Is classical guitar really more difficult to play than electric?
They say that classical guitar is more difficult to play than electric, but is this true? There’s an old saying that goes something like this, "it takes a good 15 years to learn to play classical guitar and a good 15 hours to learn rock guitar."
But, I know that there a certain things on the electric guitar that are really difficult as well, such as pinch harmonics and as far as I know you don’t do pinch harmonics on classical guitar.
it’s true. Classical is harder. It’s more demanding. There is no distortion or effects to cover up mistakes or simplicity.
Classical is more complex. You cant just play power chords. You cant just read tab. You have to play some serious stuff. You have to learn to read music.
Ultimately, the best electric guitarists are classically trained. They are the ones who play insane difficult solos.
An acoustic guitar is bigger and harder to play. Not to mention the strings are thicker.
And there are a number of different methods to picking it.
So it’s a bit harder, yeah.
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well with acoustic there are a wide array of various technical difficulties one is meant to overcome, plus with the use of sheet music you cant just "play" you have to use appropriate methods. ive never heard of pinch harmonics how ever there are harmonics on classical guitar.
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it’s true. Classical is harder. It’s more demanding. There is no distortion or effects to cover up mistakes or simplicity.
Classical is more complex. You cant just play power chords. You cant just read tab. You have to play some serious stuff. You have to learn to read music.
Ultimately, the best electric guitarists are classically trained. They are the ones who play insane difficult solos.
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