What Can a Classical Guitar Do for You?
For most players, the realm of classical guitars is one that they’d just as soon avoid. The scale length is different, the neck is wider, and they’re harder to play, so why bother?
Why? Because the world of the classical Guitar is definitely one worth exploring and one that will reap incredible rewards the more you explore it. A well-executed classical passage within a rock song can give an air of class and distinction to the music, not to mention adding a great break in the middle of the song. Playing classical Guitar, even if you use it traditionally (playing simple fingerpicker parts, strumming and single-note lines) can help your playing take a giant leap
forward.
Classical guitars are very, very similar in their construction to traditional acoustic guitars. The body is smaller, but the bracing methods and wood types are similar. The necks are wider to accommodate your fingers, the nylon strings give the classical guitar its distinctive tone, but most players with average-size hands find that this transition isn’t as difficult as they first may have pictured it.
What can a Classical guitar do for you?
Well, give it a try and you’ll find out a whole new world.
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Can I tune my Classical Guitar the same way as my Acoustic Guitar?
I use a tuner on my Computer via microphone to tune my Acoustic Guitar. I just recently bought a Classical/Spanish Guitar. There's no option on my tuner for "Classical" or "Spanish", only "Guitar: Acoustic 6 String." Can I use the same method with using the same frequency for each string or are there different frequencies for the Classical Guitar?
I should think that you can; however I've never used the tuner on the computer microphone. A classical guitar IS a six-string acoustic guitar, so I should think it would work.
The frequencies shouldn't be any different.
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Yes, it will work.
However, you might want to start working on your ear training by tuning the strings by ear. It takes practice, but it is rewarding when you can finally do it!!!
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A classical guitar IS an acoustic guitar. They're both tuned the same way to the same pitches (frequencies). The same guitar tuner will work for both.
But as another poster says, you should learn to tune by ear, just in case you ever find yourself wanting to play guitar without your computer handy to tune to.
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Yes. Classical guitars are tuned exactly the same way as steel-string acoustics – E A D G B E''. In fact, steel-string acoustics are usually more likely to have alternate tunings than guitars used for classical music, if only because folk and blues players tend to like tuning their guitars in non-standard ways.
I agree with other posters that it is essential to learn how to tune by ear, or with reference to just one tone – say a note on a keyboard, or even a note from a recording where you know what key the music is in. You won't be around your computer in every playing situation and shouldn't need to rely on an electronic tuner. It's quite possible to tune a guitar relative to itself even without a reference tone, although you run the risk of not being at concert pitch.
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