Steel-string acoustic guitar

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The steel-string acoustic guitar is one of the most common forms of modern guitars, descending from the original gut-strung Romantic guitar. Unlike classical Spanish guitars, which typically have nylon strings, modern acoustic guitars are strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound. The steel-string is often referred simply as an acoustic guitar or a folk guitar. The most common steel-spring acoustic guitar is a flat top guitar, with more specialized archtop guitar along with other variations being less common. The standard tuning for an acoustic guitar is E-A-D-G-B-E (low to high), although many players, particularly fingerpickers, use alternate tunings (scordatura), such as open G (D-G-D-G-B-D), open D (D-A-D-F♯-A-D), drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E), or D-A-D-G-A-D (particularly in Irish traditional music).

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