Video lesson on playing Dorian scales on six-string guitar. [3:26]

The perfect project idea for anyone who loves music. Gather your materials and create dozens of variations.

At this site from Classical Guitar, the history of the guitar is extraordinary in its depth! Nice photographs accompany the text.

Acting as a subtopic of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook's section on Atoms and the Periodic Table, this site discusses spectrum in relation to Bohr's model. Included in the topics covered are standing waves, boundary condition,...

This lab will help you understand the physics of vibrating strings, and find out why the tone of an electric guitar changes when you switch between the different pickups. If playing guitars is a hobby of yours, this experiment makes an...

The production of a standing wave in a string is presented and discussed in this site. Exceptional diagrams are accompanied by thorough explanation and mathematical analysis to explain the various modes of vibrations.

This resource contains information on intervals, scales, and chords for the string bass guitar. Also includes reference charts for chords and intervals.

Kids learn about the popular string instrument the guitar. Types of guitars, different parts, how to play, and more.

This site provides an experiment where students create a guitar to discover what variables will change sound.

Homepage for a hypertext about the different families of musical instruments. From this page, users can retrieve information on a the acoustics of a variety of specific instruments: stringed instruments, woodwind instruments, brass...

The guitar in America began as an instrument used in popular music in the city and then branched out to minstrel shows, ragtime, and even jazz. Read about the history of this ubiquitous instrument and how it took on its American character.

On this site, students can learn the basics of playing the guitar. They can learn how to hold and play this musical string instrument.

On this site, students can investigate about various musical string instruments like guitar, violin, and cello. Syles of music and how they work.

A brief description of the 6 string banjo and the differing opinions of whether this instrument is a guitar or a banjo.

Stringed musical instrument found with no string on it. This instrument resembles the guitar yet it has no wooden machine heads that are used to tie up the strings.

The emigration of various cultures into the U.S. gives birth to many many instruments such as the piano, guitar and oboe. Discover the history behind these instruments.

The perfect project idea for anyone who loves music. Gather your materials and create dozens of variations.

Site that focuses on the development of the banjo instrument, but also traces its role in minstrel shows of the 1800s. Offers different viewpoint of this genre.

An A-to-Z directory of all the instruments and tools of the orchestra. Each entry includes a description, a picture, and a sound sample.

The Lead Belly Foundation seeks to preserve the musical heritage of Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter. Listen to tracks of his music while you read his biography and learn about his contributions to the worlds of blues and folk music.

From Lead Belly's posthumous induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988. A biography, timeline, audio clips, and the transcript of Pete Seeger's speech inducting Lead Belly into the Hall of Fame.

This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Albert King, an American blues musician who created a unique string-bending guitar style that influenced three generations of musicians.