An acoustic guitar is a fretted musical instrument that produces sound via vibrating strings above a hollow chamber in the guitar’s body. The vibrations carry through the air and do not require electrical amplification (although many acoustic guitars also function as electric guitars). Humans have built and played stringed instruments for millenia, and variations on the guitar trace back over 4000 years. Many musicologists trace the contemporary acoustic guitar back to the “vihuela,” a medieval instrument which itself evolved from the ancient lute. The guitar as we know it today remains quite close to a model developed by the nineteenth-century Spanish luthier Antonio Torres Jurado. Some of the most popular acoustic guitar players are Paul Simon (Simon and Garfunkel), Chet Atkins (also known as Mr. guitar), and Marcus Mumford (Mumford and Sons). Three of the top acoustic guitars are the Taylor--Modern Sound, Martin--Classic Tone (Classic Style), and the Guild--For Those Looking For A Player's Guitar.
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