guitargui‧tar /ɡɪˈtɑː $ -ˈtɑːr/ ●●● S3 W3 noun [countable] 
a musical instrument usually with six strings that you play by pulling the strings with your fingers or with a plectrum (=small piece of plastic, metal etc)an acoustic/an electric/a classical guitar → bass guitar, steel guitar
WORD ORIGINguitar
Origin:
1600-1700 French guitare, from Spanish guitarra, from Arabic qitar, from Greek kithara type of stringed instrumentEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- He played classical guitar, and our music class was one of the most enjoyable hours for me.
- It's very difficult to describe sounds, but the humbuckers fitted to this guitar exhibit real tone.
- It is a slow, stomping thing with grunting; the guitars hate us and the drums are thick and stupid.
- The album is an absolute feast of fully cranked guitar and catchy pop choruses.
- The thing it became was an experimental format where Reynolds played guitar, tweaking and warping the sound using effects.
- Then I saw a gaggle of youths arriving with guitar cases for a recording session, and I changed my mind.
- There are no frets or strings on the guitar neck, and thus nothing to do with your left hand.
- Yamaha's factory in Kaohsiung has been building guitars now for over twenty years ... Neville Martenflies East.
WORD SETS
a cappella, adjectiveaccelerando, adjectiveaccompaniment, nounaccompanist, nounaccompany, verbaccordion, nounacid house, nounacoustic, adjectiveadagio, nounallegro, nounandante, adjectiveandante, nounanthem, nounaria, nounarpeggio, nounarr., arrange, verbarrangement, nounatonal, adjectiveback, verbbacking, nounbagpipes, nounbalalaika, nounballad, nounband, nounbandmaster, nounbandsman, nounbandstand, nounbanjo, nounbar, nounbarbershop, nounbaritone, nounbarrel organ, nounbass, nounbass, adjectivebass clef, nounbass guitar, nounbassist, nounbassoon, nounbaton, nounbeat, verbbeat, nounbebop, nounblast, verbblow, verbbluegrass, nounbolero, nounbongos, nounboogie, nounbootleg, nounbow, nounbow, verbbrass band, nounbreve, nounbridge, nounbugle, nounbusk, verbC, nouncabaret, nouncadence, nouncadenza, nouncalypso, nounC & W, canon, nouncantata, nouncanticle, nouncantor, nouncarillon, nouncarol, nouncarol, verbcastanets, nouncatchy, adjectivecellist, nouncello, nounchamber music, nounchamber orchestra, nounchant, verbchant, nounchoir, nounchoirboy, nounchoral, adjectivechorale, nounchord, nounchorister, nounchorus, nounChristmas carol, nounchromatic, adjectiveclapper, nounclarinet, nounclavichord, nounclef, nouncoda, nouncoloratura, nouncombo, nouncompose, verbcomposer, nounconcert, nounconcertgoer, nounconcertina, nounconcertmaster, nounconcerto, nounconduct, verbconductor, nounconsonant, adjectiveconsort, nouncontinuo, nouncontrabass, nouncontralto, nouncor anglais, nouncornet, nouncounterpoint, nouncountertenor, nouncountry and western, nouncountry music, nouncover, verbcover, nouncrescendo, nouncroon, verbcrotchet, nouncut, verbcymbal, nounD, noundamper, noundance, noundance band, noundemo, noundescant, noundidgeridoo, noundiminuendo, noundirge, noundisc jockey, noundiscord, noundiscordant, adjectivedissonance, nounditty, nounDixieland, noundo, noundoh, noundominant, noundouble bass, noundownbeat, noundrum, noundrum, verbdrumbeat, noundrum kit, noundrum major, noundrummer, noundrumming, noundrum-roll, noundrumstick, noundub, nounduet, noundulcimer, nounduo, nounear, nouneasy listening, nouneighth note, nounelevator music, nounencore, interjectionensemble, nounexpression, nounf., fa, nounfalsetto, nounfanfare, nounfantasia, nounfiddle, nounfiddler, nounfife, nounfinale, nounfingering, nounflat, adjectiveflat, nounflat, adverbflautist, nounfloor show, nounflourish, nounflute, nounfolk, nounfolk, adjectivefolk music, nounforte, nounforte, adjectivefortissimo, adjectiveforty-five, nounFrench horn, nounfret, nounfugue, nounfunk, nounfunky, adjectiveg, gamelan, noungig, noungig, verbglee club, nounglide, nounglockenspiel, noungong, noungospel, noungrand, noungrand opera, noungrand piano, nounGregorian