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''Guitars, like other string instruments, primarily generate sound through the '''resonance''' of their strings.'' The strings have elasticity (ie they can bend) and have tension applied to them so that they are suspended in a straight line - their '''resting''' state. Any force that moves the string outside its resting state increases the amount of tension on the string - this is called '''exciting''' the string. It will try to return to its resting state; however, its momentum will actually carry it past that point, like a pendulum. Thus, the string resonates back and forth, slowly losing energy by transferring it to the body (as well as generating heat inside the string).