List of guitar-related topics

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A list of guitar-related topics

Contents 1 Guitar hardware and makers 1.1 Guitar types and varieties 1.1.1 Standard guitar variations 1.1.2 Pitch-based variations 1.1.3 Steel guitars 1.1.4 Extra strings 1.1.5 Misc 1.2 Common electric guitar models 1.3 Guitar makers 1.4 Guitar-like instruments 1.5 Parts 2 Guitar use 2.1 Guitar music 2.2 Guitar tunings 2.3 Guitar playing styles 2.4 Guitar technique 2.4.1 Bridge (Right) hand techniques 2.4.1.1 Strumming techniques 2.4.1.2 Single picking (ie. plectrum picking) 2.4.1.3 Multiple picking (ie. finger picking) 2.4.1.4 Percussive techniques 2.4.2 Head (Left) hand techniques 2.4.2.1 Legato techniques 2.4.2.2 Harmonic techniques 3 Guitar parts and accessories 3.1 Misc 3.2 Guitar amplifiers 3.3 Guitar effects 3.4 Guitar software 4 Guitar community 4.1 Guitar magazines, web-sites and other media 4.2 Guitar festivals 4.3 Significant guitarists 4.4 Guitar methodologies 4.5 Slang and other terms

[edit] Guitar hardware and makers

[edit] Guitar types and varieties

This category refers to the instruments, not the style of playing

[edit] Standard guitar variations

• Acoustic guitar
• Archtop guitar
• Classical guitar
• Electric guitar
• Flat top guitar
• Fretless guitar
• Parlor guitar
• Resonator Guitar
• Semi-acoustic guitar
• Twelve string guitar

[edit] Pitch-based variations

• Baritone guitar
• Bass guitars
  • Acoustic bass guitar
  • Bass guitar
• Tenor guitar

[edit] Steel guitars

• Lap steel guitar (aka Hawaiian guitar)
• Pedal steel guitar

[edit] Extra strings

• Seven string guitar The Russian Guitar and Electric guitar
• Eight string guitar

[edit] Misc

• Halo Guitar
• Harp guitar
• Glock-Guitar
• Portuguese guitar
• Prepared guitar
• Warr Guitars

[edit] Common electric guitar models

• Fender Stratocaster
• Fender Telecaster
• Gibson Les Paul
• Gibson ES-335
• Gibson SG
• Rickenbacker 360 (Both 12 string and 6 string models)

[edit] Guitar makers

See also: List of guitar manufacturers

• Luthier (Guitar maker)
• Bailey, John
• B.C. Rich Guitars
• Bourgeois Guitars
• Caparison Guitars
• Carlos (Guitar)
• Carvin A&I
• Collings Guitars
• Cort Guitars
• Dean Guitars
• Dillion Guitars
• DiPinto
• Epiphone Guitars
• ESP Guitars
• Estaban
• Egmond Guitars (Holland)
• Fender Musical Instruments Corporation
• Fernandes Guitars
• Flipper's Guitar
• Gibson Guitar Corporation
• Godin Guitars
• Greg Bennett Guitars
• Guitar Center
• Heritage Guitars
• Hagstrom
• Ibanez
• Kramer Guitars
• Kilometer
• Jackson Guitars
• John Bailey
• JR Beck Guitar Company
• James Tyler Guitars
• Maton Guitars
• Martin Guitars
• MusicMan
• Novax Guitars
• Ovation Guitar Company
• Peavey guitars
• Pensa Custom Guitars
• PRS Guitars
• Reede Guitars
• Rickenbacker Guitars
• Schecter Guitars
• Shine Guitars
• Stagg Guitars
• Takamine Guitars
• Taylor Guitars
• Valley Arts Guitar
• Warwick (bass guitar)
• Washburn guitars
• Yamaha (manufacturer)
• Zeidler Guitars(Zeidler, John R. 1958-2002 master luthier, Philadelphia PA)
• Zon guitars

[edit] Guitar-like instruments

• Tar (lute) Four-stringed Persian instrument
• Balalaika Russian guitar
• Cavaquinho small Brazilian guitar
• Cigar Box Guitar
• Chapman Stick
• Shamisen Three-stringed Japanese guitar
• Ukulele
• Lute (and Lutenist)
• Guitarlele

[edit] Parts

• Headstock (or Head)
• Nut (instrumental)
• Machine heads (or Tuning keys)
• Frets
• Fretboard
• Truss rod
• Inlay (guitar)
• Neck (music)
• Neck joint: see Set-in neck, Bolt-on neck and Neck-thru
• Pickup (music) (Electric - Single coil (including P-90), Humbucker) (Acoustic - Piezoelectric)
• Bridge (instrument)
• Pickguard
• Body: The solid body of an electric and the sounding box of an acoustic
• Sounding board (Acoustic)
• Strings (music)

