How come a classical guitar player can’t play acoustic finger style guitar if they’re both similar?
Was told by my classical guitar teacher that fingerstyle acoustic is different…
both use fingers and they finger pick… so what’s the difference why can’t a classical guitarist play fingerstyle acoustic songs?
Well, for starters, classical guitars and steel string acoustics feel completely different. The necks are different widths, strings are further apart, the string thickness and tension is different… it’s not the same. If you try playing them both, you’ll realize that right away.
The type of music you play is also really different, and the techniques you develop playing those different styles are sometimes mutually exclusive. For example, very few steel string players develop a good rest stroke. They use free stroke all the time. Sometimes they’ll develop some two-handed techniques, or pop and slap stuff, but you would never see a classical player doing that. It just doesn’t sound good on nylon.
Usually when steel players attempt to play classical music, it sounds awful. Few classical players have the audacity to pretend like they know how to play steel strings.
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The Acoustic Guitar Method $22.35 These carefully graded starter lessons for the acoustic guitar are based on David Hamburger’s best-selling books, issued by the publishers of Acoustic Guitar magazine. Beginner guitarists will learn how to use a pick and form all the most important chords, while those with some guitar experience will learn fingerpicking styles and other essential playing techniques. More than two-dozen classic son… |
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Masters of Acoustic Guitar $8.81 No Description Available.Genre: New Age MusicMedia Format: Compact DiskRating: Release Date: 4-NOV-1997… |
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Learn to Play the Songs of Jim Croce; Guitar Accompaniment and Techniques DVD $19.49 This DVD breaks down the guitar accompaniments to Jim Croce’s timeless songs, as well as the superb lead lines of his long-time accompanist, Maury Muehleisen, for aspiring players at all levels.Level 2—Near-Beginner: Instructor assumes that you have not been playing very long, but know the basics. The material is still at a very easy level, but certain elementary things are not explained…. |
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Fingerpicking Guitar Techniques $25.93 This two DVD set is for the beginner and intermediate guitarists who want to start fingerpicking. Rev. Gary Davis use to tell his students that playing the guitar was easy. He would say that a piano player has only two hands (the left keeps an alternating bass while the right plays a melody) but a guitarist has three hands! Our right hand thumb is one hand and plays the bass figures while our inde… |
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The Art of Contemporary Travis Picking: How to Play the Alternating Bass Fingerpicking Style (Bk & CD) $12.51 By mastering all techniques described in the book, you will be on your way to elevating the Travis pick from a basic chordal accompaniment to a complex solo style! Includes: 14 guitar solos instructional and performance CD standard notation and tablature… |
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Fingerpicking Beatles and Expanded Edition: 30 Songs Arranged for Solo Guitar in Standard Notation and Tab (Finger Style Guitar) $12.48 16 original arrangements by Eric Schoenberg of songs for fingerstyle guitarists at all levels. Includes: All My Loving * Hey Jude * Blackbird * and others by the greatest songwriting team of modern times. In standard notation and tablature, with tips on learning each arrangement…. |
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Fingerstyle Freddie by Maurice Evans – Fine Art Print / Poster – 32.00 x 26.00 Fingerstyle Freddie by Maurice Evans – Fine Art Print / Poster – 32.00 x 26.00 – Brand New – Ships rolled in a plastic sleeve inside of a crush proof mailing tube – Paper Size: 32.00 x 26.00 in – Image Size: 32.00 x 26.00 in… |