Semantics of electric guitar timbre in contemporary music

Abstract

The article focuses on the semantics of the electric guitar timbre. The study of musical material allows us to draw a conclusion about the possible ways of its application, which composers turn to. There are different types of acoustic guitars, which differ from each other: baroque, classical, dreadnought, Russian, pop, etc. This article will focus only on the electric guitar, which does not belong to acoustic musical instruments and, in accordance with the classification of musical instruments in the Hornbostel-Sachs system, is an electrophone. The electric guitar is one of the most common instruments in modern musical culture, which has had a strong influence on the development of musical art in the 20th and first quarter of the 21st centuries. Its diverse capabilities and timbre have determined not only the sound of many popular musical genres, but have also become an important means of musical expression, capable of conveying a wide range of emotions and ideas. The relevance of the study is due to the increasing role of the electric guitar in modern musical discourse and the need for a systematic analysis of its timbre characteristics from the point of view of semantic content. In the context of the constant development of musical technologies and the emergence of new methods of sound processing, there is a need to understand how the semantics of the electric guitar timbre is transformed and what new meanings it acquires in the modern musical context. The study contributes to a deeper understanding of the role of timbre in modern musical communication and expands the possibilities of creative use of the electric guitar.