the guitar

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The guitar is a string instrument , usually with a box made of wood, which generates an acoustic facilitating the propagation of sound . In some Spanish-speaking countries is known as guitar. The history of the guitar leads us almost 2,000 AC Current guitarists currently accept two theories :

-The Guitar is a derivative of the Arabic lute, taken by the Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula and adapting very well the activities of the court ;

-The Guitar derived from " Roman Zither " , with its use and expanding the domination of the Roman Empire .

In Brazil we have the introduction of the viola ( instrument 10 or 5 double strings ) brought by the Portuguese during colonization of the country . For a time there was still some confusion regarding the terms banjo / guitar in the country today, but the discrepancy between the two instruments is notorious.

The use of the guitar is one of the most diverse and can be used both in instrumental music ( orchestras ) and in monitoring voice ( solo songs ) . For a period of history the guitar has been defamed due to being the preferred instrument of bohemians and seresteiros , taking the title of " marginal instrument " , " bum thing " , however this fact has been overcome .

The country grew his own crop of guitarists and can cite among them :

-Clementino Lisbon started guitar performances in public, presenting the instrument for the city's elite ;

-Joaquim Santos , founder of the magazine " The guitar " ;

-Aníbal Sardinha : precursor of bossa nova.

We can also cite the Fusa Jorge Américo Jacomino , Nicanor Teixeira , Egberto Gismonti ...

The Brazilian guitar music is based on small work of Villa- Lobos (important national guitarist who took up his life made into a film ) , which has basically 12 guitar studies .