Abstract: An electric guitar facilitates isolating principles of making music such that an individual can learn one aspect at a time of playing the guitar and of playing music and can, to match the skill level of the player, progressively require more aspects to be mastered in order to play the guitar. The guitar includes one mode which requires only that the player strum the strings, includes a second mode which requires the player to play the strings and depress buttons, and includes a third mode that requires the player to play the strings and depress specific buttons on the guitar.

Abstract: An electric guitar includes a hollow acoustic body, a plurality of strings, a fingerboard, air in the hollow acoustic body, and at least one speaker mounted in the hollow acoustic body. A sound system operatively associated with the strings and speaker causes sound to emanate from the speaker when the strings are played and causes sound to vibrate and resonate the hollow body and air in the hollow acoustic body.