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How to pronounce guitar in English?

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Type Words
Type of stringed instrument
Has types bass guitar, cither, cithern, citole, cittern, electric guitar, gittern, hawaiian guitar, steel guitar, acoustic guitar, ukulele, uke
Derivation guitarist

Examples of guitar

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His stepfather taught him the guitar, his first instrument, when Perkins was 10.
From the bloomberg.com
He's really been pushing me to go to the edges of my ability on electric guitar.
From the dailyherald.com
He also keeps an acoustic guitar nearby to strum and sing improvised folk songs.
From the desmoinesregister.com
The remaining tracks, three of them guitar standards, justify the album's title.
From the post-gazette.com
Tony Blair's favourite way of letting off steam was to play the electric guitar.
From the telegraph.co.uk
At one point a dancer offered her leg as a prop for a quick round of air guitar.
From the economist.com
What sets Olive apart from all of them is that he's not in thrall to the guitar.
From the guardian.co.uk
In the All-Girl Boys Choir, however, Warrington nixes the sticks for the guitar.
From the freep.com
Woodstock's own Bar Scott opened the show with a lovely set on guitar and piano.
From the timesunion.com
More examples
  • A stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking
  • (guitarist) a musician who plays the guitar
  • The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number but sometimes more, are attached. ...
  • Guitar is a 1988 album by Frank Zappa. It is the follow-up to 1981's Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar; like that album it features Zappa's guitar solos excerpted from live performances, recorded between 1979 and 1984. It garnered Zappa his 6th Grammy nomination for "Best Rock Instrumental Performance".
  • The following is an episode list for the Nickelodeon sitcom Drake & Josh. The series premiered on January 11, 2004 and ended with the episode "Dance Contest" on September 16, 2007. Then later the film Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh was made apart from the regular series on December 5, 2008. ...
  • Guitar is the title of a recording by American folk and blues guitarist Peter Lang, released in 2003. It was recorded entirely on 12-string guitar.
  • Rhythm guitar is the use of a guitar to provide rhythmic chordal accompaniment for a singer or other instruments in a musical ensemble. ...
  • "Guitar" is the first single from Prince's 2007 album Planet Earth. This song was #39 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.
  • The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) is a song and EP by They Might Be Giants. The title song also appears on Apollo 18 (1992), released by Elektra Records.