Parts of the Guitar

A guide to the anatomy of the guitar.

By: Elias Gruber

Body - The part of the guitar that contains the upper bout, lower bout, sound hole, and bridge. It is the part you rest on your legs and pluck the strings.

Bridge - It is the anchor for the strings, where the strings are held taut.

Frets - The metal lines that represent half-note intervals on the guitar.

Lower Bout Sound Hole

Fretboard - The flat peice of wood that holds down the frets and gives you a flat surface to push on a string and change its pitch.

Head - Houses the tuning pegs and headstock. Where you tune the guitar.

Lower bout - The lower half of the body. Anchors the bridge and helps provide a place to rest the guitar on your leg.

Bridge

Neck - Contains the fretboard, frets, and nut. It is where you press your fingers down to change a strings pitch and also

Strings

Body

Neck

Fret Board Nut

Frets

Upper Bout

connects the head and body. If the head connected directly to the body the strings would be too short and the notes too high pitched.

Nut - The small peice of plastice that spaces the strings.

Strings - The nylon strings you pluck to make sound.

Sound hole - The hole in the front of the guitar, where the sound comes out.

Upper bout - The upper half of the body which contains the sound hole and halps provide a place to rest the guitar on your leg.

Tuner - A device that connects to the headstock and helps you tune your guitar.

Headstock

Tuning Pegs

Head

Tuner uner