Self-Study on Different Acoustic Guitars
May 6th, 2010
All acoustic guitars are the same. Isn’t that what most people think, especially if they aren’t that familiar with the guitar world? But even if you are eager to pick up and learn to play an acoustic guitar on your own, things may not be as simple as you anticipate. There are as many differences in these guitars, whether because of construction or style of play, as there are for any other sort of instrument. And these variations may make all the difference in whether you can teach yourself to play or will need an instructor.
Playing a classical style, for example, will involve a complex form of acoustic lessons, meaning you’ll be unlikely to succeed at teaching yourself. You would need to learn to read music, and the style involves learning an intricate way of finger picking. There are even rules about how to hold the guitar. On the other hand, when you use an acoustic guitar to play folk music, it means you can learn how to play it more easily, learning the chords so you can accompany songs quite successfully.
The flamenco guitar is one of the most dramatic examples of acoustic guitars that are constructed and played differently from the standard classical instrument. This type of guitar is even made of different wood, which doesn’t sustain notes as long as a classical. The reason is that the flamenco style is typified by swift bursts of notes. The strings are closer to the neck, to facilitate tapping. The whole percussive style of flamenco means that learning guitar in this style and on this type of instrument could be difficult to do on your own.
You can see that the wide variation in types of acoustic guitars makes it difficult to say you can just pick one up and teach yourself to play. This doesn’t even take into account learning guitar on one of the more unusual versions, like the seven-stringed Russian guitar or even a twelve-string, which functions much like a six-string but requires a little more strength to play. When you think of the standard classical guitar, teaching yourself sounds easy. But looking at all the types of acoustic guitar makes you take a second look.
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