i started CG when I was 14 1/2 yrs old. At start it may be very difficult. But keep trying.

so did u memorise the technique suite exercise?
si it compulsory?

no need memorize.. except for the scales and arpeggio..

yeah i did sort of memorise la..although u can refer from the book..results out sooooooooooonnnnnnnnn

Have any of you listened to Classical Soul by Oscar Lopez before? Do you know how he does the muted strum-esque thing in beat all while playing the notes?

wohooooo my guitar exam get merit!! ngam ngam on the line!

cheers everybody! i'm a new classical guitar player, just started a few months ago, i've understand a lil bit of the basic chords. have played, a few easy strumming and fingerstyle songs. i don't know how to read music sheets though...O.o anybody can share, easy nice songs for beginner like..house of the rising sun, kind of songs? thanks~

i played classical guitar for 6 years (self learn).. after hearing lefthanded-debunga wangi, i bought electric guitar.. but i rarely play the electric because i don't know what to play....... and my hand not so comfortable with electric guitar because i can't use full freedom with my right hand.. classical guitar is the most leisure and peaceful to play after all..

by the way, although i'm not very good at it but i really like and always play flamenco style with the classical guitar..

You did not take any lesson? it should come with books for beginner.

nope, i'm learning by my own, i download a e-learning video guitar for dummies, and i was able to understand the basic way of playing guitar dy. But on the video, they didn't show us exactly how to read music sheets and stuff. haha~ i'm just looking for a few nice beginner songs to learn, do you know some? i will search on youtube how the songs goes later~ thanks!

Hi again guys & gals,

Now my 5 1/2 yr old wants to play guitar (hope it is not a 'phase') lol!

Naturally there are questions in choosing the gear and i hope there's some input from experienced guitarists here.

What is more important? Fret/scale vs. string hard/softness?

If you have seen the youtube about a N.Korean whizkid girl, the above are nonissues. LOL!

Any ideas how shall I start off? I am thinking of 1/2 size with softest string. Maybe true natural gut strings?

Thanks in advance.

your thinking is correct 1/2 size, Gut strings is over the top already, just use normal tension nylon strings.

DaddyGuitar,
For a 5½ old kid, I suggest a half size guitar or yamaha Guitalele. My niece is 7 years old, I bought a yamaha guitalele for her to play. I teach her a couple of children songs and she enjoy playing it. The guitalele size is very suitable for young kid. It's actually a hybrid of guitar and ukulele. Just play the same way as normal guitar, only the different is the tuning is 4 steps up from the normal guitar. The sound is towards ukulele sound and it has very light fret touch.
Check out the yamaha guitalele video.


This post has been edited by la bella: Dec 22 2010, 04:53 PM

does anyone have a playable classical guitar that can give to me for free?

bella,
Thanks for the guitalele intro. but what is the width of the neck? The one in the vid does look wide.

Yeehoo,
LOL. Ya, I didn't consider that gutstrings are pretty expensive.

I'll be taking both the girls our sometime this week to try some sizes. I'll try to update here. I kinda 'nominate' the elder sister as the 'resident teacher'. Let her learn how to teach.

Cheers!

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A Merry Ho Ho Ho to everyone!



This post has been edited by DaddyGuitar: Dec 23 2010, 01:14 PM

I never measure the width, not sure about it, not too narrow though. An adult can play the guitalele without any problem. The fret to fret distance is smaller than regular guitar which is good for small hands. It's a quarter size guitar. I manage to find a picture, you can compare the guitalele and a full size acoustic guitar.



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What a cute guitar!

Seeing a small kid holding up such guitar would be a very "awwwwww" sight.

Yeah. i also go 'awwww' when I first saw it in yamaha music shop. It's cute even played by an adult. Nice to hold as well. The sound also nice. Btw, i got it from yamaha shop, after discount is rm270. Chamber's music in sg. wang also sell the guitalele.

This post has been edited by la bella: Dec 23 2010, 03:40 PM

What is this? I cannot brain this.

He asks people to donate a guitar to him.