What does it mean to dream about guitar?
A guitar tends to point to self-expression and the wish to be heard, so notice whether it played sweetly, fell silent, or would not stay in tune.
Four ways to read it
Each reading below comes from a named tradition and a cited source, so you can see where it came from and decide what fits your dream.
Freud
Freud often read the shapely instrument and the act of playing as bound up with the body and desire, the wish to charm and be admired. Strumming it can carry a longing to draw another close.
After Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams (Brill trans., 1913), public domain.Jung
Jung might see the guitar as a voice for feeling that words cannot reach, a way the self sings what it holds inside. A broken string can mark a feeling that has lost its outlet.
Jungian concept (our summary).Modern
Continuity ties a guitar to waking thoughts about creativity, performance, and being understood. Playing well or badly in a dream often matches how freely you feel able to express yourself.
Continuity hypothesis (our summary).Mythological
The stringed instrument enchants across myth, from the lyre that could move stone and beast to the bard whose music carried memory and law. To play was often to hold a quiet power over others.
Rosmerta Publishing editorial synthesis (after Bulfinch; Brewer).