Derived - Many people who can play the guitar , but few know its history .Here we will catch a glimpse of the history of the guitar from time to time . Actually the guitar very long history , but given the limited space , this discourse will review an outline only. First of all : From Babylon to Six Strings guitar credible history begins in the Near East region . Among the debris found in Babylon , the most relevant is that the guitar was made in 1900-1800 BC . From that time until 1650 , guitars have evolved such a complex and diverse . So many types and each one has a different name . Some have a different opinion , consider the guitar actually comes from the Spanish state as a musical instrument similar to the guitar at the Spanish musical instrument called the vihuela in circulation at the beginning of the 16th century . This new instrument ( guitar ) has a way of making the same instrument ukulele . First guitar which made the actual size is very small and only has four strings , like the ukulele . In the classical period many publications are made by the makers of songs and musicians . Such as Fernando Sor , Mauro Guiliani , Matteo Carcassi , Fernando Caulli , and many of the creators who develop the method of playing the guitar that ended up being a game that is common and acceptable . The instruments are important contributions to the development of the guitar is an instrument cittern . This instrument also resembles a pear -shaped with a flat rear , with four or five pairs of strings of wire and with fretting whether it's permanent as the Appalachian dulcimer diatonic or chromatic as a modern guitar . Tuning heads have been installed much like the guitar or mandolin . Stemannya together with mandolin ( in fifths ) with the same fingering and chord and played with a plectrum or pick . Four Course Guitar has four pairs of strings , guitar -shaped body and a flat soundboard , bridge of the lute and the back half is made curved but not too form a sphere . Measuring instruments such as guitar children . Five Course Guitar emerged around 1490 and is similar to the four- course guitar with a pair of extra bass strings . This instrument is also called English Guitar . There is also Vihuela De Mano comes from Spain and is an instrument with six pairs of strings . The body is quite large as today's classical guitar and voice have some holes in it . This instrument uses a fixed bridge and the possibility of a direct ancestor of the guitar 12 string USA who entered North America through Mexico , Texas and Louisiana . There are many other types of guitars that continue to evolve . The guitar as we know it today , ie six physical exercises , emerging around 1750 . And for about the next 90 years ( up to 1840 ) , six -string guitar is growing rapidly in Spain .
