Prepared Guitar

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A prepared guitar is a guitar which has had its timbre altered by placing various objects on or between the instrument''s strings, including other extended techniques. This practice is sometimes called tabletop guitar, because many prepared guitarists do not hold the instrument in the usual manner, but instead place the guitar on a table in order to manipulate it. Not classified as a "preparation", but more as an extended technique is the slide guitar technique. However, with prepared guitars one of the key goals in preparing the instrument is changing its timbre the fundamental tone composition of the sound. This is typically achieved by placing objects on or under the strings. The objects can have a tone of their own, like for instance a pencil spring, but can also cause strange string resonance effects or behave like a seesaw and create echoing or buzzing effects after being struck and swinging like a balance. Many of the sounds sound more or less like clocks, bells or Non Western musical instruments of even non string percussion instruments.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A prepared guitar is a guitar which has had its timbre altered by placing various objects on or between the instrument's strings, including other extended techniques. This practice is sometimes called tabletop guitar, because many prepared guitarists do not hold the instrument in the usual manner, but instead place the guitar on a table in order to manipulate it. Not classified as a "preparation", but more as an extended technique is the slide guitar technique. However, with prepared guitars one of the key goals in preparing the instrument is changing its timbre - the fundamental tone composition of the sound. This is typically achieved by placing objects on or under the strings. The objects can have a tone of their own, like for instance a pencil spring, but can also cause strange string resonance effects or behave like a seesaw and create echoing or buzzing effects after being struck and swinging like a balance. Many of the sounds sound more or less like clocks, bells or Non Western musical instruments of even non string percussion instruments.