chant, noungroup, nounguitar, nounhalf note, nounhalf step, nounhammer, nounhard rock, nounharmonic, adjectiveharmonica, nounharmonium, nounharmonize, verbharmony, nounharp, nounharpsichord, nounheavy metal, nounhigh, adjectivehigh-pitched, adjectivehip hop, nounhorn, nounhot, adjectivehouse music, nounhurdy-gurdy, nounhymn, nounimpressionism, nounimpressionist, nounimprovise, verbincidental music, nouninstrument, nouninstrumental, adjectiveinstrumental, nouninstrumentalist, nouninstrumentation, nouninterlude, nouninterval, nounjam, verbjam session, nounjazz, nounjazzy, adjectivejig, nounjingle, nounjungle, nounkaraoke, nounkazoo, nounkettledrum, nounkey, nounkeyboard, nounkey signature, nounla, nounlament, nounlargo, adjectiveleader, nounledger line, nounlegato, adjectiveleitmotif, nounlento, adjectivelibrettist, nounlibretto, nounlilt, nounlullaby, nounlute, nounlyre, nounlyric, adjectivelyrical, adjectivelyricism, nounlyricist, nounmadrigal, nounmaestro, nounmajor, adjectivemale-voice choir, nounmandolin, nounmaracas, nounmarch, nounmarching band, nounmariachi, nounmarimba, nounmasterclass, nounmedley, nounmellifluous, adjectivemelodic, adjectivemelodious, adjectivemelody, nounmetronome, nounmezzo-soprano, nounmi, nounmiddle C, nounminim, nounminor, adjectiveminstrel, nounminuet, nounmodal, adjectivemode, nounmoderato, adjectivemodulate, verbmolto, adverbmood music, nounmotif, nounmouth organ, nounmouthpiece, nounmovement, nounmusic, nounmusical, adjectivemusical, nounmusical instrument, nounmusically, adverbmusician, nounmusicianship, nounmusicology, nounmusic stand, nounmute, verbmute, nounMuzak, nounnational anthem, nounnatural, adjectivenatural, nounNegro spiritual, nounnocturne, nounnote, nounnumber, nounnumber one, nounnursery rhyme, nounoboe, nounoctave, nounoctet, nounoff-key, adjectiveone-man band, nounopera, nounopera house, nounoperetta, nounopus, nounoratorio, nounorchestra, nounorchestral, adjectiveorchestra pit, nounorchestrate, verborgan, nounorgan grinder, nounorganist, nounovertone, nounoverture, nounp., panpipes, nounpart, nounpart-song, nounpause, nounpeal, verbpedal, nounpeg, nounpenny whistle, nounpercussion, nounperfect pitch, nounPhilharmonic, adjectivephrase, nounphrase, verbphrasing, nounpianissimo, adjectivepianist, nounpiano, nounpiano, adjectivepianola, nounpiccolo, nounpick, verbpick, nounpipe, verbpiped music, nounpiper, nounpitch, nounpitch, verbpizzicato, nounplainchant, nounplainsong, nounplay, verbplayer, nounplayer piano, nounplectrum, nounpluck, verbpolyphony, nounpop, nounpop group, nounpop music, nounpop star, nounprelude, nounpresto, adjectivepresto, nounprima donna, nounproduction number, nounpromenade concert, nounpsaltery, nounpunk, nounquarter note, nounquartet, nounquaver, nounquintet, nounR & B, nounrag, nounraga, nounragga, nounragtime, nounrange, nounrap, nounrap, verbrapper, nounrecital, nounrecitative, nounrecord, nounrecorder, nounreed, nounrefrain, nounreggae, nounregister, nounremaster, verbrendering, nounrendition, nounrepeat, nounrequest, nounrequiem, nounresonator, nounrest, nounrhapsody, nounrhythm, nounrhythm and blues, nounrhythm section, nounriff, nounroadie, nounroad manager, nounrock, nounrock and roll, nounrock music, nounrock 'n' roll, nounrondo, nounrostrum, nounround, nounrumba, nounrun, nounsalsa, nounsamba, nounsaxophone, nounsaxophonist, nounscale, nounscat, nounscherzo, nounscore, nounscore, verbsemibreve, nounsemiquaver, nounsemitone, nounseptet, nounserenade, nounserenade, verbset, nounsetting, nounsextet, nounshanty, nounsharp, adverbsharp, nounsheet music, nounsight-read, verbsignature tune, nounsing, verbsinger, nounsinger-songwriter, nounsingle, nounsitar, nounsixteenth note, nounska, nounskiffle, nounslide, nounslur, verbslur, nounsnare drum, nounso, nounsol, nounsol-fa, nounsolo, adjectivesolo, nounsoloist, nounsonata, nounsong, nounsongbook, nounsongster, nounsongwriter, nounsoprano, nounsoprano, adjectivesoul, nounsoundtrack, nounspiritual, nounsqueezebox, nounstaccato, adverbstaff, nounstandard, nounStar-Spangled