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- 2 acoustic
: a flat-bodied stringed instrument with a long fretted neck and usually six strings played with a pick or with the fingers
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Those familiar lyrics, accompanied by gentle acoustic guitar music, spilled into the hallway on a recent morning at Jacobs Medical Center in La Jolla.
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Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
Last night, New York musician Industry Monk was strumming his guitar on the small stage at Pete’s Candy Store.
—Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2026
The studio version, recorded down in Memphis between trips to Payne’s Bar-B-Q, opens with a guitar that sounds almost eerily humanoid in its yoiyoiyoiyoiyoiy tone.
—Stephen M. Deusner, Pitchfork, 27 Apr. 2026
Her legal team also filed an image of Swift wearing the Lover bodysuit while playing guitar during the Eras Tour.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2026
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Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
Last night, New York musician Industry Monk was strumming his guitar on the small stage at Pete’s Candy Store.
—Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2026
The studio version, recorded down in Memphis between trips to Payne’s Bar-B-Q, opens with a guitar that sounds almost eerily humanoid in its yoiyoiyoiyoiyoiy tone.
—Stephen M. Deusner, Pitchfork, 27 Apr. 2026
Her legal team also filed an image of Swift wearing the Lover bodysuit while playing guitar during the Eras Tour.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2026
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“Guitar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guitar. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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