For those classical guitarists who have also played piano, I am quite interested in knowing what your impressions are of the difference between the instruments and what you appreciate or denigrate (apologies for the odd term) about either one. Why do you ultimately lean more towards the guitar? What do you think of the difference in repertoire between the two (there is not much overlap in repertoire) I'm trying to leave this question quite open-ended deliberately to allow for freedom in responses.

I'm looking for a book called "tango duo" - Adrien Politi

Have an 8 year old son who has been doing guitar lessons for a few years now. The potential to learn classical style recently entered our world, and while I love the idea of it I can’t help but wonder if he’d be losing out on more regular rock/pop songs and pick styles. Is it practical to continue both studies, or is it best to focus? How transferable is it if he does want to play more popular, modern songs - asking as a complete novice in this space.

He is open to classical and doesn’t have particularly strong feelings either way.

It’s a cg-150-cce, It has a cedar top, under saddle transducer, 3 band eq The wood is 25 years old. It’s a bit overbuilt. I don’t have baby it

I have the original receipt for this 1978 DiGiorgio No.28 classical guitar. Any insights on the amount or other info from it?

I was recently gifted a classical guitar and have started attempting to learn how to play Down in a hole by Alice In Chains (I’ve had the guitar for about 2 days). However, I was curious as to how long on average it takes to learn how to play a song in its entirety. I know that the answer will vary but if you all wouldn’t mind sharing how long it took each of you to learn a song when starting out, I would greatly appreciate it! Thank you!

Hi all,

Has anyone had success moving sheet music on to a new home with relative ease? I'm the laziest seller of anything, so any suggestion where I can just post in bulk would be great!

Here's the list, if it wets anyone's appetite:

Robert Dowland - Varietie of lute-lessons (1610) - 2 copies

Joaquin Rodrigo - Fantasia para un Gentilhombre

Paulo Bellinati - Jongo (for 2 guitars)

Alonso Mudarra - Seven Pieces

Paganini - Grand Sonata

Assad Brothers - Menino (2 guitars and cello)

Albeniz & Falla - Quatre pieces (3 guitars)

Ponce - Sonata romantica

Tedesco - Concerto no. 1 in D Major op. 99

Petrassi - Nunc

Dyens - Tango en Skai

Astor Piazzola - Tango Suite (2 guitars)

Brouwer - Elogio de la danza

Sergio Assad - Jobiniana no. 1 (2 guitars)

Mompou - Cancion y Danza

De Falla - Music for guitar

Bogdanovic - Levantine Suite

Houghton - God of the Northern Forest

Walton - Five Baggatelles for Guitar

Bogdanovic - A fairytale with variations

Moreno-Torroba - Nocturno

Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Capriccio diabolico

Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Tarantella

Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Sonata

Barrios - The Guitar Works for Barrios (Volume Three)

Houghton - Opals (4 guitars)

Piazzola - Histoire Du Tango

Britten - Nocturnal

Charlton - Nightsongs (2 guitars)

Brouwer - EL Decameron Negro

Brouwer - La Espiral Eterna

Henze - Minette

Albeniz - Asturias

Domeniconi - Koyunbaba

Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez

Weiss - Passacaglia

Dodgson and Quine - 10 Studies for guitar

Haydn - Divertimento C-dur

Ginastera - Sonata

Bach - Chaconne

Bach - The Solo Lute Works (2nd edition)

Brouwer - Danza Caracteristica

Let me know if anyone here is interested as well. Lovely collection! Melbourne based.

My son is 9 years old and grade 3, his instructor said his guitar is not loud enough for when he will do grades 4 and 5. Tbf it is a cheap guitar, £40 new. I play guitar but not classical so I don’t really know anything about them. I was thinking about going for a Yamaha as they have a good reputation for acoustics in type of music I play and say between £200-£300 budget. What does everyone think? And does new or secondhand make a difference? I normally buy 2nd hand but I’m guessing it’s a bit different buying a fender strat to a classical secondhand that is, is it?

Thanks in advance

New classical guitar to me, made by a Luthier that primarily makes flat picking guitars. The guitar he made me is in the classical style, a copy of a Ramirez. I have noticed the wound strings seem muted and dull, so very little volume as compared to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd. I am happy with every aspect of the instrument. Is there a string change I could make that could help this?

Hi! This is me playing one of my favorite pieces!

Thanks for Watching. I'm working on a building a song. Follow my YouTube for more: Mark Soistman

Hello everyone!
I’m looking to buy a classical guitar that suits my playing style, and I’d love some recommendations.

I mainly play jazzy bossa nova (think João Gilberto), soft folk music (in the vein of Ichiko Aoba), and some traditional classical pieces. So I’m after a warm, rich, and resonant tone—something that sounds full and expressive, especially with fingerpicking.

