The last type of guitar is commonly called an " acoustic-electric " or " electro-acoustic " guitar, as it can be played either " unplugged " as an acoustic or plugged in as an electric.

The bass guitar ( also called electric bass, or simply bass ; ) is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb, by plucking, slapping, popping, tapping, thumping, or picking.

In the 1930s, musician and inventor Paul Tutmarc from Seattle, Washington, developed the first electric string bass in its modern form, a fretted instrument designed to be held and played horizontally.

The " Fender Bass " was a revolutionary new instrument, one that could easily be played by an electric guitarist, could be easily transported to a gig, and could be amplified to just about any volume without feeding back ".

Following Fender's lead, Gibson released the first short scale violin-shaped electric bass with extendable end pin in 1953, allowing it to be played upright or horizontally.

The steel-string and electric guitars characteristic to the rise of rock and roll in the post-WWII era became more widely played in North America and the English speaking world.

In the experimental post 1960s eras, which saw the development of free jazz and jazz-rock fusion, some of the influential bassists included Charles Mingus ( 1922 – 1979 ), who was also a composer and bandleader whose music fused hard bop with black gospel music, free jazz and classical music ; free jazz and post-bop bassist Charlie Haden ( born 1937 ) is best known for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman and for his role in the 1970s-era Liberation Music Orchestra, an experimental group ; Eddie Gomez and George Mraz, who played with Bill Evans and Oscar Peterson, respectively, and are both acknowledged to have furthered expectations of pizzicato fluency and melodic phrasing, fusion virtuoso Stanley Clarke ( born 1951 ) is notable for his dexterity on both the upright bass and the electric bass, and Terry Plumeri, noted for his horn-like arco fluency and vocal tone.

Bob played electric guitar, and Jim provided percussion using a set of homemade electronic drums.

The American composers Rhys Chatham and Glenn Branca have written " symphonic " works for large ensembles of electric guitars, in some cases numbering up to 100 players, and the instrument is a core member of the Bang on a Can All-Stars ( played by Mark Stewart ).

Contemporary Christian worship, as often found in Evangelicalism and Pentecostalism, may include the use of contemporary worship music played with electric guitars and the drum kit, sharing many elements with rock music.

Also, Björk sometimes features acoustic and electric harp in her work, often played by Zeena Parkins.

The music played by African Americans increasingly began to use electric amplification for the guitar, harp, double bass, and a crude PA system for the vocals.

While jazz can be played on any type of guitar, from an acoustic instrument to a solid-bodied electric guitar such as a Fender Stratocaster, the full-depth archtop guitar has become known as the prototypical " jazz guitar.

It is a kind of symphony played by an orchestra of both electric and natural instruments and frozen into its idealized form by means of a multichannel tape recorder.

Lemmy has occasionally played electric or acoustic guitar, notably on the acoustic song " I Ain't No Nice Guy " from Motörhead's March Ör Die album, the title track on 1996's Overnight Sensation, " Limb from Limb " on Overkill ( on which he plays the second lead break ), " Boogeyman " on Rock ' n ' Roll, and a mouth harp on " Whorehouse Blues " from the Inferno album.

Neon played a role in the basic understanding of the nature of atoms in 1913, when J. J. Thomson, as part of his exploration into the composition of canal rays, channeled streams of neon ions through a magnetic and an electric field and measured their deflection by placing a photographic plate in their path.

Classic rock and roll is usually played with one or two electric guitars ( one lead, one rhythm ), a string bass or ( after the mid-1950s ) an electric bass guitar, and a drum kit.

Although he played electric bass occasionally during this period, he has subsequently eschewed that instrument entirely, and now plays only acoustic bass.

The song " Blue Valentines " was also unique for Waits in that it featured a desolate arrangement of solo electric guitar played by Ray Crawford, accompanied by Waits ' vocal.

In 1994, they contributed a cover of the Richard Thompson song, Shoot Out the Lights, to a tribute album to Thompson called Beat the Retreat, which featured David Hidalgo of Los Lobos on electric guitar ; on the same album, Doe sang harmony and played bass and Bonebrake played drums on Bob Mould's cover of Turning of the Tide, and Bonebrake played drums on the title track, which was performed by the British folk artist June Tabor.

He played with several jazz bands before joining the electric folk band, Fairport Convention, in August 1969.

In some communities where square dancing has survived, the prevailing form of music has become popular songs from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, played on instruments such as saxophones, drums, and electric guitars.

The one occasion where the band was introduced as " The Alan Parsons Project " in a live performance was at Night of the Proms 1990 ( at the time of the group's break-up ), featuring all Project regulars except Woolfson who was present but behind the scenes, while Parsons stayed at the mixer except during the last song, where he played acoustic guitar.

Until the 1960s, the predominant forms of music played on the flat-top, steel-string guitar remained relatively stable and included acoustic blues, country, bluegrass, folk, and several genres of rock.

