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Musical Instruments : Guitar (Electric)
Lists and links to resources to help you learn more about the entire panoply of musical instruments.
More Online Reference
The following online reference resources contain information on a broad range of instruments. Try searching for yours!
- American Memory Project (free Web)An online multimedia library maintained by the Library of Congress. Enter the instrument name in the top right-hand search box to find images, audio recordings, and more!
- Folkstreams (free Web)A free streaming collection of documentary videos on American folk cultures, dating from the 1960s to the present.
- Garland Encyclopedia of World Music (UW-Licensed)Extensive encyclopedia articles with bibliographies, audio examples, and images.
- National Music Museum (free Web)The National Music Museum is located on the University of South Dakota-Vermillion campus. Browse their website's virtual tours and instrument checklists for photographs, descriptions, and historical information on a wide range of instruments.
- Oxford Music Online (UW-Licensed)Contains Grove Music Online, The Oxford Companion to Music, and The Oxford Dictionary of Music. Find extensive encyclopedia articles and bibliographies here!
- Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (free Web)A collaboration between the Virginia Tech Department of Music and Virginia Tech Learning Technologies. Find audio clips and technical descriptions of instruments here!
Online Resources Hosted by Universities and Museums (free Web)
Search smart with Google:
Do you want only information hosted by University websites? Add site:.edu to any keyword!
Sample Google searches:
banjos site:.edu
electric guitar site:.edu
Sample websites:
- the eXtensible Electric Guitar FestivalComplete streaming video of the two-day festival in April 2008 at Clark University, featuring contemporary music for electric guitar. Windows Media Player required.
- The Invention of the Electric GuitarAn online exhibition presented by the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention & Innovation at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.
- The National Guitar Museum"The goal of The National GUITAR Museum is to create the first institution devoted exclusively to the evolution, history, science, and cultural impact of the guitar."
