Lesson 2: History

Lesson 2: History

Knowing where the guitar came from might not help you play it better, but anything that helps you understand your instrument can help... Unlike most other instruments, the guitar doesn't have a country of origin, or have a single bloodline where it evolved into what you have today. Different forms of what we would call guitars have showed up around the world at different times, with no seeming relation to each other -- making it hard to tell which ones influenced the standard guitar we have today.

Attachment - "Guitar History Timeline" from levinsguitar.weebly.com

Article - "A brief history of the Guitar" [link]

Videos - "Imagine - The Story of The Guitar" by BBC

This is honestly the best video I've seen on the guitar's recent history

• "Part 1: In the Beginning" [link] 1 hr
• "Part 2: Out of the Frying Pan" [link] 59 min

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