar.

Nut- keeps strings at a proper height.

Fret- it is a thin metal ridge on the finger board.

Magnetic pick-up- pick up physical string vibrations.

Strings- one of the most important parts of a guitar without it, the guitar wouldn't create different sounds.

All of the parts of an electric guitar are important to make a nice music which is good to hear. 

Acoustic Guitar

     Have you ever tried playing guitar? Are you not curious why is it popular? Guitar started during the renaissance period and still evolving as time goes by. Acoustic guitar is another form of guitar, it uses an acoustic sound board to help transmit the strings' vibration energy in order to produce sound. This instrument is the most popular string instrument played even in the old days up until today’s generation. It is played by kids or adults, boys or girls with different age range. Playing it has no definite age requirement nor gender requirement as long as a person is willing to learn, he/she can learn.

     Guitar is popular among teenagers for a person can bring it anywhere and can use everywhere because it can create music with just the cooperation of the fingers. Acoustic guitar can be played using fingers and doesn't require any speakers just to hear the sound loudly, the strings’ vibration energy already allows the guitar to create a loud sound. The electric guitar on the other hand, needs to use speakers for it to create a loud sound because it doesn't use acoustic sound board in which I’ll be talking in my next blog post. Guitar is mostly played by people because it creates different types of melodies which other instrument can’t. 

Let's go to Hawaii and play ukulele!!

       Guitar is the most popular instrument that most of the people played nowadays because, aside from it's affordable price, playing it is easy to learn. Anyone can play guitars, there are no limitations if whoever wants to play it, as long as a person can reach each strings and memorize different chords to create a melody. At first, guitar is difficult to play, of course as expected from a newbie/amateur especially when he has small fingers which doesn't enable him to reach the strings. It's one of the reasons why guitar is kind of difficult but, if a person has the "will" to practice daily, there's no way he cannot master it.

      There are different types of guitars from acoustic to electric. Instruments evolve from time to time, it evolve into a high-tech instrument to make a good and high quality melodies ^^ Guitar's root are in Spain, it is thought to have been invented by the people of Malaga (city, seaport and holiday resort in southern Spain).

UKULELE

     The ukulele originated in the 19th century, a guitar-like instrument taken to Hawaii by Portuguese immigrants. Ukuleles are commonly associated with music from Hawaii where the name translated as "jumping flea". It gained great popularity elsewhere in the United States, and from there it spread internationally.

     The Ukulele is not so hard to learn because it is small and the fingers can reach each strings plus it is only a 4-stringed instrument. I saw my cousin which is an elementary student playing it perfectly so, even children can play it professionally.

This will be my first entry for this week ^^

see you again next week for another guitar discussion ^^

Create a wonderful music ♥

      Music gives color to our our lives, it shines during our gloomy days and it expresses different kinds of emotions a person can feel. Musical instruments and music go hand in hand without instruments, a musician cannot create a good music which suits in a particular situation. It won't create a tone which gives an intense feeling attached to it. A piano for instance, gives a calm feeling, a guitar can sing even w/o the singer's company and the bass and drums best suit for people who rock!! Each musical instruments has its own role and trademark that would fit to a person's attitude and feelings.

     Now,want to join me in my journey to the world of musical instruments?? ^^ Let's try to discover how musical instruments evolve from time to time. For the whole month of November I'll be talking about "guitars", from old to recent ones.

LET'S LEARN TOGETHER okay?!!!

Arigato Gozaimasu! (thank you so much) 

Jya~ kiotsukete ne (bye, take care)

This has been Welnie ♥

Enjoy~!