Template:Infobox instrumentI isiginci yithuluzi eli-fretted insimbi yomculo ukuthi ngokuvamile eziyisithupha amayunithi wezinhlamvu . Kunenkolelo flat ngokumelene umzimba womdlali bese eyadlalwa strumming noma abahluthula izintambo onesandla evelele, kuyilapho ngesikhathi esifanayo ngokucindezela amayunithi wezinhlamvu akhethiwe ngokumelene frets nge iminwe uhlangothi okuhlukile.I-plectrum noma ukukhetha komunwe ngamunye kungasetshenziselwa ukushaya izintambo.Umsindo isiginci kulindeleke noma acoustically, esebenzisa ikamelo resonant phezu ithuluzi, noma iyakhula i-electronic iveni kanye amplifier .

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Izinhlobo hlela

 
Ukuqoqwa kwesiginci eMuseu de la Música de Barcelona
 
IGuitar Player (c. 1672), kaJohannes Vermeer

Iziginci zingahlukaniswa ngezigaba ezimbili ezibanzi, ama-acoustic kanye nama-guitar kagesi.Ngaphakathi kwalezi zigaba, kukhona nezinye izigaba ezingaphansi.Isibonelo, isigingci sikagesi singathengwa ngemodeli yezintambo eziyisithupha (imodeli ejwayelekile kakhulu) noma kumamodeli wezintambo eziyisikhombisa noma eziyishumi nambili.

I-Acoustic hlela

Ama-guitar acoustic akha imikhakha eminingana ephawulekayo ngaphakathi kweqembu lesigingci le-acoustic: izigingci zakudala nezama-flamenco ; ama-guitar-steel-guitar, afaka isigingci esicijile, noma "abantu", isiginci; isiginci sezintambo eziyishumi nambili ; kanye nesigingci se-arched-top. Iqembu lesigingci le-acoustic lifaka neziginci ezingafakwanga kahle ezenzelwe ukudlala kumarejista ahlukahlukene, njenge-acoustic bass guitar, enokushuna okufanayo nokwesigingci se-bass kagesi.