The
guitar is a stringed instrument with inwardly curved sides, a flat back, and a
narrow neck with raised bars or frets spaced along it. It has 6 strings which
are plucked either with a plectrum, or with the fingers. This one has nylon
strings, not steel.
The term acoustic guitar is used to describe a guitar whose sound comes from the resonance of the hollow chamber of air inside its body. This is distinct from an electric guitar, where electric pickups are placed close to the strings, and the sound is generated by electronic amplifiers, and broadcast through heavy duty loud-speakers.
The player usually plucks the strings with his right hand, whilst stopping the strings against the frets with the fingers of his left hand.
The strings are tuned to E A D G B E, starting from the E one octave below the E below middle C.