In 1976 Oscar Peterson played ( with Joe Pass on acoustic guitar ) songs from Porgy And Bess on the clavichord.

Following Jim Mothersbaugh's departure, Bob Mothersbaugh found a new drummer in Alan Myers, who played with mechanical precision on a conventional, acoustic drum set.

The guitarrón is a very large, deep-bodied Mexican six-string acoustic bass played in mariachi bands.

Drummer Michael Stuart says that bassist Kaye actually played acoustic guitar on " The Daily Planet " but that Ken Forssi taught her the part.

Of " Forever Changes ," contributor David Hutcheon wrote, " Acid rock could never be played by acoustic guitars and a symphony orchestra-could it?

Drummer Stephen Morris regularly played a mixture of acoustic and electronic drums, and in many cases played along seamlessly with sequenced parts.

The term Hawaiian guitar is often used for various types of steel guitar, but in Hawaiian music Hawaiian guitar means slack-key guitar, a way of tuning a steel stringed acoustic guitar which is then played in the conventional position.

In 2006, Staind performed an acoustic show in the Hiro Ballroom, New York City on September 6 and the songs played were recorded for their " Greatest Hits " album.

He even wrote an acoustic ballad, " You're Getting Married One Night ", but when he played it to the rest of the band, it was met with silence.

Signal noise is heard as acoustic noise if the signal is converted into sound ( e. g., played through a loudspeaker ); it manifests as " snow " on a television or video image.

This sort of music is played on acoustic instruments, such as the fiddle, banjo, guitar and double bass ; certain instruments, including the piano, accordion, concertina and hammered dulcimer, are popular in specific regions.

In 1995 the band Heart released a live acoustic album called The Road Home which was produced by Jones, and on which he also played several instruments.

Unlike mainstream country music, bluegrass is traditionally played on acoustic stringed instruments.

On 7 July 2007, at the " Return to the Summer of Love Party ," at Hawkhurst, Kent, Difford and Tilbrook, each singing and playing acoustic guitars, played a seven song set.

Jonne Järvelä of Korpiklaani played acoustic folk music for five years before turning his attention to folk metal.

Frequently exhibitors would equip many of these machines with listening tubes ( acoustic headphones ) and array them in " phonograph parlors " allowing the patron to select between multiple records, each played on its own machine.

This huge hulk played the guitar and he would take it along on our walks and play for us as we sat alone in the woods or by the stream.

* The " Selmer-Maccaferri guitar " is usually played by those who follow the style of Django Reinhardt.

This was started by Roy Noble, who built the guitar played by Clarence White from 1968 to 1972, and was followed by Bill Collings, Marty Lanham, Dana Bourgeois, Randy Lucas, Lynn Dudenbostel and Wayne Henderson, a few of the luthiers building guitars today inspired by vintage Martins, the pre – World War II models in particular.

After the war, he played piano and guitar ( his first guitar was built by friend and author Sydney Hopkins, who wrote Mister God, This Is Anna ), and in 1949 joined Chris Barber's Jazz Band where he met blues harmonica player Cyril Davies.

" According to North Carolina musician Walter Davis, Jefferson played on the streets in Johnson City, Tennessee, during the early 1920s at which time Davis and fellow entertainer Clarence Greene learned the art of blues guitar.

Wills formed several bands and played radio stations around the South and West until he formed the Texas Playboys in 1934 with Wills on fiddle, Tommy Duncan on piano and vocals, rhythm guitarist June Whalin, tenor banjoist Johnnie Lee Wills, and Kermit Whalin, who played steel guitar and bass.

The band played regularly on a Tulsa, Oklahoma radio station, and added Leon McAuliffe on steel guitar, pianist Al Stricklin, drummer Smokey Dacus, and a horn section that expanded the band's sound.

Asaf Savaş Akat, a famous economist in Turkey, played saxophone, and guitarist Ender Enön made his own guitar because it was difficult to find a real one on the market in those years.

The guitar is usually played with much use of fast ( un-muted ) tremolo picking.

Williams later played lead guitar on " Who Do You Love?

** Chord ( guitar ) an aggregate of musical pitches played simultaneously on a guitar

He later took up the mandolin, became interested in country music, and played guitar with Arlo Guthrie.

A clavinet played through an instrument amplifier with guitar effect pedals is often associated with funky, disco-infused 1970s rock.

Stories have been told about the very young Chet who, when a friend or relative would come to visit, and if that person played a guitar, would crowd in and put his ear so very close to the instrument that it became difficult for that person to play.

There he played fiddle and guitar with singer Bill Carlisle and comic Archie Campbell as well as becoming a member of the station's Dixieland Swingsters, a small swing instrumental combo.

He is also well known for his song " Yankee Doodle Dixie ", in which he played " Yankee Doodle " and " Dixie " simultaneously, on the same guitar.