The Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar

The electric guitar is one of the most important musical instruments and cultural artifacts of the 20th and 21st centuries and enjoys popularity worldwide. Designed for students, this Companion explores electric guitar technology and performance, and the instrument's history and cultural impact. Chapters focused on the social significance of the electric guitar draw attention to the ways in which gender and race have shaped and been shaped by it, the ecology of electric guitar manufacturing, and the participation of electric guitarists in online communities. Contributions on electric guitar history stretch the chronology backwards in time and broaden our ideas of what belongs in that history, and those addressing musical style investigate the cultural value of virtuosity while providing material analysis of electric guitar technique. The Companion's final section considers the electric guitar's global circulation, particularly in Africa, the Afro-Caribbean, and Southeast Asia.

電吉他是20世紀和21世紀最重要的音樂樂器和文化藝術品之一，並且在全球享有盛行。這本專為學生設計的同伴書探討了電吉他技術和演奏，以及樂器的歷史和文化影響。專注於電吉他社會意義的章節引起了人們對性別和種族如何塑造和被塑造的關注，電吉他製造業的生態，以及電吉他手在線社區中的參與。關於電吉他歷史的貢獻將時間軸向後延伸，擴大了我們對歷史的理解，而關於音樂風格的貢獻則研究了技巧的文化價值，同時提供了對電吉他技術的材料分析。同伴書的最後一部分考慮了電吉他的全球流通，特別是在非洲、非洲加勒比地區和東南亞地區。