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    Guitar Research Paper Most kids have a dream. Some dream of becoming presidents‚ astronauts‚ teachers‚ soldiers‚ policemen‚ firefighters‚ doctors‚ or whoever they look up to as a hero. And then there are kids who dream of becoming rock stars. They want to grow up and play on massive stages and have screaming and adoring fans‚ and how do they accomplish this dream? Well if you asked almost any kid who had this dream they’d say you have to learn how to play guitar. But what is the guitar? How is

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    Guitar: from wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia www.wikipedia.org Summary: The guitar and instruments similar to the guitar have existed and been popular for five thousand years‚ with a very high chance of the number being much greater. The modern guitar seems to have evolved from earlier instruments known in ancient central Asia. On very old statues unearthed in the Old Iranian Capital Susa there are carvings of instruments quite similar to the modern guitar we all know. The English word Guitar

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    History of the Guitar In this essay I will research: - The history of the Guitar‚ from the origins of the instrument‚ up until the present day - The technological advances of the instrument - The main practitioners of the instrument and how they changed the way the guitar was used or thought of. The guitar is possibly the most well known and widely played instrument in modern times. There have been instruments similar to the guitar for at least 5‚000 years. The oldest known

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    The History of the Guitar Elle Smith April 19‚ 2013 Upper Elementary Mr. Hooper Guitars are part of the music we hear every day‚ but did you ever wonder about the origin of the guitar? I did‚ so my report is about the history of the guitar. I will talk about both the evolution of the guitar from the early guitar to the present and variations of the guitar such as the electric guitar. Today’s guitar has the following elements: six strings‚ a wooden body‚ curved sides‚ a flat

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    The guitar is a fretted‚ stringed instrument‚ and is a member of the lute family. It originated in Persia and reached Spain during the twelth-century‚ where it¹s versatility as both a solo and accompanying instrument were established. The theory of the guitar was discovered in the early centuries. They found that the sound of a bowstring could be enhanced by attaching a resonating chamber -most like a tortiseshell- to the bow. From the bow came essentially three main types of stringed instruments:

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    The History of the Electric Guitar The desire to increase the sound of the guitar existed long before the development of electrical amplifiers and speakers. Musical performances in the 19th century were characterized by ever-larger concert settings and ensembles. Musicians needed louder and more powerful instruments‚ which became possible by using new materials and designs. The introduction of steel strings in the 19th century meant not only greater volume‚ but greater tension on instruments

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    www.GetPedia.com Contents OT’S DI UIDE I G ® MPLETE CO THE TO Playing the Guitar Second Edition by Frederick Noad A Pearson Education Company i The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Playing the Guitar‚ Second Edition Copyright © 2002 by Frederick Noad “Country Dance‚” by Frederick Noad. Copyright © Frederick Noad/ASCAP “Walkin Blues‚” by Edward Flower. Copyright © Edward Flower/BMI “Dream a Little Dream.” Words by Gus Kahn. Music by Wilbur Schwandt and Fabian Andree. TRO—©—

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    The guitar is a very well known instrument and is a staple of western music. From acoustic to electric and even bass‚ with so many different guitars that have minor variations between them it is hard to imagine what would have led to such developments‚ since the predecessors of the guitar only marginally resemble current guitars. A large factor in the evolution of the instrument was society. Social influence ultimately led to the guitars we have today with guitars adapting to be able to fit the timbre

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    Carry out study of a Classical Guitar and write a report on its history‚ development and construction. The classical guitar‚ sometimes called the Spanish or nylon strung guitar‚ consists of a hollow body made with a top‚ back and sides constructed from thin pieces of wood carved and shaped to give the familiar traditional figure of eight shape. A long narrow piece of wood‚ called the neck‚ is attached to the body at one end and has‚ at the other end‚ a headstock to which are attached six tuning

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    Curriculum Integration: Eroding the High Ground of Science as a School Subject? Grady J. Venville‚ John Wallace‚ Léonie J. Rennie and John A. Malone Science and Mathematics Education Centre Curtin University of Technology GPO Box U1987 Perth 6845 WA Australia Contact email: L.Rennie@smec.curtin.edu.au A paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education‚ Fremantle: WA‚ 2-6 December 2001. Curriculum Integration: Eroding the High Ground of Science

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