Spanish guitars

Nylon-stringed acoustic instruments

Spanish guitars are acoustic guitars with nylon strings, wide flat necks, and a distinctive warm tone—the classical guitar in its most recognized form.

The term evokes flamenco music and traditional Spanish playing styles: the passionate strum of Spanish guitars filled the courtyard.

In casual use, Spanish guitar often just means any nylon-string acoustic, distinguishing it from steel-string folk or electric guitars.

Related

classical · soundhole · nylon strings · warm tones · flamenco · soleá · chords · stringed instruments · cedar wood · traditional melodies · boleros · zapateado · toque · fingerpicking · street musician · tablature · soundboard · capo

Opposites
instrument type/construction

Spanish guitarselectric guitars

Amplified stringed instruments

steel-string guitars · Fender Stratocaster · Gibson Les Paul · electric bass · pedal steel guitar

musical genre/cultural tradition

Spanish guitarsNashville sound

Slick country subgenre

Chicago blues · honky-tonk · delta blues · thrash metal · stadium rock

string material and construction

Spanish guitarssteel-string guitars

Acoustic instruments with metal strings

steel strings · banjos

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G