Phrase Hound found 55 phrases and 26 compound words that contain guitar. The most common are listed below. Open guitar in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 55
- acoustic guitarA hollow-body guitar of the older variety, in contradistinction to an electric guitar.
- bass guitarA long-necked and solid-bodied stringed instrument (chordophone), tuned to produce bass or low notes, usually with a fretted fingerboard and four thick strings, and requiring the use of an amplifier.
- electric guitarA guitar which requires electronic amplification to produce sufficient sound.
- lead guitarAn electric guitar in a band that plays soloistically, usually playing melodically as opposed to strumming chords; supported by the rhythm guitar.
- classical guitarA type of flat-tabled guitar of Spanish origin used primarily for Western classical music, flamenco, and Latin American music, with six nylon (formerly gut) strings, usually played with the fingers rather than with a plectrum.
- rhythm guitarA guitar in a band that provides rhythm, usually by playing chords or similar accompanying parts, to support the lead guitar.
- steel guitarA method of playing slide guitar using a steel (a kind of slide).
- Guitar tabs
- Guitar tab
- guitar-playerSynonym of guitarist: Someone who plays a guitar.
- Guitar chords
- slide guitarA technique of playing guitar by sliding a metal tube, or (originally) a glass bottleneck, along the guitar strings to alter the pitch.
- air guitarAn imaginary guitar that a listener to (usually rock) music pretends to play.
- Guitar Solo
- Guitar Lessons
- Baroque guitarAn archaic form of guitar with five strings, originating in the Baroque era, played by either strumming or plucking, and characterized by the use of reentrant tuning.
- guitar pickA small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
- guitar popGuitar-based pop/rock music, such as pop rock, jangle pop, or indie pop.
- guitar stringThe string of a guitar.
- Spanish guitarSynonym of classical guitar: A type of flat-tabled guitar of Spanish origin used primarily for Western classical music, flamenco, and Latin American music, with six nylon (formerly gut) strings, usually played with the fingers rather than …
- moon guitarSynonym of yueqin: A small short-necked Chinese lute-like stringed instrument (chordophone) with a round, hollow wooden body and four strings in pairs in its traditional form, now more often with three or four unpaired strings.
- four-string guitarSynonym of tenor guitar: A type of small guitar-like stringed instrument with four strings, usually with four strings and a normal guitar-shaped body, originating in American jazz music.
- guitar picksplural of guitar pick: A small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
- nylon-string guitarA guitar strung with nylon strings and with a neck that joins the body at the twelfth rather than the fourteenth fret, as in a typical guitar.
- romantic guitarAn archaic kind of early guitar, from the classical and romantic eras, with six single strings and a long, fretted neck.
Compound words 26
- lutarSynonym of lute guitar: A stringed instrument that combines a normal guitar six-string layout over a lute-like bowl-shaped body, originating in German folk traditions.
- guitarfishAny of the family Rhinobatidae of rays with elongated bodies, flattened heads and trunks, and small, ray-like wings.
- keytarA relatively lightweight keyboard or synthesizer supported by a strap around the neck and shoulders, as a guitar is supported by a guitar strap.
- guitaristicOf or pertaining to the guitar or the way it is played.
- guitarmonyA harmonised melody played on guitar.
- guitarscapeA soundscape consisting predominantly of guitars.
- guitarworkThe technically accomplished playing of a guitar.
- banjitarSynonym of guitjo: A banjo-like string instrument, with fourteen strings in seven courses, tuned like a guitar and having a guitar-like neck.
- clitarThe clitoris.
- guitaleleA musical instrument that is a hybrid between a small guitar and a ukulele.