Banner, the, stave, nounsteel band, nounsteel guitar, nounstep, nounstring, verbstringed instrument, nounstrum, verbstudy, nounsuite, nounswell, nounswing, nounsymphony, nounsyncopated, adjectivesyncopation, nounsynthesis, nounsynthesize, verbsynthesizer, nountabla, nountabor, nountambourine, nountechno, nountempo, nountenor, nountenor, adjectiveTex-Mex, adjectivetheme, nounthrash, nounthrenody, nounthrob, verbti, nountimbrel, nountime, nountime signature, nountimpani, nountoccata, nountom-tom, nountonal, adjectivetonality, nountone, nountone-deaf, adjectivetone poem, nountonic, nountootle, verbtrack, nountranscribe, verbtranspose, verbtreble, nountreble, adjectivetreble clef, nountremolo, nountriangle, nountrill, nountrombone, nountrumpet, nountuba, nountune, nountune, verbtuneful, adjectivetuneless, adjectivetuning fork, nountuning peg, nounukulele, noununaccompanied, adjectiveupright piano, nounvalve, nounvariation, nounverse, nounvibes, nounvibraphone, nounvibrato, nounviola, nounviolin, nounviolinist, nounvirginals, nounvirtuoso, nounvivace, adjectivevocal, adjectivevocal, nounvocalist, nounvoice, nounvoluntary, nounwaltz, nounwarble, verbwarbler, nounwhole note, nounwind instrument, nounwoodwind, nounxylophone, nounyodel, verbyodel, nounzither, nounzydeco, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
He plays folk music with guitar accompaniment.
He plays folk music with guitar accompaniment.· I'd just started classical guitar lessons.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Buckingham used his Takamine for a lot of the acoustic parts, but various electrics and other acoustic guitars were also employed.· Just an acoustic guitar and a backdrop of the sun shining.· National made these instruments specifically to be the loudest acoustic guitars in existence - and they succeeded.· I did the acoustic hillbilly guitar on it - you can really hear the guitar at the end.· At a photo-session violinist Nigel Kennedy would initially only pose with a one-stringed acoustic guitar.· Regarding a transducer pickup for your acoustic guitar, Washburn will happily suggest the correct model to fit the D70.
· In this case just swapping between bass and guitar is no problem.· Gregory's bass guitar was out of tune because of a wayward string and none of the group had guitar tuners.· Hard knee is great for bass guitar, when it's actually okay for the compression to be heard.· Durham born Gregory had only been playing the bass guitar for a few weeks when he joined.· Then there's Phil - bass guitar.· So, impressed by him, I got myself a bass guitar.
· He played classical guitar, and our music class was one of the most enjoyable hours for me.· He won his first formal competition, in Classical / flamenco guitar, when he was 10.
· Today, it's difficult to imagine how electric guitars were received in an environment where rock'n'roll did not exist.· At Motown, electric guitars, sometimes as many as four, were locked in intricate patterns.· He basically composes music for electric guitars, and he does some wild things.· Are you addicted to the thrashing of electric guitars?· I tried without success to imagine an electric guitar being learnt in this house.· Flightcase for electric guitar, £25.· I would argue that virtually every successful electric guitar since 1958 has owed something to one or more of the above-mentioned instruments.· I fought my way through the crowd and there's these kids playing electric guitars through this tiny amp.
· What is really great about this guitar is that it is such an uncomplicated affair.· Eric Clapton, Greg Allman and many other great guitar players were big fans of his.· It's a great guitar and I love the way it sounds and the way it plays.· Flanked by the great guitars of the ears, his hair lay thin over the orange-peel scalp, in white worms.· So just where does Bernard stand on the great guitar solo debate?· Hard knee is great for bass guitar, when it's actually okay for the compression to be heard.· It's a great guitar that deserves to scale considerable heights.
