classical guitar
Segovia's chosen instrument
A classical guitar is an acoustic guitar with nylon strings, a wide flat neck, and a hollow wooden body, designed for playing classical, flamenco, and folk music.
Unlike steel-string acoustic guitars, classical guitars produce a softer, mellower tone and are fingerpicked rather than strummed with a pick.
The instrument descends from earlier Spanish guitars and remains central to classical music repertoire and formal guitar instruction.
Rhythmic Spanish dance style
Plucking strings directly
- arpeggioSuccessive chord tones
- tremoloRapid tonal wavering
- legatoUnbroken musical phrasing
- pizzicatoString-plucking technique
vibrato · harmonics · slur · glissando · barre · fingernails · damping
Stringed instrument craftsperson
- soundholeOpening in acoustic instrument
- rosetteCircular ribbon ornament
- fretboardStringed instrument's neck face
- rosewoodTropical cabinet timber
mahogany · cedar · spruce · saddle · nut · bridge · tuning pegs · bracing
Solo musical performance
- concertoSolo-and-orchestra composition
- masterclassExpert-led intensive lesson
- repertoireWorks ready to perform
- interpretationAssigned meaning
phrasing · expression · concert hall · soloist · accompaniment · sight-reading · memorization · stage presence
Amplified oscillation at natural frequency
- sustainKeep something going continuously
- warmthHeat you feel
- timbreSound's distinctive character
- dynamicsStudy of forces
projection · overtones · clarity · brightness · mellowness · balance · voicing · articulation
flamenco
Rhythmic Spanish dance style
fingerstyle
Plucking strings directly
pizzicato · vibrato · harmonics · slur · glissando · barre · fingernails · damping
luthier
Stringed instrument craftsperson
- soundholeOpening in acoustic instrument
- rosetteCircular ribbon ornament
- fretboardStringed instrument's neck face
rosewood · mahogany · cedar · spruce · saddle · nut · bridge · tuning pegs · bracing · laminated
recital
Solo musical performance
- concertoSolo-and-orchestra composition
- masterclassExpert-led intensive lesson
- repertoireWorks ready to perform
interpretation · phrasing · expression · concert hall · soloist · accompaniment · sight-reading · memorization · stage presence · program
resonance
Amplified oscillation at natural frequency
dynamics · projection · overtones · clarity · brightness · mellowness · balance · voicing · articulation · nylon
tablature
Fingering-based musical notation
- scoreNumerical standing in competition
- staffOrganization's workers collectively
- fingeringNote-playing hand technique
position · adagio · allegro · andante · largo · vivace · cantabile · dynamics · time signature · key signature
etude
Instrumental practice composition
- preludeIntroductory piece or event
- sonataMulti-movement instrumental composition
- fugueContrapuntal musical form
nocturne · caprice · suite · variations · fantasia · romance · waltz · minuet · pavane · study
- acoustic musicfolk, acoustic set, bluegrass, unplugged set, fingerstyle
- string instrumentsukulele, mandolin, electric bass, acoustic bass, tenor banjo
- plucked stringsarchlute, oud
- Guitarfret, frets, neck, body, headstock
- Spanish Cultureflamenco, paella, Goya, tapas, bullfighting
- Guitarsacoustic, electric, archtop, dreadnought, telecaster
classical guitarelectric guitar
Amplified stringed instrument
Les Paul · Fender Stratocaster · Stratocaster · steel-string guitar · bass guitar
classical guitarrock guitar
Amplified stringed instrument for loud music
metal guitar · blues guitar · country guitar · jazz guitar · folk guitar
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