Me and My Guitar

An instrument is a tool of music. Just like all tools it allows us to assemble pieces, in the case of music it allows us to build song. Some instruments can be very subtle and soft and quite melodic such as a woodwind, where as there are also instruments that are very powerful, such as a trumpet and become the heart of a song or symphony. But I believe there is only one instrument that can be both subtle and also be powerful. Belonging the family of chordophones, the guitar, is my personal preference or favorite instrument. From the time it was first discovered that a vibrating string tied over a wooden box could produce a pleasant sound, plucked instruments of the guitar family have existed. The way a guitar produces sound reflects technology itself. When a player plucks a string, the string vibrates and most of the energy is transferred to the sound box via the bridge. Resonance in the sound box and the radiation of the soundboard then amplify the weak sound of the string and carries it through the surrounding air making it audible to the human ear.
For centuries, guitar makers have worked on these principles to improve the quality of sound produced by the instrument. From this it has come to a worldwide understanding that guitars have a standard tuning: E, sixth string, and a minor thirteenth below middle C. Then the fifth string A, a minor tenth below middle C. The fourth string, D, a minor seventh below middle C. The third string, G, a perfect fourth below middle C. The second string B a minor second below middle C, and the first string E, a major third above middle.
For many people, the guitar is a tremendous source of enjoyment and fulfillment in their lives. The study of the guitar is exciting because there is always something new to discover and achieve. There are three main forms of the guitar, the soft classical guitar, the rhythmic steel-string guitar, and of course the powerful electric guitar. Even though each one has its own distinct qualities in