acoustic guitar

noun

1. a traditional, unamplified guitar.

acoustic guitar

noun

1. an ordinary guitar, which produces its normal sound through the sounding board and is not amplified in any way Compare electric guitar

Example Sentences

Armed with just his acoustic guitar, he constantly writes new songs, as demonstrated by the ones he’s written earlier this year.

From Los Angeles Times

There’s also the crazed racket of “Motorbike Song” and the alluring ballad “Big Dreams,” written on acoustic guitar and matched in tone by a wistful music video directed by longtime collaborator John Angus Stewart.

From Los Angeles Times

Fascinating to hear too of course: For all the ways in which Mitchell is identified with the folky acoustic guitar, the smokiness of her singing at this age is framed beautifully by Mills’ electric playing; Collier was essential as well on piano, not least during a stunning “Both Sides Now” that found a kind of ecstasy in surrender.

From Los Angeles Times

We wrote it on acoustic guitar, but we already had the downstrokes that you could tell were gonna be power chords.

From Los Angeles Times

But his six-song set on acoustic guitar was focused on his hugely successful work as a solo artist, as fans called out for favorites from his catalog.

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