How Guitars work
Guitars have strings that you can pluck or strum. When you pluck or strum the strings, they start vibrating back and forth. These vibrations create sound waves in the surrounding air.
What is a guitar?
A guitar is a musical instrument with a body, neck, fretboard, strings, and tuning pegs. Acoustic guitars rely on the resonance of their hollow bodies to produce sound, while electric guitars use pickups and amplifiers to create and amplify sound electronically.
How a normal guitar work
Guitars have strings that you can pluck or strum. When you pluck or strum the strings, they start vibrating back and forth. These vibrations create sound waves in the surrounding air. The sound waves travel to your ears, allowing you to hear the sound. In acoustic guitars, the hollow body acts like a speaker, resonating and amplifying the sound produced by the vibrating strings, making it louder and richer.
How electric guitars work
In electric guitars, the vibrations of the strings are converted into electrical signals by pickups. These signals are then sent to an amplifier, which makes the sound louder and adds various effects. By pressing down on the strings against the metal strips called frets on the neck of the guitar, you change the length of the vibrating portion of the strings. This alters the pitch of the sound produced when you play the strings.
Related stories:
https://invention.si.edu/node/791/p/79-how-guitars-work
https://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/music/guitar/guitarintro.html
https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/guitar.htm
https://theelectricluthier.com/how-does-an-electric-guitar-work/
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