National Guitar Day– February 11, 2022

Who enters your mind when you think about the guitar? Hendrix? Segovia? Clapton? No doubt those (mostly) contemporary titans belong on any list of the best six-slingers to ever tune up and jam. And we’ll give them their due. However there’s more to guitar than simply the players; there’s a fascinating history of an instrument that’s as versatile as any in music– not simply in its different types and amplifications, but in its seamless integration into the canons of song composers the world over. It’s such a good story, and National Today is here to inform the colorful tale on February 11.

NATIONAL GUITAR DAY TIMELINE
1300s
Europe’s early guitars
Scholars normally agree that ‘guitars’ were pointed out in literature as far back as the 13th century.

1500s
The modern guitar started to take shape
By the end of the Middle Ages, individuals living in Europe were playing guitar-like instruments such as the ‘vihuela de mano’ and the ‘guitarra morisca.’

Late 1800s
6 strings to make the heart sing
The five-string Baroque guitar gave way for the contemporary six-string classical guitar, improved by the Spaniard Antonio de Torres Jurado.

1894
Gibson set a course for the future
Gibson’s more long lasting mandolin-style guitar with breakthrough designs played louder than competitors’ guitars, transforming music-making

1931
Amazed
The electrical guitar was developed and ended up being the go-to instrument for jazz and blues players.

NATIONAL GUITAR DAY ACTIVITIES
Take some lessons
There’s no better time than now– and no better day than National Guitar Day if you have actually always desired to discover how to play the guitar. Quality 6 strings can be remarkably low-cost, so try to find local sales and promos.

Share what you understand
Graduated from lessons to real, real playing? Then dedicate a long time to teaching a newbie the essentials. It’s a great way to present somebody to the magic of creating guitar music.

Assistance your regional artists
Today, at this moment, the next great generation’s guitar talent is out there someplace, more than likely practicing their chops. Discover where local artists gather to play in your town, and go see a show! You never know who you may see on their way to the top.

5 ROCKIN’ FACTS ABOUT GUITARS
What remains in a name?
The name “guitar” has its origins in the Ancient Greek word “kithára,” which was used to signify a type of harp.

Jimi was experienced
Jimi Hendrix played his guitar upside down due to the fact that he was left-handed.

Les Paul had a rock-and-roll demand
In 1948, guitar fantastic Les Paul was in an awful automobile mishap, shattering his right arm and elbow. He asked cosmetic surgeons to set his broken arm at an angle that would allow him to continue playing his preferred instrument.

Space Ace gets a shock
Legendary guitar player Ace Frehley was electrocuted during a KISS show in December 1976. He lived to inform the tale– and to write the song “Shock Me,” which became his guitar god anthem.

Is it still in tune?
According to some sources, the world’s earliest surviving guitar is more than 400 years of ages. It was built in the late 16th century by a Portuguese guy named Belchior Dias.

WHY WE LOVE NATIONAL GUITAR DAY
Music relieves the savage monster
When British playwright William Congreve composed those lines in the late 17th century, that’s as true today as it was. (Congreve really composed, “Musick has Charms to sooth a savage Breast,” which has a somewhat various undertone to contemporary ears.) In any case, guitar music is particularly expressive and fantastic– and, yes, calming.

Love of guitar music is basically universal
Every culture has its own style of guitar music. So while it may not be exactly accurate to say anything is “universal” (who understands what other members of the universe enjoy, eh?), guitar music definitely has its fans that cover the world. It’s great to have actually a day set aside to celebrate the guitar and to advise ourselves of something that we might take for granted.

Guitar music can encourage and inspire
It’s simply 6 strings (normally) and a box of wood (also usually), but the variety of sounds and styles that can originate from a guitar are virtually limitless. That type of creative motivation– and the truth that it’s developed by our fellow humans from all over the world– can possibly motivate others to dream bigger and to live much better (or at least to learn all the guitar parts to “Reelin’ In the Years”).

 

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