| ax |
(slang) a musical instrument, such as a guitar. [1/4 definitions] |
| bassist |
a player of a bass instrument such as the bass viol or bass guitar. [1/2 definitions] |
| bottleneck |
a style of guitar playing in which the neck of a bottle or a metal tube is slid up and down the strings. [1/4 definitions] |
| capo1 |
a device that is fastened around the fingerboard of a guitar or similar instrument to uniformly change the key of the strings. |
| cittern |
a sixteenth-century instrument of the guitar family, having a flat-backed, pear-shaped body and wire strings. |
| comp1 |
to play an accompaniment to jazz music, as on a piano or guitar, often of syncopated chords. |
| country music |
popular music that comes from the folk music of the southern or southwestern United States. It generally employs a variety of stringed instruments such as guitar and fiddle. |
| country-western |
popular music that comes from the folk music of the southern or southwestern United States. It generally employs vocals and a variety of stringed instruments such as guitar and fiddle; country and western; country music. [1/2 definitions] |
| Dobro |
trademark for a type of acoustic steel guitar that is held on the lap and fretted with a metal bar or tube. [2 definitions] |
| electric guitar |
a guitar that is equipped with a pickup that transmits tones to an amplifier. |
| fingerboard |
the portion of a violin, guitar, or other stringed instrument against which the player presses the strings. |
| fret3 |
one of the ridges set across the fingerboard of a stringed instrument, such as a guitar or lute, that is played by hand. [1/2 definitions] |
| guitar |
a similar instrument that is electronically amplified; electric guitar. [1/2 definitions] |
| guitarfish |
any of several sharklike ocean fish that are related to skates and rays and are shaped like a guitar. |
| guitarist |
a person who plays the guitar, esp. as a performer. |
| gut |
strips of intestinal tissue used for various purposes such as the strings of a guitar or violin, or for sutures. [1/11 definitions] |
| hard rock |
a style of rock music characterized by heavy amplification and harsh or distorted electric guitar. |
| pedal steel |
an electrified steel guitar mounted on legs and equipped with pedals that provide added modulations of pitch. |
| rhythm section |
the instruments in a band or orchestra that provide the rhythmic beat, such as drums or a bass guitar. |
| shamisen |
a Japanese musical instrument similar to the guitar or banjo but with a longer neck and only three strings, which are plucked with a plectrum. |
| soundbox |
the hollow main body of a stringed instrument such as a guitar or violin. |