The Very first guitars started to appear in ancient times. Early guitars served a double purpose: as hunting bows! These instruments, when held by the mouth of the user, produced an incredible resonating sound.A few thousand years later, in ancient greece, a legend tells of Hermes, who climbs out of his cradle to steal the cattle of Apollo. On his way home with the stolen cows, Hermes kills a turtle, cuts out the bottom part of the shell, stuffs some sticks into the head and tail holes, stretches leather over it and stretched cow-gut between the sticks, and starts playing away. Hearing the music, Apollo follows his ear until it leads him to Hermes (who still has the stolen cattle.) According to legend, Apollo agrees not to kill Hermes in return for the new turtle-shell guitar.
Besides turtle, some types of guitars were made of clay, wood, or even melons.
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