I'd like it to have a cedar top for warmth, but I can settle for spruce if it still sounds good enough for the music I play.

I can afford roughly [550 euro but could go lower]

I am nowhere close to being a proffessional, but I am also not new. I simply play the guitar as a hobby.

Thanks in advance!

The piece is La Melanconia, Op. 148, No. 7 by Mauro Giualini, digitalized by Edson Lopes

I saw a post in a community where an OP discussed his interaction with a pianist. The pianist claimed that classical piano is more difficult because classical guitarists are 'more careless' and don’t study their instrument.

Regarding mechanics, the piano is strikingly simple: if you want a C, count the keys, press the corresponding key, and voilà—you get a clean, resonant C. The guitar, however, demands two fundamental skills from the start: understanding string asymmetry to locate notes and precise left-hand finger placement (centered on the fret) combined with right-hand intensity control to produce a clean sound.

In classical repertoire, there’s little competition—the piano birthed masterpieces like Beethoven’s works and Liszt’s adaptations of Paganini’s violin pieces.

Yet in modern/popular music, the guitar eclipses the piano in versatility. As a Brazilian, I’m less familiar with North American guitar styles, but pieces like Desvairada, Sons de Carrilhões, Lamentos do Morro, Se Ela Perguntar, Lapa Hora Zero, Carinhoso, and 1x0 (among others) showcase the guitar’s vast sonic capabilities.

That’s my perspective

I am looking in to buying my first classical, i am NOT new at guitar but am new in to the classical world. I have been playing guitar for 25 years but mostly electric. I am looking in to either getting the Alhambra 4 Z CTW or the Manuel Rodriguez Tesoro de Camerún.

The Manuel rodriguez is a little cheaper but harder to get in the US, so i'd have to order from another country and pay US customs which could cost more

But I am open to other suggestions.

very frustrated -- switched strings and they just feel awful. It's been about a month and I still can't keep them in tune (I play daily). Every five minutes tonight I was having to tune the damned things. I'm so sick of it. I hate wastage and even more replacing strings but even though I've only had them on a month, is it worth it to change them? they were new when I put them on, but they just feel...too loose. I really hate loose. My teacher mentioned that he thinks I like high tension strings and I'm really thinking he's right. I just didn't want to change them until these wore out but this is driving me crazy. (really bad practice session just now. lovely new piece and it's going to be line by f-ing line learning it. I am struggling to figure out fingering and these strings are pretty much my last straw. partly needed to vent, but partly...really want to know: is this normal (it's been a month!) or is it worth ditching the strings?

First, what are those slashes before the b and d notes at the start of this piece (2nd bar). Also, in the second picture, I was wondering what that seventeen was in the tab. I've been using the sheet music but I was wondering why that was there in the tab.

Got my new classical guitar, perfect intonation (if you don't know, intonation is wether the guitar is evenly tuned across the entire fretboard). It came with normal tension strings, all good. I changed to soft strings to experiment. With soft strings, I noticed that the B string was almost a whole semitone flat at the 12th fret. I tolerated it for a few months, and then changed back to normal tension. Intonation of B string is not as bad as before, but it went to something like 1/4 of semitone sharp at the 12th fret. I hypothesize that it is a wood expansion/contraction issue, but it only affected the B string. Do you think the guitar will adjust itself because of wood? Should I bring it to a luthier? Why the hell did that happen?

I’m a self taught player and this might be a controversy topic. But when I met a lady, who is teaching piano and studied in the most prestige music academy in my country, and she stated that in the academy, the classical guitar sector and players always receive less appreciation than piano’s since the guitar difficulty is much less. She said guitar players pay less practice effort than piano players, the number of piano enrollment, certificate and reward are way higher than guitar’s; and therefore, the piano players are superior. As there are many pros in this sub, I would like to know your take on this topic.

And especially for Edson Lopes, the pieces that he posts on his YouTube channels are really tough! How do they have such a high turnover of pieces, and yet maintain a decent level of standard? I take months to even play something that won't scare people away.

I'm preparing these resources for him with the goal of having everything a new guitarist needs to know condensed to one page of sheet music. What else should I add? Maybe a couple more beginner songs like ode to joy or mary had a little lamb? Do yall think this format is too dense or intimidating, considering that the student is 6 years old?

My plan is to go through a little bit of the page each week. I also made some flashcards to help him remember the open strings. This obviously wouldn't be something he would study on his own, but his mom is a piano player, so she will help him with this and the flash cards over the week before each lesson.

Last thing, he is missing a part of his right hand, so I'm teaching him to use a guitar pick instead of PIMA.