Wednesday 4 January 2012

Top 10...guitarists

guitar |giˈtär|
noun 
a stringed musical instrument with a fretted fingerboard, typically incurved sides, and six or twelve strings, played by plucking or strumming with the fingers or a plectrum.
 
DERIVATIVES
guitarist |-rist| noun
 
ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Spanish guitarra (partly via French), from Greek kithara, denoting an instrument similar to the lyre.

Guitarist. 
A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.

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