Use on guitar to talk about playing an instrument. Of guitar is not a normal fixed expression, though of the guitar can show possession or description.
Use on guitar when someone plays the guitar as an instrument: She sang and played on guitar. Do not use of guitar as a general alternative. Use of the guitar only when guitar is part of a larger noun phrase, such as the sound of the guitar.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Use on guitar to describe someone's role or performance with the guitar.
Use play the guitar for the general activity or skill.
Use of the guitar when guitar belongs to a noun phrase showing source, part, or description.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
Do not use of guitar to mean playing the instrument.
✕ She performed of guitar. ✓ She performed on guitar.Use the guitar in phrases like sound of the guitar.
✕ the sound of guitar ✓ the sound of the guitarChoose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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Yes. It is common in music reviews, band descriptions, and performance credits.
Usually no. English normally uses of the guitar in descriptive phrases.
On guitar describes a musical role. With a guitar simply means carrying or accompanied by a guitar.
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