One standout characteristic of guitarists out there is the fact that they are very much well knowledgeable when it comes to talking about their instruments such as the chords, techniques, songs and so many more to mention. And as a matter of fact, probably the only aspect that majority of these guitarists are not aware of is the guitar's history itself. Well, that is very much understandable for the reason that majority of these guitarist feel that the history of the guitar will have no help at all when it comes to playing the guitar itself. But the reality actually is that it is quite beneficial on the part of the guitarist that he or she will know as much information as possible regarding the instrument and what this means that this includes the history of the instrument.

 

When it comes to the issue of the history of the guitar, it is usually a topic that is debatable for the simple reason that there are no reliable facts regarding the guitar and the time when it was first introduced exactly. There is a fact however that one can really rely on and that is the fact that the guitars and its other similar instruments have already been existing in this world for more than over 5,000 years. Similar information about this are accessible in the site at junctionguitars.com. If the history of the guitar would be written, a whole entire book could be the end result but a whole book will not be discussed in this article for the timeline of how the guitar is believed to have evolved will be what is to be discussed.

 

1400 B.C: A tribe plays an instrument that look similarly like a guitar and is composed of four strings. This instrument that had four strings had curved, soft sides which are in fact the same with how the current guitar looks like. And in addition to that as well, this was also the era wherein there were people that were able to produce an instrument that is still similar to this four stringed instrument but it has been modified by another people coming from another place and has been popularly called as cithara. Just a quick diversion. If ever you want to buy a guitar, try buying here in this Guitar store Toronto.

 

1200 A.D: There are already two kinds of guitars existing already by this era. The name of one of the two kinds of the guitars is known as the Moorish guitar or the guitarra morisca. The look that this guitar had was that it was made up of a rounded back, a wide fingerboard and so many sound holes. Added references on this are displayed at http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Guitar. And now moving on, the second kind of guitar was called as the Latin guitar or the guitarra Latina. And to compare the two guitars from each other, the difference with the Latin guitar from the first kind of guitar was that this guitar looked similar with how the guitar currently looks like right now except that it only had one sound hole and it had a narrow neck.