Glossary
Guitar vocabulary in plain language: a one-sentence definition first, then what the term actually means in use, with a concrete example.
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A
- Accent
- Accessory
- Accidental
- Acoustic guitar
- Acoustic-electric
- Action
- Action gauge
- Action height
- Active pickup
- Aged finish
- Alder
- Alnico
- Alternate picking
- Alternate tuning
- Amp in a box
- Amp mic placement
- Amp modeler
- Amp stand
- Archtop
- Arpeggio
- Articulation
- Artificial harmonic
- Attack
- Attenuator
- Auto-wah
B
- B-Bender
- Back bow
- Balanced signal
- Banjo
- Bar
- Baritone guitar
- Barre chord
- Bass guitar
- Basswood
- Bedroom level
- Bend
- Bend notation
- Bias
- Binding
- Blade pickup
- Blend control
- Blues curl
- Body
- Bolt-on neck
- Boost
- Bracing
- Break angle
- Bridge
- Bridge pickup
- Buffer
- Buffer vs true bypass
- Buffered bypass
- Buzz
C
- Cabinet
- Capacitor
- Capo
- Carbon fibre
- Cardioid
- Case
- Cedar
- Ceramic magnet
- Chain order
- Chambered body
- Chicken pickin
- Chord
- Chord diagram
- Chord melody
- Chorus
- Chuck
- Chug
- Circular picking
- CITES
- Classical guitar
- Clean tone
- Close miking
- Coda
- Coil split
- Coil tap
- Coil-swap
- Combo
- Comping
- Compound radius
- Compressor
- Condenser microphone
- Control cavity
- Crosspicking
- Crowning file
D
- Da capo
- Daisy chain
- Dal segno
- DC resistance
- Dead note notation
- Dead spot
- Delay
- Density
- DI box
- Distortion
- Distortion pedal
- Dive bomb
- Dotted note
- Double stop
- Downstroke
- Dreadnought
- Drop tuning
- Dyad
- Dynamic microphone
- Dynamics
E
- Ebony
- Economy of motion
- Economy picking
- Effects loop
- Electric bass
- Electric guitar
- Envelope
- Envelope filter
- EQ pedal
- Expander
- Expression pedal
F
- Fan fret
- Feedback
- Feeler gauge
- Fermata
- Ferrule
- Figured wood
- Fill
- Finger anchoring
- Finger independence
- Fingerstyle
- Finish checking
- Flanger
- Flat sawn
- Flatpicking
- Floating bridge
- Floating pickup
- Floyd Rose
- Four-conductor wiring
- Free stroke
- Fret
- Fret buzz
- Fret buzz diagnosis
- Fret end dressing
- Fret file
- Fret hammer
- Fret hand
- Fret level
- Fret levelling
- Fret polish
- Fret press
- Fret radius
- Fret slot
- Fret sprout
- Fret tang
- Fret wrap
- Fret-hand muting
- Fretboard
- Fretless
- Fuzz
- Fuzz pedal
G
- Gain
- Gallop rhythm
- Ghost note
- Gig bag
- Glissando
- Grace note
- Grain
- Ground
- Ground loop
- Guitar synthesizer
- Gypsy picking
H
- Hammer-on
- Hardtail
- Harmonic
- Harmonic notation
- Harmoniser
- Harp guitar
- Harp harmonic
- Head
- Headless guitar
- Headroom
- Headstock
- Heel
- Hollow body
- Hot pickup
- Hum
- Humbucker
- Humidity
- Hybrid amp
- Hybrid picking
I
- Impulse response
- Impulse response reverb
- Inductance
- Inlay
- Inside picking
- Instrument level
- Interval
- Intonation
- Intonation drift
- IR loader
J
K
L
- Laminate
- Lap steel
- Left-handed guitar
- Legato
- Lemon oil
- Let ring
- Level
- Lick
- Line level
- Load box
- Locking nut
- Locking strap
- Locking tuner
- Loop
- Loose fret
M
- Magnetic pickup
- Mahogany
- Mandolin
- Maple
- Master volume
- Microphone
- Microphonic valve
- Middle pickup
- MIDI
- Mix
- Modeling