[edit] Guitar use

[edit] Guitar music

• Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra
• Classical guitar music
• Instrumental guitar
• Tablature notation ("Tab")

[edit] Guitar tunings

See Guitar tuning

[edit] Guitar playing styles

The difference between guitar playing styles and guitar techniques (below) is that a style is a collection of techniques

• Downstrokes picking
• Classical guitar techniques
• Flamenco
• Guitar solo
• Guitar Moves
• Jazz guitar
• Lead guitar
• Multiple guitar players
• Rhythm guitar
• Shred guitar
• Slack-key guitar
• Slide guitar

[edit] Guitar technique

Main Category: Category:Guitar performance techniques

• Dampening
• Guitar chord
  • Barre chord
  • Five fret stretch
• String skipping

[edit] Bridge (Right) hand techniques

See also the following from List of musical terminology: sul porticello (plucking/strumming near the bridge), sul tasto (plucking/strumming above the fingerboard)

• Hybrid picking
• Palm mute (known as pizzicato in Classical guitar terminology)

[edit] Strumming techniques

• Rasgueado
• Strum

[edit] Single picking (ie. plectrum picking)

• Alternate picking
• Crosspicking
• Downpicking
• Economy picking
• Flatpicking
• Pick slide
• Pick tapping
• Sweep-picking

[edit] Multiple picking (ie. finger picking)

• Apoyando: rest stroke
• Chicken picking
• Fingerstyle guitar (including Travis picking)
• Fingerpicking
• Pattern picking
• Picados
• Tirando: free stroke

[edit] Percussive techniques

• Golpe: finger tapping (flamenco)
• Tambour: string striking

[edit] Head (Left) hand techniques

• Double stop
• Finger vibrato (includes string-bending, and bending behind the nut)
• Left-hand muting
• Slide guitar
  • Lap slide guitar

[edit] Legato techniques

• Hammer-on
• Legato technique (includes rolls and trills)
• Pull-off
• Tapping

[edit] Harmonic techniques

• Artificial Harmonics
• Pinch harmonic
• Tap harmonic

[edit] Guitar parts and accessories

[edit] Misc

• Capo
• Guitar pick
• Neck-thru-body
• Slide
• Tremolo arm
• Guitar Humidifiers
• Electronic tuner
• Cable (Electric, some Acoustics)

[edit] Guitar amplifiers

• Distortion (guitar)
• Guitar amplifier
• Power attenuator (guitar)
• Preamplifier
• Stack: A guitar amplification setup consisting of one or more speaker cabinets and a "head" (amplifier), rather than a self-contained unit.

[edit] Guitar effects

Main article: Effects unit

(also known as "Stomp Box")

• Compression (electric guitar)
• Chorus effect
• Delay (audio effect)
• Fuzz (electric guitar)
• Flange (electric guitar)
• Phaser (electric guitar)
• Reverb (Reverberation)
• Sustain
  • Infinite guitar
• Ebow
• Guitar Floor Processor
• Overdrive/distortion terms
  • Brown sound
  • Crunch
  • Gain
  • Distortion (guitar)
  • Overdrive (music)
• Clean/Dirty
• Wah-wah pedal

[edit] Guitar software

• Amplitube (guitar software)
• Guitar Rig (guitar software)
• Guitar Pro
• G7 (guitar software)
• Guitar Tracks 3 Pro (guitar software)
• GCH (Multimedia Guitar Course)
• Power Tab
• Games
  • Guitar Freaks An arcade game featuring playing guitars
  • Guitar Hero Like Guitar Freaks, except for home use
  • Frets on Fire A cross-platform Guitar Hero clone licensed under GNU GPL.
  • RiffWorks - Guitar Recording Software, Online Collaboration, and Podcasting
  • Rockband A muilti-platform game for Playstation 2, 3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii which includes a guitar element similar to that of Guitar Hero/Freaks along with a Karaoke-like vocal element and a drum element.

[edit] Guitar community

• Golden Guitar Attraction in Australia

[edit] Guitar magazines, web-sites and other media

• Guitar Player
• Guitar World
• Total Guitar
• Ultimate-Guitar
• Young Guitar Magazine
• Guitarist
• TrueFire

[edit] Guitar festivals

• Crossroads Guitar Festival
• Darwin International Guitar Festival

[edit] Significant guitarists

• Guitarist
• List of guitarists
• List of jazz guitarists
• Notable classical guitarists

[edit] Guitar methodologies

• Guitar Craft

[edit] Slang and other terms

• Axe - A Guitar
• Fret buzz
• Guitar battle or guitar duel
• Guitar face
• Guitar hero
• Guitar legend
• Jam (music) - Playing with other people