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The Best Beginner Classical Guitar

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 14:01:55 +0000

Many beginner guitar programs and classes require starting on a classical guitar, but why is this? While the nylon strings of a classical guitar tend to be easier to press down than acoustic steel strings, this is not the main reason. Classical guitar lends itself perfectly to learning how to read and play along to music notation, gaining dexterity in the fretting hand, and situational string awareness with the hand plucking the strings.

What does an acoustic-electric guitar sound like?

Wed, 30 Jan 2019 04:31:13 +0000

If you’re wondering why your electric sounds like an acoustic, read this article here.

An acoustic-electric guitar is an acoustic guitar with a pickup inside of it that allows the guitar to be amplified by an acoustic guitar amp, or a PA system.

Can you learn to play acoustic style guitar on a classical guitar?

Sat, 12 Jan 2019 17:54:17 +0000

This is a question I’d get quite often when teaching guitar lessons. Most of the time it was coming from beginners who had been gifted an old classical guitar and they were hoping that it would work for learning to play.