Guitars come in different sizes (½ size, ¾ size, and full size) for different age groups. Due to the many different styles of music that you can play, the guitar is fun and rewarding if you want to learn an instrument, whether it’s acoustic or electric. All guitars have the same notes and strings so you can start your guitar lessons on one type and transfer to another later on; contrary to common opinion, it is not necessary to start on the classical guitar.

The electric guitar is one of the most fun instruments that you can play. It is different form the acoustic guitar in that the body is solid rather than hollow, and the sound is magnified by the ‘pickups’ which send the signal of the vibrating strings to the amplifier. That sound can then be manipulated to create an overdriven sound typical in rock music, or left ‘clean’ for other sounds such as in jazz or for chord accompaniment.

The acoustic guitar includes classical, flamenco, and acoustic steel string guitars. These guitars are hollow bodied and the sound is produced from resonating inside the body and coming out from the sound hole. Acoustic guitars are more commonly played by fingerpicking with the right hand, rather than with a plectrum, although the notes with the left hand are the same.

The guitar is a fun and very versatile instrument, and is used in many styles of music – classical, flamenco, jazz, pop, rock, blues, country, Latin, and bluegrass. Like the piano it can be used as both a rhythm and lead instrument, to accompany singing, or to play solo melodies. The electric guitar has become more versatile still, with electronic effects capable of manipulating the sound even further.

Guitar fan Chris Black of London held a wedding ceremony in 2001 and married his Fender Stratocaster!.