NOUN· Ride do not seem to have developed very much since then, just quietly maturing into a dependable guitar band.· The average guitar band is achingly banal in comparison.
· There's a double cutaway arrangement and it's a very different body shape from any jazz guitar that I've seen.· If you think of all jazz guitar music as boring bebop stuff, think again.· Gibson have also announced some new instruments, including the first Gibson basses ever modelled on the ES-175 jazz guitar body.· Fender left-handed Jazz guitar with case, £275.· Gibson L-50 jazz guitar, 1936, all original with original case, £575 ono.· What I like about jazz guitar is that it's so true.
· And he's a great musician - lead guitar.· Digital keyboards are added to the usual lead guitar, bass, drums and high-pitched vocals.· Other members are: Phil Jennings, lead guitar.· I love you l love you while the lead guitar giggles and the drummer's tongue lies wetly in his opened mouth.
· Where the confusion seems to stem from is the fact that guitar music sounds an octave lower than concert pitch.· If you think of all jazz guitar music as boring bebop stuff, think again.· You know, when the Beatles started there was a record company guy who said electric guitar music was finished.
· Eric Clapton, Greg Allman and many other great guitar players were big fans of his.· The guitar player strummed along respectfully.· For me, as a guitar player, the first thing I did was plug my guitar in!· I realised I wanted another guitar player.· She would be satisfied with her fantasy man, Miguel the guitar player.· Maybe they're songwriters - they don't really care about really good guitar players.· I'd like to be a rhythm guitar player in a band!
· I'd like to be a rhythm guitar player in a band!· Then a nervously repetitious rhythm guitar pattern is added, just before the drums kick in with a churning fatback pattern.
· Trouble is, I can't ever remember how to play the guitar solo!· So just where does Bernard stand on the great guitar solo debate?· No-one realises how f-in' hard it is to scream at the top of your lungs and concentrate on playing guitar solos.· It is difficult to write down a Jimi Hendrix guitar solo and still harder to play it from such a notated version.· This encourages improvisation, and enables the improviser to play at length and elaborately, as in the guitar solo by Eric Clapton.· And the one thing that myself and my friends all absolutely hated was guitar solos!
· Black Sun Ensemble rely on the kind of guitar sound that floats almost too closely into jazz fusion territory.· At the beginning, the guitar sound rises with a shimmer from silence.· A touch of stereo chorus coupled with a fairly bright guitar sound should also help.· Just what is an ideal guitar sound?· I don't use as many effects as I used to; it's pretty much straight guitar sound with delay.
· They should get themselves a steel guitar.· Herron rounded out the band with some fiddle and steel guitar.· Cook, who tears up the steel guitar and trombone.
· In fact, such sounds may be picked up in their whiskers, resonating like guitar strings, rather than by their ears.· Saconi tell me please to ask Big Sally bring a next set of guitar string.· Complaints were of insufficient guitar strings, paints and brushes.· I had nothing to do with the recording and creative side but I changed guitar strings and that kind of thing.· Whatever else you do, please avoid musicianly prattle about your favourite brand of guitar strings.· Their performances were shambolic with guitar strings snapping - as ever - and the timing fluctuating erratically.· Some of them have people there just to change the guitar strings.
· However, most of the guitar work on the album is done with a Lowden, a really sweet-sounding guitar.· His acoustic guitar work is considered the standard by which all other flamenco players are now measured.
VERB· I don't buy guitars to put up in a cabinet on the wall.· Did your brother buy his guitar?
· Miguel picked up his guitar from where it was lying on the sofa so that she could sit down.· He can flick a football over his head with perfect control, pick up a guitar and find a tune.
· His hands were so cold he could hardly play the guitar.· For starters, he plays piano, not guitar, and acoustic piano at that.· And if you want to play then there are guitar classes too.· The thing it became was an experimental format where Reynolds played guitar, tweaking and warping the sound using effects.· His long hair was tied back in a scarf and he was playing guitar to a whistling song.· Students could learn how to play folk guitar or sing and perform in opera.· I don't, but I do use the soap to play air guitar in the shower.· This product is not a real guitar and can not teach you how to play a real guitar.
· Sure was, he didn't have any interest personally in music until he was 20 when he started playing the guitar.· Boyle's family moved to London when he was eight and he started on guitar at fifteen with private lessons.
a musical instrument usually with six strings that you play by pulling the strings with your fingers or with a plectrum (=small piece of plastic, metal etc)an acoustic/an electric/a classical guitar → bass guitar, steel guitar