Learn How To Play Spanish Guitar

This post was written by Jim Morris on May 31, 2010
Posted Under: General

Spanish guitar is a loose term which people use to refer to any acoustic guitar music with a Spanish sound.  Flamenco is the folk music of a particular region of Spain which is commonly confused with classical guitar because they both involve a man in a suit playing a guitar with his nails.  Flamenco has tiny in common with classical guitar as it is essentially just the guitar accompaniment to Flamenco singing and dancing with guitar solos being a late development in this genre. 

Classical guitar which is classical music played on a nylon string acoustic guitar with no cutaway at the top frets.  The guitar is mostly made of Rosewood for the sides and back, and Cedar and Spruce for the front. 

Classical guitar is strongly linked with Spanish composers from a few different periods of history and the prime mover of classical guitar methodology was a Spaniard by the name of Andres Segovia. 

One of the attractions of Spanish guitar is that it is just the guitar and you.  No equipment aside from your instrument is needed, and the music you produce is the results of your practice.  Regardless of what your definition of Spanish guitar music, there are plenty of pieces that’ve been revealed and are within the reach of the dedicated beginner acoustic guitar player.  This implies if you work reasonably hard you’ll have a half-hour or so repertoire in 1 or 2 months.  When you get to that stage you’ll be quite a remarkable
Spanish guitar player. 

Spanish guitar is one genus where you really need to take lessons from a live teacher.  The trouble is you might have to travel to another area to learn it.  If time and budget do not allow you to take lessons, buy a copy of the book, Solo Guitar Playing by Fred Noad.  It has all the basics you want to learn and pieces you can learn as your technique moves on. 
not forget to keep a watch on the video websites for any lessons in Spanish guitar you can get. 

Another book of Spanish guitar music you should look for is A New Tune A Day For Classical Guitar.  It has pieces from the classical guitar heavyweights like Sor, Bach, Carulli and Carcassi plus some other tunes like Scarborough Fair and wonderful Grace.

Guitar Chords For Beginners: You possibly can be playing your very first song by fifth lesson – Play Guitar By Ear.

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