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Classical Guitar or Nylon String Guitar: What is the best terminology?

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

I think a better tenmriology is Nylon String Guitar (when used in Rock or Metal).
I am not saying you are wrong or I am not insulting your intelligence.

But Guitarists use a Nylon String Guitar to play Classical Style Compositions. Classical as in Genre. Actually both in Progressive Rock and Progressive Metal Nylon String Guitar is quite Frequently used. Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Fates Warning, Dream Theater, Ect Ect. Even many more extreme progressive Death Metal bands use Nylon String Guitar in their songs. Even Cryptopsy. I would say other than Ambient and Ominous type melodies Flamenco style is also used a lot in Prog Rock and Metal.

I use it a lot myself and I am a Prog Metal / Death Metal musician.
Cheers.But yes technically the Nylon String is often referred to as Classical guitar but more when the Piece is Classical Music in genre
By: Carolien

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