Lesson 1: Science

LESSON 1: Science

Video - How It’s Made (Acoustic): [link] 6 min

Video - How It’s Made (Electric): [link] 9 min

Attachment - Guitar Anatomy (PDF)

Most experienced guitarists don't know the name of everything...

Honestly you don't need to *but it's good to be familiar with them, especially the basics:

• Head

• Neck

• Body

Article - "How Acoustic Guitars Works: Guitar Parts" on Soundboards and Sound Holes: [link]

The whole article is good, but this page is important

Summary: When guitars are strummed the string vibrates the bridge (where the strings touch the guitar) eventually entirely by soundboard, while guitar body forms a hollow amplifying sound box

• Lower Bout - supports lower tones

• Upper Bout - supports upper tones

Video - String oscillation: [link] 4 min

This is what's actually happening when guitar strings are struck

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Lesson 2: History