Guitar Research Paper
1. History and Manufacturers
The instrument I picked to research was the Guitar. Here is a little history of the guitar. The repertoire of the guitar spans over four centuries, including its ancestors the baroque guitar. The guitar appears to be derived from the earlier instruments known in ancient central Asia as the tar. This claimed to be the root of the name of the guitar. Guitar music became very popular in Spain during the 19th century. The guitar came to prominence largely through the efforts of the Spanish composer Francisco Tarrega. American musician and inventor Les Paul developed prototypes for the solid-bodied electric guitar and popularized the instrument beginning in the 1940’s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/history_of_the_classical_guitar …show more content…
King. King is one of the greatest and most respected blues guitarists of all time. Over 52 years B.B. King played at least 15,000 performances. One of his trademarks is “Lucille”, his black custom Gibson guitar. During a show in Arkansas in 1949, two men at a performance of B. B.'s got into a fight and knocked over a kerosene stove that set the hall on fire. King, like everyone else ran out of the hall to save himself, realized he had left his guitar inside, and ran back to get it, barely escaping with his life. When he found out the fight was over a woman named Lucille, he decided to name his guitar after the woman as a reminder to never again do something as stupid as run into a burning building, and every guitar he has owned and played since then has borne the name. He was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 1984 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. http://www.bbking.com/bio/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BB_King
The other performer I chose was Jimi Hendrix. He was widely recognized as one of the most creative and influential musicians of the 20th century. Jimi pioneered the explosive possibilities of the electric guitar. His innovative style of combining fuzz, feedback and controlled distortion created a new musical form. Jimi Hendrix was a self-taught guitarist. He was unable to read or write music, but it is remarkable that it took him only four years to reach the status that he did. Hendrix was a master at coaxing all manner of unforeseen sonics from his guitar.
http://www.guitarsite.com/hendrix.htm
The instrument I picked to research was the Guitar. Here is a little history of the guitar. The repertoire of the guitar spans over four centuries, including its ancestors the baroque guitar. The guitar appears to be derived from the earlier instruments known in ancient central Asia as the tar. This claimed to be the root of the name of the guitar. Guitar music became very popular in Spain during the 19th century. The guitar came to prominence largely through the efforts of the Spanish composer Francisco Tarrega. American musician and inventor Les Paul developed prototypes for the solid-bodied electric guitar and popularized the instrument beginning in the 1940’s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/history_of_the_classical_guitar …show more content…
King. King is one of the greatest and most respected blues guitarists of all time. Over 52 years B.B. King played at least 15,000 performances. One of his trademarks is “Lucille”, his black custom Gibson guitar. During a show in Arkansas in 1949, two men at a performance of B. B.'s got into a fight and knocked over a kerosene stove that set the hall on fire. King, like everyone else ran out of the hall to save himself, realized he had left his guitar inside, and ran back to get it, barely escaping with his life. When he found out the fight was over a woman named Lucille, he decided to name his guitar after the woman as a reminder to never again do something as stupid as run into a burning building, and every guitar he has owned and played since then has borne the name. He was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 1984 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. http://www.bbking.com/bio/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BB_King
The other performer I chose was Jimi Hendrix. He was widely recognized as one of the most creative and influential musicians of the 20th century. Jimi pioneered the explosive possibilities of the electric guitar. His innovative style of combining fuzz, feedback and controlled distortion created a new musical form. Jimi Hendrix was a self-taught guitarist. He was unable to read or write music, but it is remarkable that it took him only four years to reach the status that he did. Hendrix was a master at coaxing all manner of unforeseen sonics from his guitar.
http://www.guitarsite.com/hendrix.htm