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When first considering learning to play classical guitar, it might be a good idea to get an understanding of what classical guitar lessons are all about as compared to lessons in other styles of guitar playing. Classical guitar (also called “Spanish guitar” or “nylon-string guitar“) is distinct from the steel string acoustic or electric guitar in that it is intended to be plucked with the fingers [fingernails, to be more specific (see below)], rather than with a pick. Steel string acoustics and electrics are viewed as “accompanying instruments” since they are not typically used to play all parts of the music but only their specific parts. Playing with the fingers allows for all parts of the music to be played by the same person. For this reason, classical guitar is often referred to as “Solo Classical Guitar” or even simply “Solo Guitar.” The development of the kind of right-hand technique needed to play classical guitar is very demanding and requires a lot of discipline and dedication to master.

And don’t let the instrument’s name fool you. The repertoire associated with the classical guitar is not necessarily limited to “classical music” only. Flamenco guitar, as just one example, is a whole other world unto itself and is played on the same type of instrument. Besides flamenco, there’s an entire array of fingerstyle folk, bosa nova, ragtime and jazz, in addition to a lot of modern popular music that has been arranged for solo guitar.

All of my classical guitar students will follow the strict, traditional approach to learning the instrument, involving proper playing posture, use of right-hand fingernails (all classical guitar students must grow the fingernails of their right hand) and reading conventional staff notation. My classical guitar students will read no tablature. The Julio Segreras Method is my method of choice for the development of note-reading skills, and for scale exercises, the Segovia Scales are used.

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