r/classicalguitar

I am starting to open up into the world of classical nylon guitar but my knowledge of the music is limited. I have heard many of the same songs in various YouTube videos from guitar demos, and i know some tunes in my head, but I just cant name them... And so many of then have complex names like concerto 28 prelude 3 or something like that or some exotic female name lol. But I would like to dive into classical guitar in an approachable way, so i would like to play songs that are familiar, prevalent in culture/history/film/radio to help me really get into it.

So I was hoping this community can help me get started with some suggestions of the most popular, common, cliche classical guitar songs. All genres are welcome if they are also super common but my preference is classical. I am an advanced guitarist so even challenging peices are also welcome! I appreciate your recommendations!

I’m going through This Is classical guitar (first book to start). What tempo should I practice at? I know that I should slow down until I can play it comfortably but how fast should I work up to? Watching his performance for the first etudes (quarter notes) it looks like he plays it at 240+ BPM which seems high for a beginner book. When should we “call it good” and move on? (I have been going back and reviewing, so it’s “never good”). Thanks!

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I came through a new product of fender, a classical guitar with wide neck called CN30, it has truss rod, Mahogony neck, walnut finger board, spruce top and comes with a bag! it sound really good but I am not sure, has anyone tried it? I only saw it online

Hi everyone. So I've had a classical guitar for about a year and a half now, and I haven't been consistent at all. This obviously means that I'm not at all good or anything. What I've done to try and force myself to learn is to enroll myself into a classical music competition in about a months time, so now I have to consistently practice.

What 2 songs do you guys recommend that I learn to play for that day (they have to be classical), and what exercises do you think will help me as I do them consistently before the day. I will be practicing an hour a day, so I think that would be enough time to slightly improve from the current position I'm at right now. What other advice do you have for me?

Thanks in advance 😁

i learned to play classical guitar when I was 9 years old (i am 18 now) but I never really committed to learning and practicing. like 2 weeks ago i learned capricho arabe by tarrega and i already know triunfal by astor piazzolla. do you know of any pieces of this difficulty or higher that you would recommend?

(excuse my english, im not very good at it)

Classical guitar is really effin’ hard!

🎸 Niño (Milo J / Gregorio Nelli / Tránsito Cocomarola) — Arreglo fingerstyle con partitura sincronizada.

📥 Partitura PDF en Patreon

Hello, my current classical guitar is a bit of a mess with terrible intonation on the B string specifically. I want to get a slightly better guitar and found a used Yamaha CG 101MS for the same price as a new Yamaha C40II. I don't know which one to get, or if I even should be getting one of these instead of something slightly more expensive. I am considering instead going for something like Cordoba C5 because I like the idea of having an adjustable truss rod, but I don't know if it's worth the relatively significant jump in price.

I am okay at distinguishing cheap electrical guitars, but feel underinformed with classical. Would really appreciate any advice.

Hi peeps!

I'm starting tremelo practise.

Most common is p-a-m-i. However Ana Vidovic just uses two finger, p-m-i-m. She explains it's because those fingers are strongest/have most control and therefore create a more consistent tremelo.

Question: do you prefer two or three finger tremelo, and what do you recommend me focussing on?

Cheers

Just as the title says, I am starting to realize that a lot of nail techniques don't really apply to the same extent when you play without them, (hand angle, different way of plucking the string, etc.). I am looking for a book that would at least highlight the differences for specific exercises, or have a few of them that focus on playing with flesh. It doesn't have to be 100% focused on this.

Hi all. I'm 52 and been playing since I was 5 or 6. Can basically play any rock or metal or country out there. Only know a few classical pieces. I've owned several acoustics and electrics over the years but I'm pretty unfamiliar with classical guitars.
My focus is on learning to read music (I've been working at this for about 6 months now and progress is slow but steady) and getting into some more classical music. Would appreciate any advice you may have for a first classical guitar. I'm thinking $500 or less. I'm 6'2" with fairly large thin hands. I laugh at myself playing my daughters' 1/2 size fender right now. It actually doesn't sound too bad but it's much too small.

Hi all!
I have been playing classical guitar for some years, although never too consistent.
I am happy with my current skills as I can comfortably play whatever chord I try to learn and learn how to play the tunes and pieces I like to learn.
However, for years I have tried to change from reading tabs to reading music sheets, because I think it is the language of music and it makes much more sense visually to see the connections, harmonics, scales, etc.
I struggle quite a bit beyond using the major scale in the end of the fretboard and I always end up giving up and coming back to the comfortable numbers of tabs.

Any piece of advice, methods, etc. to abandon the tabs forever?
TIA