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Electric Guitar
Strings turned into electricity, then pushed until they growl.
1 · Hear it
Listen twice: once alone, once with the band. The second one is how you'll actually hear it in songs.
2 · What it actually is
Magnetic pickups read the strings; an amplifier adds volume and distortion.
Its job
Riffs, power chords, solos, and rhythmic stabs.
Listen for
A buzzy, compressed tone that sustains and bites.
You've heard it in: Rock, blues, funk, metal.
3 · Words that go with it