Guitar for Dummies
Chapter One
Guitar 101
In This Chapter
* Identifying the different parts of the guitar
* Understanding how the guitar works
* Interacting with the guitar
All guitars - whether painted purple with airbrushed skulls and lightning
bolts or finished in a natural-wood pattern with a fine French lacquer - share
certain physical characteristics that make them behave like guitars and
not violins or tubas. If you're confused about the difference between a headstock
and a pickup or you're wondering which end of the guitar to hold under
your chin, this chapter is for you.
The following sections describe the differences among the various parts of
the guitar and tell you what those parts do. We also tell you how to hold the
instrument and why the guitar sounds the way it does. And, in case you took
us seriously, you don't hold the guitar under your chin - unless, of course,
you're Jimi Hendrix.
Anatomy of a Guitar
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