Guitarist
noun
A person who plays the guitar.
John is a talented guitarist in a rock band.
Often appears as...
- lead guitarist
- acoustic guitarist
noun
A person who plays the guitar.
John is a talented guitarist in a rock band.
Often appears as...
- lead guitarist
- acoustic guitarist
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Pro Tip 1/3Band Role
Refers to the guitarist's specific function in a band: lead, rhythm, or bass.
Mia is the lead guitarist, she plays the main melodies.
Pro Tip 2/3Acoustic versus Electric
Guitarists may specialize in acoustic or electric guitars, each with unique sound.
At the campfire, Lila impressed everyone as an acoustic guitarist.
Pro Tip 3/3Genre Specific
Guitarists often play in a specific musical genre like rock, jazz, or blues.
As a blues guitarist, his solos were full of emotion.
Pro Tip 1/3Band Role
Refers to the guitarist's specific function in a band: lead, rhythm, or bass.
Mia is the lead guitarist, she plays the main melodies.
Pro Tip 2/3Acoustic versus Electric
Guitarists may specialize in acoustic or electric guitars, each with unique sound.
At the campfire, Lila impressed everyone as an acoustic guitarist.
Pro Tip 3/3Genre Specific
Guitarists often play in a specific musical genre like rock, jazz, or blues.
As a blues guitarist, his solos were full of emotion.
Pro Tip 1/3Band Role
Refers to the guitarist's specific function in a band: lead, rhythm, or bass.
Mia is the lead guitarist, she plays the main melodies.
Pro Tip 2/3Acoustic versus Electric
Guitarists may specialize in acoustic or electric guitars, each with unique sound.
At the campfire, Lila impressed everyone as an acoustic guitarist.
Pro Tip 3/3Genre Specific
Guitarists often play in a specific musical genre like rock, jazz, or blues.
As a blues guitarist, his solos were full of emotion.
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Why we love repetition...
but the guitarist pitch bending might be of critical expressive importance. The speech to song illusion captures how simply repeating a sentence a number of times shifts listeners attention to the pitch and temporal aspects of the sound, so that the repeated spoken language
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A message of peace, hope...
guitarist and and the songs are from the 60s and 70s right many of them that's right many I went back into my little chest of your songs and back to the sick because it's now the fifty fiftieth year
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The perks of being a...
That was a long weekend. Now, in my past life as an able-bodied person, I'd been a guitarist. I was alright as a player, but I'd never really taken it further.
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Why we love repetition...
but the guitarist pitch bending might be of critical expressive importance. The speech to song illusion captures how simply repeating a sentence a number of times shifts listeners attention to the pitch and temporal aspects of the sound, so that the repeated spoken language
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A message of peace, hope...
guitarist and and the songs are from the 60s and 70s right many of them that's right many I went back into my little chest of your songs and back to the sick because it's now the fifty fiftieth year
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The perks of being a...
That was a long weekend. Now, in my past life as an able-bodied person, I'd been a guitarist. I was alright as a player, but I'd never really taken it further.
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Gary Moore
Irish Musician
I learnt fairly quickly that that was what I wanted to be - a guitarist - because it was the first thing I ever done in my life that really felt like it was something that I belonged to. I don't know... from the moment I picked it up it felt right.
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Josh Hartnett
Actor
My interests are guitars, cars, and vacation. I've been playing guitar all my life. My dad was a professional guitarist, but I'm terrible, which lets me off the hook, so I just play for myself.
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Ted Dwane
British Musician
I was a bass guitarist first before I started playing double bass - and I only started playing it because my teacher said I'd get twice as much work, as there's not enough players out there.
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William Singe
American Musician
I was raised by my father, who was a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and bass player. His brothers all did the same thing, so I was kind of always raised around the music.
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Oscar Isaac
Guatemalan Actor
I've never been much of a guitarist. I mean, I've played forever, but I was always more of a rhythm kind of guy. I don't read music.
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Nita Strauss
American Musician
You know, I try not to think too much about women guitarists versus men guitarists; the world does that for me.
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Rick Nielsen
American Musician
When a guitarist can evoke a certain mood through his playing, that's what's most important to me.
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Peter Frampton
English Musician
I've always wanted to be the best guitarist in the world, ever since I was eight years old.
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Jonny Greenwood
English Musician
I think guitarists are really over-admired and over-revered.
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Ritchie Blackmore
English Musician
I don't see myself as such an important guitarist.
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Gary Moore
Irish Musician
I learnt fairly quickly that that was what I wanted to be - a guitarist - because it was the first thing I ever done in my life that really felt like it was something that I belonged to. I don't know... from the moment I picked it up it felt right.
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Josh Hartnett
Actor
My interests are guitars, cars, and vacation. I've been playing guitar all my life. My dad was a professional guitarist, but I'm terrible, which lets me off the hook, so I just play for myself.
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Ted Dwane
British Musician
I was a bass guitarist first before I started playing double bass - and I only started playing it because my teacher said I'd get twice as much work, as there's not enough players out there.
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William Singe
American Musician
I was raised by my father, who was a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and bass player. His brothers all did the same thing, so I was kind of always raised around the music.
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Oscar Isaac
Guatemalan Actor
I've never been much of a guitarist. I mean, I've played forever, but I was always more of a rhythm kind of guy. I don't read music.
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Nita Strauss
American Musician
You know, I try not to think too much about women guitarists versus men guitarists; the world does that for me.
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Rick Nielsen
American Musician
When a guitarist can evoke a certain mood through his playing, that's what's most important to me.
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Peter Frampton
English Musician
I've always wanted to be the best guitarist in the world, ever since I was eight years old.
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Jonny Greenwood
English Musician
I think guitarists are really over-admired and over-revered.
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Ritchie Blackmore
English Musician
I don't see myself as such an important guitarist.
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