- Monitor
- Multi-effects
- Multi-scale
- Muted strum
- Muting
N
- Natural harmonic
- Neck
- Neck pickup
- Neck plate
- Neck pocket
- Neck profile
- Neck-through
- Neodymium magnet
- Nitrocellulose lacquer
- No-load tone pot
- Nodding head
- Noise gate
- Notched straightedge
- Note value
- Nut
- Nut file
- Nut slot depth
O
- Octave pedal
- Octave playing
- Ohms
- Okoume
- Onboard preamp
- Open chord
- Open grain
- Open tuning
- Open-string riffing
- Orchestra model
- Out of phase
- Outside picking
- Overdrive
- Overdrive pedal
- Overtone
P
- P90
- PA
- Palm mute
- Palm mute notation
- Parallel wiring
- Parlour guitar
- Parlour size
- Passive pickup
- Pau ferro
- Pedal
- Pedal steel guitar
- Pedalboard
- Pedalboard cable
- Percussive fingerstyle
- Phantom power
- Phaser
- Phrase mark
- Pick
- Pick attack
- Pick slanting
- Pickguard
- Pickguard-mounted pickup
- Picking hand
- Pickup cavity
- Pickup cover
- Pickup height
- Pickup ring
- Pickup selector
- Piezo pickup
- Pinch harmonic
- Pitch shifter
- Playability
- Played in
- Plek machine
- Plywood
- Polar pattern
- Polarity
- Pole piece
- Polyurethane finish
- Portamento
- Potentiometer
- Power amp
- Power chord
- Power supply
- Practice amp
- Pre-bend
- Preamp
- Profiling
- Projection
- Pull-off
- Push-pull pot
Q
R
- Radius gauge
- Raking
- Re-amping
- Re-crown
- Release bend
- Relief
- Repeat sign
- Resonant peak
- Resonator guitar
- Responsiveness
- Rest
- Rest stroke
- Reverb
- Reverb tank
- Rhythm slash notation
- Ribbon microphone
- Riff
- Roller nut
- Rosewood
- RWRP
S
- Saddle
- Sapele
- Scale length
- Scatter winding
- Seasoning
- Semi-acoustic guitar
- Semi-hollow
- Series wiring
- Set neck
- Setup
- Seven-string guitar
- Shielding
- Shim
- Shimming
- Side dots
- Signal chain
- Single coil
- Sixteenth-note strumming
- Slap and pop
- Slide guitar
- Slide technique
- Slur
- Solid body
- Solid state
- Solid top
- Soundboard
- Speaker
- Speaker simulation
- Spruce
- Stab
- Staccato
- Staff
- Standard notation
- Standby switch
- Steel-string guitar
- Stomp box
- Strap button
- String damper
- String gauge
- String gauge change
- String ground
- String height
- String retainer bar
- String skipping
- String tension
- String tree
- String-through body
- Strumming pattern
- Sustain
- Swamp ash
- Sweep picking
- Syncopation
T
- Tablature
- Tap harmonic
- Tap tempo
- Tap tempo switch
- Tapping
- Tapping notation
- Tenor guitar
- Tie
- Timbre
- Time signature
- Tone
- Tone control
- Tone stack
- Tone wood
- Top-loading bridge
- Travis picking
- Treble bleed
- Treble clef
- Tremolo
- Tremolo bar flutter
- Tremolo effect
- Tremolo picking
- Triad
- Trill
- Triplet
- TRS jack
- True bypass
- Truss rod
- Truss rod adjustment
- Truss rod cover
- Truss rod wrench
- Tuner
- Tuning
- Tuning stability
- Tuplet
- Turnaround
- Twelve-string guitar
- Twist
U
V
- Valve
- Varitone
- Vibrato
- Vibrato notation
- Vibrato technique
- Vintage-output pickup
- Volta bracket
- Volume pot
- Volume swell
W
- Wah
- Walking bass line
- Walnut
- Warp
- Wattage
- Wax pot
- Wax potting
- Wet/dry
- Whammy bar
- Winding
- Wolf tone
- Wound third string
- Wrist rotation
X
Z
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