Knowra Classical guitar Classical guitar A guitar with nylon strings, a wide fingerboard, and a flat body, played mainly with the fingers. It is associated with classical repertoire and also used in folk and popular music.
Nylon-string guitar : A guitar fitted with nylon or other synthetic strings instead of steel strings. Classical guitars are the best-known nylon-string guitars, though the category also includes other designs.
Acoustic guitar : A guitar that produces sound acoustically through vibrating strings and a resonant body. The classical guitar is an acoustic guitar with a distinctive stringing, body, and playing tradition.
Classical guitar repertoire : Music written or arranged for the classical guitar, spanning Renaissance works to contemporary compositions. This repertoire is the instrument’s central concert tradition.
Antonio de Torres Jurado : Nineteenth-century Spanish guitar maker whose designs established the proportions of the modern classical guitar. His larger-bodied guitars helped define the instrument’s modern form and sound.
Steel-string acoustic guitar : An acoustic guitar fitted with steel strings, commonly used in folk, country, and popular music. Its brighter attack, narrower neck, and higher string tension distinguish it from the classical guitar.
Nylon strings : Synthetic guitar strings whose treble strings are usually nylon and whose bass strings have metal winding. They produce the classical guitar’s characteristic soft attack and lower string tension.
Guitar : A fretted string instrument commonly played by plucking or strumming its strings. Its shared fretboard and string layout place the classical guitar within the broader guitar family.
Andrés Segovia : Spanish guitarist who established the classical guitar as a prominent modern concert instrument. His performances and transcriptions brought classical guitar repertoire to major concert stages.
Renaissance guitar : A small, four-course plucked string instrument used in Europe during the Renaissance. It belongs to the instrument’s earlier history, before the modern classical guitar took shape.
Flamenco guitar : A guitar tradition and instrument setup associated with flamenco music, often emphasizing percussive attack and rapid techniques. It resembles the classical guitar but is typically lighter and built for a sharper, more percussive sound.
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