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Guitar vs Arpeggione - What's the difference?

guitar | arpeggione |

As nouns the difference between guitar and arpeggione

is that guitar is a stringed musical instrument, usually with fretted fingerboard and 6 strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick) while arpeggione is a six-stringed musical instrument of the nineteenth century, fretted and tuned like a guitar but bowed like a cello.

As a verb guitar

is (rare) to play the guitar.

guitar

English

(wikipedia guitar)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A stringed musical instrument, usually with fretted fingerboard and 6 strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).

    • Synonyms

    * axe (slang) * gat (New Zealand slang)

    Derived terms

    * acoustic guitar * air guitar * bass guitar * electric guitar * guitarist * guitarfish * harpguitar * lead guitar * moon guitar * rhythm guitar

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (rare) To play the guitar.

    • See also

    * banjo * bass * mandolin * sitar * ukulele ----

    arpeggione

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia arpeggione)
  • A six-stringed musical instrument of the nineteenth century, fretted and tuned like a guitar but bowed like a cello.
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    • , passage=Whether it is better on the original arpeggione , I am helpless to say. }}