An Essence Of History Before Attending Guitar Classes

By Author: Surendranath Majumdar
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Guitars are exclusively popular musical instruments having strings. When these strings are strummed, it produces the sound. As such, in large concerts, the sound it produces is electrically amplified to make it audible across a wide area. On the other, the history of this exclusively popular musical instrument dates back to thousands of years. A unique stone carving, which has been unearthed from modern Turkey, depicts a Hittite musician playing a stringed instrument that is more identical to the guitar. Interestingly, this relic has been confirmed by the scholars of History, to be 3,300 years old!

A Little History

In fact, how this instrument derived the name guitar is shredded in mystery as well.

• It is most likely the English word ‘guitar’ came from the German 'gitarre'.
• However, this in turn is believed to have originated from the French word ‘guitare.’
• The French version of the instrument’s name is expected to have come from the Spanish ‘guitarra.’
• This guitarra is predated by the Arabic 'qitara'.
• The Arabian version of the name is likely ...
... to have originated from the Latin ‘cithara,’ which in turn came from the Greek 'kithara'.

This, undoubtedly, proves the rich heritage of culture and history that this musical instrument is associated with.

Training in Groups

A guitar class in Kolkata is attended by thousands of devoted music lovers. There are innumerable premier musical training institutes in the city that provide excellent guidance on developing skills to play the instrument to perfection. There is a unique peculiarity regarding attending guitar training classes in the city. Learners, cutting across age groups, flock to these classes in huge numbers. Actually, imparting guitar training in groups proves to be more effective at the initial level. First, the knowledge is imparted to a group. Later, each member of the group has to play the chord sequence or the song that was taught.

Benefits

This brings out the mistakes and inadequacies of a learner out into the open. Thus, rectification program becomes easy to implement.

• In fact, when a group of adult learners is concerned, this type of group training often leads to the strategy of peer teaching.
• On the other hand, this type of training facilities contributes to excellent communication development skills.
• Learners get to interact with each other and discuss about their individual progress on the musical course.
• In fact, watching others play the instrument often helps one to rectify one’s defects.

However, as one advances on the course, individual training becomes more relevant than learning in groups. In one-on-one training schedules, the teacher focuses all her concentration on an individual. Thus, this training is more helpful for advanced learners.