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| Posted: Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 12:27 pm |
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What is the major difference between the two other than the tone? Are they tuned other than EADGBE? Would the chord positions be the same as acoustic? Is not the acoustic more popular other than the Latino community? Tom
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| Posted: Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 03:58 pm |
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gardner321 wrote: What is the major difference between the two other than the tone? 1. The classical guitar uses nylon strings, and is almost always played fingerstyle rather than with a pick. The acoustic steel-string guitar is generally louder and may be played either fingerstyle or with a pick. The classical guitar has a wider neck (about 1 7/8" at the nut) than a steel-string acoustic guitar (1 3/4" at the nut). Classical guitars generally have an slotted headstock with open geared tuning knobs located behind the headstock. Some steel-string guitars (especially older models) also have open headstocks, but are more commonly designed with sealed geared tuning knobs oriented at right angles to the headstock. The classical guitar has a smaller body size than the steel-string acoustic, which is most common available in the dreadnought size (there are other body sizes and styles available, that are smaller and larger than the dreadnought). The neck on a classical guitar usually has 12 frets clear of the body; whereas on a steel-string acoustic guitar, there are 14 frets clear of the body (older guitars from before the 1940's also had the 12-fret style necks). 2. Standard guitar EADGBE tuning is most commonly used on both classical and steel-string acoustic guitars. Chord positions and shapes would be the same, although a capo is used more commonly on a steel-string guitar. Classical guitar music focuses on individual melody notes rather than chords. 3. I'm not sure any valid generalization could be made regarding the popularity of classical vs. steel-string acoustic vis-a-vis the Latino community. Certain Latin pop styles, such as Brazilian bossa nova, specifically use a nylon string guitar, but other Latin styles use steel-string acoustic guitars. Some of the Mexican mariachi guitars such as the vihuela and requinto use nylon strings, as well. I think the steel-string acoustic guitar is more popular overall because it is used in more styles of music than is a classical guitar. If you plan to play mostly pop music or with an ensemble, you will probably want a steel-string acoustic. Hope this helps.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 10:07 pm |
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Thank you Will, that tells me what I wanted to know. Tom
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