[HANASHIR:14679] Re: guitar advice (I say steel string)

[rahel <rahel...>]

I agree. Learning the basics means going to a proper teacher and learning 
proper technique, theory, appreciation etc. I've taught students who went 
to amateur self-taught teachers who have had to re-learn everything from 
scratch. Personally I prefer a steel string guitar to a classical for 
reasons of sound (unless you plan to study classical guitar playing) and 
that the neck, being thinner, is more comfortable. It's easy enough to get 
used to the stronger steel strings. It takes about the first week. Perhaps 
the best thing to be looking for is the "right" teacher!

Rahel



At 02:21 PM 6/19/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>In my 35 years of playing guitar, I've never played with a classical neck
>or with nylon strings (unless it's the only one around).
>
>What's the point?  Who says that that is "the basics"?  Just because a
>classical was invented first?
>
>It depends where he's going with this guitar playing.  If he "wants to be
>a rock-n-roll star" -- making him do classical with nylon is going to
>dampen his enthusiasm.  If he wants to be a serious guitar player and
>study music, that's a whole different story.
>
>I'd go with a guitar that can take silk-n-steel strings, and let him have
>fun with it.
>
>
> > Sorry but I disagree--
> >
> > A good singer must learn the basics first-- a guitarist must do the
> > same. ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Gordon Lustig" <gordonza (at) earthlink(dot)net>
> > To: <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
> > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 11:02 AM
> > Subject: [HANASHIR:14675] Re: guitar advice (I say steel string)
> >
> >
> >> I've been teaching and playing guitar for 30 years and classical
> >> guitars have their own problems. The neck is wider and difficult for
> >> beginners. If
> > a
> >> 13 year old wants to play pop/rock/punk etc he/she should play a
> >> guitar
> > that
> >> will eventually sound like what he hears in his head.
> >
> >
>
>
>

------------------------ hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org -----------------------+