Re: neck width of classical guitar vs. steel strung guitar
On 20 Jul, 19:09, Learnwell <learnwel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > You refuse a student on the basis of "tone"?
>
> That was one of several things, but yes, tone is crucial and needs to
> be developed from the beginning from a technical standpoint.
>
> If tone is not important then why do electric guitarists spend all
> that money on certain amps, pedals, modifications, pickups, etc?
> You've got only two things for tone on a classical guitar: the guitar
> and your hands. Nothing worse than a guitarist with bad tone.
I can see your reasoning. Clearly you only teach nylon strung
classical guitar, by choice. Your approach to beginners seem to be
that they will, all want to stick with classical guitar and advance on
that instrument. I can see no problem with either of those points.
Others may want to offer a wider choice but you don't. That's cool.
I occasionally pick up a classical guitar but I mainly play steel
strings. I always find that the difference in string tension takes a
bit of getting used to, as does the string spacing. I can't see any
sense in starting on one type of instrumnet only to change later and
have to re-learn how to attack a string and how far to move a finger.
I'm with you on this.
Cliff
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RichL
