Guitar Samurai: Classical Guitar Music

Classical Guitar Music

Types of Guitars - Acoustic Electric Guitars, Electric Guitars, Classical Guitars, Hollow-body Guitars, Steel Guitars

Acoustic electric Guitars: this is a term used to describe acoustic guitars that have pickups installed in them so they can be plugged into amplifiers or PA systems. The majority of acoustic guitars you see on stage are acoustic electric guitars. Structurally, they are identical to traditional acoustic guitars.

Electric Guitars: these types of guitars made out of a solid piece of wood and rely exclusively on their electronic pickup systems and amplifiers for their volume. Their unique sound lends itself best to rock and roll, but they have also substantially shaped the sound of country music in the last 50 years. (Think "twang")

Classical Guitars: also called "nylon-string", classical guitars are used almost exclusively in the classical and folk idioms, but can also be found on more popular recordings. Carlos Santana makes a lot of use of the classical guitar in his

recordings. Slightly smaller than a traditional acoustic, they feature slightly wider necks and strings that are made of nylon rather than steel, to give them a very gentle, warm sound. The best Classical guitars are usually from Spain.

Hollow-body Guitars: These are simply traditional electric guitars that have chambers cut in the body to allow for more sonic resonance. They come in many different sizes and are favored primarily by players of blues and jazz music.

Steel Guitars: These are the farthest breed apart from traditional guitars so far. While any guitarist can pick up any guitar

from the above list and play, a steel guitar requires special training to play. The guitar is played flat on its back, and the strings are elevated approximately half an inch above the fretboard. This allows the strings to be played using a "tone bar" that takes the place of the fingers on a fretboard and gives the steel guitar its classic "crying sound". This is the archetypal guitar sound.

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How do you count the sharps and flats of a note, in classical guitar music?
I am trying to comprehend how to correctly indicate the key signature of a piece. So far I know the order of the sharps is: F#, #C, #G, #D, #A, #E, #B And the order of the flats is the same but staring from B, so B, E, A, etc... Also I've learned the number of flats and sharps in each note. # of sharps in each note C = 0 D = 2 E = 4 F= 6 G =1 A = 3 B = 5 And vis versa for the flats. But what B, for example, do you count from, and towards where? Is it the B in fret 4? or the B in fret 2? or the one in fret 12? thanks! I am trying to figure out how to count the sharps and flats them so I know how what key signature goes into a piece.

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Classical guitar music for a song?
Can anyone direct me to some free sheet music (or tabs) for this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWOyFmMCZlU I love this particular piece but I can't find the music for it anywhere! I was asking for a Dowland piece, not Bach.

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How may I compose classical guitar music?
I have been studying a very good book by David Braid on how to master the classical guitar. But so far I still don't understand some aspects. I can't seem to figure why a song sounds good and why a song would not sound good. I have made a few small studies, but I still don't know why some notes put together in certain way sound good but in another one sound bad. Is there any free method book on how to compose including explanation of symbols ect...? Maybe something that explains the intervals and half/whole steps and also includes scales explanation. thanks!

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know any classical guitar artists?
i like classical guitar music.. anyone recommend anything???

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Listening to Classical Guitar (Where to start)?
I want to get into some classical guitar music, can I get some suggestions as to what artists/songs I should listen to? Thanks!!

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