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Tesa
What's the difference between acoustic guitar and classic guitar? Please answer soon as possible.
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A classical guitar is one type of acoustic guitar. It is used almost exclusively for playing classical music. It uses nylon strings, has a wide, flat fretboard, a slot head, a tie bridge, the neck joins the body at the 12th fret, and uses light body bracing.
The most common acoustic guitar is a steel string flattop guitar. It can be used for playing a wide variety of music from pop to rock to folk to bluegrass, and more. In general it uses steel strings, has a narrower, radiused fretboard, a solid head, a pin bridge, the neck joins the body at the 14th fret, and has heavier body bracing to compensate for the higher tension of the steel strings.
Either guitar can be and is played professionally.
To sum up: unless you're interested in playing classical music, get a steel string flattop guitar.
A classical guitar is one type of acoustic guitar. It is used almost exclusively for playing classical music. It uses nylon strings, has a wide, flat fretboard, a slot head, a tie bridge, the neck joins the body at the 12th fret, and uses light body bracing.
The most common acoustic guitar is a steel string flattop guitar. It can be used for playing a wide variety of music from pop to rock to folk to bluegrass, and more. In general it uses steel strings, has a narrower, radiused fretboard, a solid head, a pin bridge, the neck joins the body at the 14th fret, and has heavier body bracing to compensate for the higher tension of the steel strings.
Either guitar can be and is played professionally.
To sum up: unless you're interested in playing classical music, get a steel string flattop guitar.
What is the difference between playing acoustic guitar and 6 string bass?
NickHighwi
I am an acoustic guitar player, but I have been looking at playing 6 string bass. I know the difference between the guitars, I want to know the difference between the playing style.
Answer
Do you mean a full-scale six-string bass, or a bass VI like the old Fender bass VI or the Schecter Hellcat VI? A bass VI has a 30" scale, tuned E-e one octave below a standard guitar, and close string spacing. You can play it pretty much like a standard guitar but if you try to strum standard open chords on it, you'll sound godawfully muddy - much better played fingerstyle. Listen to old Ventures songs, and early Cream - Jack Bruce used one on the first album.
A six-string bass usually has a 34-35" scale and is tuned B-E-A-D-G-C, with that B way down where the bottom end of a piano keyboard is. I haven't tried, but it would be a nightmare to try to finger standard guitar chords across it and would sound like a thunderstorm rather than music to strum all six strings. You can play it quite effectively with any normal bass technique - finger, pick, or slap. The middle four strings are the same as a standard bass guitar, the extra two strings just give you more range and flexibility. They're popular in jazz settings especially where people want to play more melodic lines running up the C string. You can play them chordally but it's nothing like strumming along on an acoustic guitar. You really have to use bass guitar technique, there's not too much resemblance to guitar technique other than that it has strings and frets.
Do you mean a full-scale six-string bass, or a bass VI like the old Fender bass VI or the Schecter Hellcat VI? A bass VI has a 30" scale, tuned E-e one octave below a standard guitar, and close string spacing. You can play it pretty much like a standard guitar but if you try to strum standard open chords on it, you'll sound godawfully muddy - much better played fingerstyle. Listen to old Ventures songs, and early Cream - Jack Bruce used one on the first album.
A six-string bass usually has a 34-35" scale and is tuned B-E-A-D-G-C, with that B way down where the bottom end of a piano keyboard is. I haven't tried, but it would be a nightmare to try to finger standard guitar chords across it and would sound like a thunderstorm rather than music to strum all six strings. You can play it quite effectively with any normal bass technique - finger, pick, or slap. The middle four strings are the same as a standard bass guitar, the extra two strings just give you more range and flexibility. They're popular in jazz settings especially where people want to play more melodic lines running up the C string. You can play them chordally but it's nothing like strumming along on an acoustic guitar. You really have to use bass guitar technique, there's not too much resemblance to guitar technique other than that it has strings and frets.
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