Electric Guitar
The electric guitar in five languages — electric guitar, chitarra elettrica, E-Gitarre, guitare électrique
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Five languages
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Chinese | 电吉他 |
| English | electric guitar |
| Italian | chitarra elettrica |
| German | E-Gitarre |
| French | guitare électrique |
The electric guitar is a plucked instrument whose magnetic pickups turn string vibration into an electrical signal, usually needing an amplifier and speaker to produce its familiar sound. Italian chitarra elettrica, German E-Gitarre and French guitare électrique all say "electric guitar". It became practical in the 1930s and settled into the solid body in the 1950s, becoming central to popular music.
Watch out: it is not an acoustic guitar with a pickup added — a solid-body electric does not rely on a resonating box, and its tone depends largely on pickups, wood and circuitry. It is also not an electric bass, despite the similar shape.
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Sources
- 各语种乐器名依通行音乐术语词典（参 The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "Electric guitar"）；本文为原创表述
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