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Guitar:
A musical instrument of the lute family, having a flat, waisted body with a round sound hole and a fretted neck along which six strings run. The strings are fastened at the top of the neck to tuning screws and at the other end to a bridge glued to the instrument's sound board. The top three strings are usually made of gut or nylon; the others are metal. The player's left-hand fingers stop the strings at the appropriate frets to produce the correct pitches; the right-hand fingers pluck the strings. Some metal-strung guitars are plucked with a small flat plectrum, or pick.
Guitars feature various tones, and in some countries the number of strings varies.
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