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Guitar is a musical instrument and has been used as an accompaniment in various musical soirees. The instrument normally has 6 strings but 4 to 18 stringed guitars are also prevalent. In Jazz, Flamenco Blues and in various types of Pop, guitar plays a premier role. It can also be used as a solo instrument.

Guitar has been basically categorized under two types - the Acoustic and Electric. In the former type, the music is played on the strings and the tune is emitted both by the vibration of the strings and the hollow body of the instrument. Traditional guitars are usually constructed of a variety of wood, including spruce and cedar with nylon and steel strings. Tone of the music is dependent on the wood strength that has the ability to transmit energy from strings to the air. Sound is also dependent on the general characteristics of the guitar`s body and its resonant cavity.

In Electric guitar, the music is dependent on the amplifier which produces an electronically manipulated tone. This type of electric guitar came into vogue in the 1930s and it still has a predominant influence on Pop music which is extremely popular.

There are a variety of Guitar brands but the most popular ones are Dean, Paul Reed Smith, Gibson, Jackson and many such. It is believed that guitar as a musical instrument originated in Central Asia and India while in the European countries this form of instrument became popular around the 15th century.

The Acoustic type is not dependent on any external device for its sound emission. It rather uses the sound board which is a wooden piece mounted in the frontal lobe of the guitar. The sound hole in the Acoustic guitar is round shaped, placed under the strings and projects sound. This type of guitar produces a quiet sound and in recent times feature pick-ups ensuring the player the ability to amplify or modify the sound and tone of the music.

The Acoustic guitars have further sub categories such as the Classical and Flamenco guitar, Steel String guitar, Two string guitar and the Arch top guitar. The Classical guitars are also of two types - the Baroque and the Contemporary Classical types. The ancient classical guitars are much smaller in size and emit a quieter sound. The Baroque guitars are extremely ornamental and are embellished with ivory or wooden inlay. The contemporary classical guitars have nylon strings and emit classical tune. They allow the musicians to play scales. The Flamenco guitars have a more melodious sound and emit a medley of vibrations.

The flat top steel version of this musical instrument produces a louder tone and is associated with folk, country, jazz and pop music. The arch top guitars were designed by the Gibson Guitar Corporation which has the appearance of a violin. It has a hollow body and is equipped with magnetic pick-ups which make them acoustic as well as electric. It is a favored instrument by both jazz and country musicians.

The Resonter guitar produces a sound through the metal resonator mounted in the middle of the top of the instrument. However, the electric guitar has replaced this type though it is still preferred by some musicians because of its sound clarity. The electric guitar, like other types of guitar, also has a hollow body but produces almost no sound without amplifiers.

The magnetic pick-ups transform the sound emitted by the steel strings into electrical signals that are transmitted by the amplifier. The vacuum tubes and other electric devices in the amplifier modify the sound tone. This type of guitar has widespread usage in Jazz, Blues and Rock n` Roll. Such guitars display more techniques than the Acoustic guitars.

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Guitar Hero Versus Real Guitar Lessons

On the 14th March 2008, the media and swarms of fans gathered to watch a 16-year-old boy from Minnesota called Chris Chike perform on stage. Although everything was in place for this monumental evening in rock and roll, on closer inspection there was something amiss. Unlike most debauched rock legends Chris had an intense, reserved concentration on his face and as opposed to hurling himself into the frenzied fans, he was staring intently at a large monitor.

The reason for this anomaly was that the young man was in fact not a musical genius but an introverted teenager who spent too much time on his game console; he was not performing music but playing a game called Guitar Hero. Chris was breaking the world record for highest score ever on a single track and the masses of attention illustrate how deeply embedded the game is in global culture. This article examines the cultural phenomenon and compares it to real guitar lessons.

Guitar hero works on the basis of the player using a imitation guitar plugged into a games console which displays images on the screen. The imitation guitar strongly resembles a Fisher Price infants toy and has six different coloured buttons on it. The images displayed on the TV show a representation of the coloured buttons running along a Musical Staff which ignite when they hit a certain point, then the player must hit the colour corresponding button on the control.

Many diehard fans of the game will defend to the death that it takes the musical talent to succeed; to which one might say, why not apply yourself to actual guitar lessons? There is however, something to be said in their defence. As there are similar skills used in musical note reading and transferring those images, be they symbol or colour orientated, into physical movement. The continual movement of the musical staff provides a challenging sight reading exercise.

The bad news for GH junkies is that this is where the thin musical relevance ends. Whatever guitar backing track you are using if you were to make the game accurate to real guitar tuition there would need to be 132 different coloured buttons. You would also have to press the buttons hard enough to make a sound and they would be the size of your fingertips, whilst negotiating your way around six picker knobs. Guitar lessons break this process down into manageable chunks.

So what can you do when looking to make the transition between the two forms? The best way is by guitar lessons or multi-media guitar tuition. These are gradual lessons from the basic chords all the way to advanced solos. It takes time, patience and commitment, which might explain why so many people are taking the easier option of simulation over guitar lessons.

The concern of the musical fraternity when it comes to GH is not so much with adults who play a bit when they get home from work, but with the youth who are satisfying their musical needs by simulating as opposed to creating. Guitar lessons and guitar tuition are so easy to arrange but still youngsters are reverting to their consoles as opposed to bonding with their instrument.

There is no real comparison in the musical value between a game console simulation and a guitar lesson although some skills are transferable. Hand-eye coordination is a feature of many video games however you would never consider a racing game a simulation of driving an F1 car. Guitar tuition is a valuable step in learning how to become a genuine rock legend and it is available in many forms, however Guitar Hero is not one of them.

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