Features of electric guitar
The electric guitar is a member of the guitar family and a wound-stringed instrument whose sound is amplified by an electrical component called a pickup. Structurally, this instrument has the general design of a guitar and consists of three parts: bowl, handle, and strings. The bowl of this instrument is divided into two groups of full or hollow bowls. Hollow types are used in jazz style and full types are used in metal and rock styles. Also, unlike classical guitars with pear-shaped bowls, electric guitar bowls can be designed in a variety of shapes. The bowl is made of woods such as ash, alder, tonewood, etc. The number of strings of this guitar is generally six, but there are 12 strings too, in which every two strings are tied in one tune. There are also 7 and 8-string guitars for some more specific styles. There are different types of electric guitars, the most important of which are Los Powell, Halobadi, Stratocaster, Telecaster; And other types of metal styles. Jimi Hendrix, Slash, Joe Satriani, Bibi King, Eddie Van Halen, Charlie Christine, etc. are also among the most famous electric guitarists in the world.
Music in Frankfurt
The city of Frankfurt is no less than other German cities in this field. There is one of the largest musical instrument makers' associations in the world in this city. The Frankfurter Musikpreis has been awarded since 1982 by the Musikmesse Frankfurt Foundation and the German National Association of Musical Instrument Manufacturers. The purpose of this International Music Award is to highlight "personalities from the world of music for outstanding achievements in the fields of interpretation, composition, musicology, education, and services to the production of music" (as described). This award is given annually and alternately to personalities from the world of music in the fields of popular music and classical music. Other major bands and singers in the city include ASP (Metal), Böhse Onkelz (Rock), La Bouche (Electronic Dance Music), Culture Beat, First Base, and Habakuk.