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RE: Flamenco and Classical Guitars -... (in reply to rojarosguitar)
Yes, Torresepithicus Robustus was the starting point, the different types of music and the guitar players' requests was what shaped the contemporary guitar classical or flamenca. Flamenco: woods with less density and less body witdth so that the sound get it out of the body in a faster and stronger way, which is the base of Flamenco music. Classical: woods with more density that define the personality of the guitar and give more harmonic aspects to the instrument. And basically, apart from my definitions of classical or flamenco guitar, I always use the following simil when it comes to a simple explanations: the same difference that a woman and a man, they are the same but with few differences at first sight, and a bit more from the organological point of view, their behaviour and how they sound.
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RE: Flamenco and Classical Guitars -... (in reply to rojarosguitar)
I would like to add, I recently acquired an old jeronimo peña fernandez indian and spruce guitar. It has a tap plate but the white plate is covering damage. I have no clue if the instrument was originally a flamenco negra or simply a classical guitar. It has a light weight construction (for a negra I think) but I dont' have a bona fide classical of his to compare. Sound wise, with the strings it had on (savarez) it had a very bright sound but not necessarily percussive and "snappy"....yet it has buzzing in the basses due to the low bridge. I was pretty convinced it was a classical guitar originally by the treble response.
But.....
when I changed the strings to labella 820 red trebles, and let em settle down a few days...man it sure has the snap and punch of a flamenco now. Honestly I was a little disturbed because I have not been putting much weight on string brands contribution to sound and response until this experiment. I always assumed that the strings matter of course, but not to such a degree as to change the concept of what the guitar could be used for!
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