Learn To Play The Classical Guitar

Are you willing to commit your time and energy to learning how to play the classical guitar? If you are, your dreams will come true after you learn, understand and build your musical skills. Understanding and learning how to play notes on the fretboard is one of the basic fundamentals to playing the classical guitar.

Getting Started

Now that you are ready to learn how to play the classical guitar, let’s look at how this guitar is different from the others. It is one of the more popular guitars to learn how to play and is better known as an acoustic guitar. The classical guitar can be used to express great creativity and satisfaction.

The classical guitar is distinguished by the following characteristics: it is an acoustic instrument; it has six strings and some classical guitars have 8 or more strings to expand the bass range, the strings are made from nylon and the classical fretboard is normally flat. Originally, the classical guitar was thought to be suited for bars and pubs and now it is referred to as the “little symphony” because brings depth of passion and expression to classical music.

Learning the Strings

The next step when learning to play the classical guitar is to learn the strings. Having a wider neck permits for the string spacing to facilitate quality notes as the strings can be plucked individually. When practicing the frets, remember these few tips. When there is a number other than zero, you are to use your fingers to press down in the space before the fret of that string and then play that string. A zero means an open string and that translates into not holding down any frets. This may sound confusing but look at the fretboard and place your fingers before strumming to hear the notes.

Keeping beat and tuning is very important when you are playing the classical guitar. You should make sure that your guitar is tuned to match the song. It may be tricky to tune at first, but as you practice and tune your ears to the notes tuning your guitar will soon become second nature.

Remember that most tabs do not show rhythm, therefore you may need to listen and hear how it is played before joining in. When you find a few numbers on top of each other, realize that this is an indication of a chord. Fret all of those numbers at once and then strum the strings that the chord is a part of.

Does this sounds challenging? Well it is if you have never played guitar before, but with a little understanding and practice you will playing scales and on your way to making music. Each practice will bring you closer to the new skill that will provide pleasure for the rest of your life.