https://playguitarnotes.com/guitars/guitar-part-names-acoustic-and-electric/ For beginners learning how to play the guitar, one of the first lessons should be guitar anatomy. Guitars are made up of a lot of different pieces, and knowing what these parts are called is important for talking to other people about playing and maintaining a guitar. Most guitar lessons will assume a basic level of knowledge about guitar parts as well, which means that a beginner trying to teach themselves guitar is going to have a difficult time getting through tutorials. Read on to learn all about the anatomy of a guitar, and how the different parts work.