The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with either nylon or steel strings. Some modern guitars are made of polycarbonate materials. Guitars are made and repaired by luthiers. There are two primary families of guitars: acoustic and electric.
Acoustic guitars (and similar instruments) with hollow bodies have been in use for over a thousand years. There are three main types of modern acoustic guitar: the classical guitar (nylon-string guitar), the steel-string acoustic guitar, and the archtop guitar. The tone of an acoustic guitar is produced by the vibration of the strings, which is amplified by the body of the guitar, which acts as a resonating chamber. The classical guitar is often played as a solo instrument using a comprehensive fingerpicking technique.
Igor Presnyakov (Russian: Игорь Пресняков) is a Russian guitarist who became a YouTube sensation in 2007, for his unique song covers and virtuoso playing style.
Born in Moscow, Russia, Igor Presnyakov studied classical music at a nearby academy and would eventually graduate as both a guitarist and a conductor for ensembles. He relocated to the Netherlands to further his career, which has now spanned over 35 years. His unique acoustic guitar-style is influenced by various musical genres from Reggae, Rock and Roll, R&B, Country-western, Jazz and Heavy Metal. His most noticeable attribute, is his creative style of "beating" the percussion of the song, onto the body of his acoustic guitar while playing. This replicates the sound of multiple musicians, while only Igor is playing. While he sometimes sings on many of his original and cover-songs, Igor is more famous for mimicking the vocal parts of a song, into guitar-solos, while often adding a softer, jazzier sound.
Igor's popularity has risen since he first debuted on YouTube in 2007. He currently has over 125 million total upload views, in addition to over 255,000 subscribers.
(Oh Yeah)
Yeah
Uh uh
U're gettin dirty at the club again
I'm usually round Ur waist like a chain but then,
I got that call so I jumped in my car
I love U baby,
But not like I love my guitar
Uh uh, not like I love my guitar, no
U couldn't do it all by Urself
U had 2 go and get somebody else
Ur high enough to call me
But U can't reach the bar
I love U baby
But not like I love my guitar, no
Not like I love my guitar
Oh, listen
Turn it up
Uh uh
Yeah, now dig
I tried 2 warn U that it's hard 2 B a star
Especially when Ur driving other people's car
I woulda gave U mine, girl, but U took it 2 far
I love U baby
But, just not like I love my guitar
Uh uh, not like I love my guitar
I know U love me and U wanna B friends
And if U don't at least U need 2 pretend
We're still 2gether even if we don't get that far
I love U baby
But not like I love this guitar
I love U, I love U baby
(Not like I love my guitar)
I love U baby and I wish U well (I wish U well)
I'll write a letter when I learn how 2 spell
Until that day, U can go to the...
I love U baby.... U know the rest
[Chorus:]
If I could play guitar, then I'll play it,
But I can't so I'll just sing it, sing it
I wrote S-O-R-R-Y,
I'm tellin you that,
And I don't know why,
Maybe because I was sky-high,
And thinking to much about my life.
So I turned off the light,
And I tried to rap,
But only bullshyt left my mind,
And most of the time I was fine,
But you're windin me up while I'm hard on my grime.
When were you born? 1985
Why didn't you finish school? Because I skied.
Step back, get back,
Comment on my face yeh,
I'm just tryin to live my life.
[Chorus]
I feel a little tired,
I feel like cryin,
I feel like lyin,
I feel like not tryin to do
What I was supposed to do today.
(Fuk)
A couple of interviews,
A photo shoot,
A show to do,
Promote new tunes.
Oh I hate it when I feel this way,
Oh why do I feel this way?
Tell me...
Yesterday was a different story,
High and mighty,
Feeling glory.
Shut down time square,
Know that you saw me.
Felt enormus, like twenty stories.
[Chorus]
Today of all days,
You try to rush me.
Hush puppy, let me do my thing,
I'm not your puppet on a string brov...
(Really?)
Now don't get me on,
You silly little punk.
Expect me to walk,
Cause I'm not gonna run.
I wish life was as easy as playing the guitar,
Ya just pick it up and ya strum.
(Eeeh, maybe not)
I'm sitting by the window of your thirty-second floor apartment
Waiting for your phone calls all to end
I'm sitting watching wind blow
Watching time go
Watching cars go by
I'm waiting for these memories to begin
If I threw my guitar
Out the window so far down
Would I start to regret it
Or would I smile and watch it slowly fall, fall, fall? yea
Garbage truck and taxi cab
Don't seem like they can reach me here
The clamor of jackhammers seems so faint
Well, the way you treat me like the only
Slightly brings me down a lot
I don't think that I'll ever be the same, yea
If I threw my guitar
Out the window so far down
Would I start to regret it
Or would I smile and watch it slowly fall, fall, fall?
Fall, fall, fall
Fall, fall, fall
Fall, fall, fall
Listen to the girl
As she takes on half the world
Moving up and so alive
In her honey dripping beehive
Beehive
Its good, so good, its so good
So good
Walking back to you
Is the hardest thing that
I can do
That I can do for you
For you
Ill be your plastic toy
Ill be your plastic toy
For you
Eating up the scum
Is the hardest thing for
Me to do
Just like honey
Guitar, Guitar [x3]
[Jayk:]
If we hit every note,
This love could be something we wrote.
If it could be, be a hit song
Instead of flying solo without my guitar.
[Bobby:]
And I'm feeling out of tune now
Baby, I'm off track.
And I think I need your melody,
'Cause I can't get mine back.
[All:]
There's only one girl, one girl
Who can play all the strings of my heart
Like a guitar.
And you are my world, my world
You can feel the beat of my heart.
Just like a guitar.
[David:]
Like a guitar, baby.
Just like a guitar, baby.
Like a guitar, baby.
Like a guitar, tar, tar, tar...
[Drew:]
If I'm moving to slow,
Baby, please speed up my tempo.
Got you stuck, stuck in my head.
You're on rotation, playing over again.
[TC:]
And I'm feeling out of tune now,
Baby, I'm off track.
Can you loan me your melody?
'Cause I can't get mine back
(No, I can'y get it back!)
[All:]
There's only one girl, one girl
Who can play all the strings of my heart
Like a guitar.
And you are my world, my world
You can feel the beat of my heart.
Just like a guitar.
[David:]
And you've written all the verses
(With you, with you)
And you sing me like a chorus
(All the way through)
There ain't nothing like your song to me
I love the way your working all my strings
And I only let you play my...
Guitar.
Your the only one I call my guitar, my guitar.
[All:]
There's only one girl, one girl
Who can play all the strings of my heart
Like a guitar.
And you are my world, my world
You can feel the beat of my heart.
Just like a guitar. [x2]
My guitar, my guitar-tar.
Listen to the girl
As she takes on half the world
Moving up and so alive
In her honey dripping beehive
Beehive
Its good, so good, its so good
So good
Walking back to you
Is the hardest thing that
I can do
That I can do for you
For you
Ill be your plastic toy
Ill be your plastic toy
For you
Eating up the scum
Is the hardest thing for
Me to do