Guiter

Guiter is a term commonly encountered as a misspelling or mistaken reference to guitar. The guitar is a fretted string instrument with typically six strings that are plucked or strummed to produce sound. It originated in Spain in the 15th–16th centuries from earlier instruments such as the lute and vihuela, and it has since evolved into a wide range of forms and sizes.

Types include classical guitars (nylon strings, wider neck, fingerstyle technique), steel-string acoustic guitars (brighter tone and greater projection), and electric guitars (solid body, amplified sound). There are also semi-acoustic and archtop variants, as well as hollow-body and extended-range designs. Modern guitars vary in body shape, scale length, and construction, but share common components such as the body, soundboard or top, neck, headstock, fretboard, pickups or microphones, bridge, and tuners.

Tuning for many six-string guitars follows standard tuning, E adjacent to A, D, G, B, and high E, though open tunings and alternate tunings are widely used for different styles and effects. Playing techniques range from strumming and flatpicking to fingerpicking and precise pick work, with chordal accompaniment, single-note melodies, and extended techniques all common in various genres. The instrument occupies a central role in many musical traditions, including classical, folk, blues, jazz, rock, and pop, and it has a broad cultural and commercial presence worldwide.

Because the term 'guiter' generally represents a misspelling rather than a distinct instrument, most discussions treat it as a reference to the guitar. The article above outlines the instrument commonly intended when the term is encountered.