Guitar
吉他
Probably no other musical instrument is as popular around the world as the guitar.
世界上可能沒有其他樂器能像吉他那樣受歡迎。
Musicians use the guitar for almost every kind of music.
吉他幾乎在各種音樂風(fēng)格中起著非常重要的作用。
Country and western music would not be the same without a guitar.
鄉(xiāng)村音樂,西方音樂中吉他起著非常重要的作用。
The traditional Spanish folk music could not exist without a guitar.
傳統(tǒng)西班牙民歌中吉他起著非常重要的作用。
The sound of American blues music would not be the same without the sad cry of the guitar.
美國藍(lán)調(diào)中吉他起著非常重要的作用。
And rock and roll music would almost be impossible without this instrument.
搖滾音樂中吉他起著非常重要的作用。
Music experts do not agree about where the guitar first was played.
專家們對吉他的起源意見不一,
Most agree it is ancient.
但大多認(rèn)同它是從古代流傳下來的。
Some experts say an instrument very much like a guitar was played in Egypt more than 1,000 years ago.
有些專家認(rèn)為吉他起源于1000多年前的埃及,
Some other experts say that the ancestor of the modern guitar was brought to Spain from the ancient Iran sometime in the 12th century.
也有專家認(rèn)為吉他是在12世紀(jì)從古伊朗傳入西班牙的。
The guitar continued to develop in Spain.
吉他在西班牙繼續(xù)發(fā)展,
In the 1700s it became similar to the instrument we know today.
最終在18世紀(jì)逐漸演變成我們今天所熟悉的吉他。