The Invention of the Electric Guitar

Object Details

Description: Online exhibit showing how the need for louder guitars led to the invention and proliferation of the electric guitar and how the emergence and popularity of rock and roll led to the guitar's commercial success and more innovative designs. View the collection of guitars, click on each guitar to learn more, and listen to audio commentary by guitarist G.E. Smith. Listen to recordings of different types of guitars in a section entitled "How Guitars Work.'
Use Rights Links: http://www.si.edu/termsofuse/
Educational Use: Musical, Auditory, Reading, Visual/Spatial
Learning Resource Type: On-Line
Educational Role: student, teacher
Time required: 1 hr
Interactivity Type: Expositive
Accessibility Feature: structuralNavigation, tableOfContents
Accessibility Hazard: noFlashingHazard, noMotionSimulationHazard, noSoundHazard
Accessibility Control: fullMouseControl

Topic: Inventors; Music; Music; Invention; Innovation; Instrument; Les Paul; Adolf Rickenbacker; Frying Pan; Leo Fender; Gibson; Typical age range 8-10; Typical age range 10-12; Typical age range 12-14; Typical age range 14-16; Typical age range 16-18