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"Okay. We're going to talk a little bit now about what a classical guitar is. The classical guitar is quite a bit different than your normal acoustic guitar, which you're used to seeing. And the biggest difference is its use of nylon strings. And the nylon strings are softer. They're not as loud. They're mellow-sounding. And so the classical guitar is played with your fingernails. So you need to have long fingernails, really, to play the classical guitar. They need to be angled a little bit. Also, another big difference in the classical guitar is that it'll always have a flat fretboard. Sometimes your electrics or your acoustics, they may have a slight arch, a little bit. These are always flat and they're wider. The neck is wider on a classical guitar, and there's more space in between the strings. Now that's to give you room for your fingers, because it's totally played with your fingers, the classical guitar. You know, they usually have this type of array of the tuning pegs, being all in the one piece that attaches to the side. Also, because the classical guitar is not as loud at all as compared to your usual steel string acoustic guitar, as I'll just demonstrate here a little bit here. You'll hear how bright that is. And it's louder. You'll hear. So I strummed it in the same fashion so that you could tell how obvious the difference is in the sound. So with a classical guitar, your amplifier is your environment. And that's very important. It's very important to have your nails in good shape to play classical guitar, and your environment is your amplifier. So if you have a good acoustical environment, you'll have a much better result in the sound of your playing. And of course, a classical guitar is called classical because it's made to play classical music."
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