It seems to me that everyone should start with accoustic, because that's what players of the very first electric guitars did -- and those are the people whose styles you should imitate if you ever play an electric guitar. Also because a much higher proportion of accoustical guitar music sounds nice, as contrasted with electric guitar music -- much of which sounds harsh, angry, nasty and loud.Paul Sturrock wrote:Either is fine. Electric guitars tend to use lighter strings and have thinner necks so can be easier to use, though conversly they will be easier to bend chords and notes out of tune. Decent acoustic guitars are often cheaper than decent electric guitars - because you don't need to buy an amp yet.
The big plus point is you can practice without plugging them in or with headphones so no one needs to hear your mistakes.
Frank Silbermann wrote:as contrasted with electric guitar music -- much of which sounds harsh, angry, nasty and loud.
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Jesus Angeles wrote:I am a dummy on this, but I would guess that the electric one is, other than using different type of strings, the same as the acoustic one with the hollowed body removed and a microphone added.
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Jesus Angeles wrote:...I want to learn how to play the guitar.
For a beginner, which one is better for learning, the electric guitar or the non-electric one? ...
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marc weber wrote:Yes, these are conceptually the same instrument, but in practice, they are very different.
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So if you want to play an electric, get an electric. There's little point in starting on an acoustic (which is generally more difficult due to the string tension, higher action, larger body, thicker neck, etc.) only to make a transition later.
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Amit Ghorpade wrote:.I could not find a single musical institute teaching electric guitars to newbies.
Moreover electric guitars are too costly.
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Amit Ghorpade wrote:That is exactly opposite of what guitar trainers told me. They say that you should start with a electric one only after you have learned the acoustic guitar. They want me to take their path .
Paul Clapham wrote:Well, that sounds like a lot like the advice I see quite often: "Don't use an IDE for programming Java until you understand how to compile from the command line."
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Amit Ghorpade wrote:
BTW what is the average time required to learn with 3-4 hours per week.
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Amit Ghorpade wrote:BTW what is the average time required to learn with 3-4 hours per week.
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Amit Ghorpade wrote:should I take my chances with this one?
I guess it's something to start with than just dreaming of Bryan Adams replaced by me with an elctric guitar in the stage show video of Summer of 69.
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You are doing this for fun, right?
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Frank Silbermann wrote:Is screetching when you slide your hand up or down the neck indeed the mark of mediocrity?
I've never seen more than three nylon strings on a guitar (not counting my sister's plastic Eminee guitar), and those are the thin ones that replace the simple wire strings. The three lower-toned strings are wound steel in every guitar I've seen. And those are the ones that make the most noise when you slide your fingers down them.fred rosenberger wrote:use nylon strings.
Frank Silbermann wrote:I've never seen more than three nylon strings on a guitar (not counting my sister's plastic Eminee guitar), and those are the thin ones that replace the simple wire strings. The three lower-toned strings are wound steel in every guitar I've seen. And those are the ones that make the most noise when you slide your fingers down them.
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fred rosenberger wrote:... They do make what are called "flatwound" steel strings. instead of wrapping a round wire around the core, it's more like winding a ribbon around it. They are supposed to reduce the noise you are describing.
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I suppose you could try playing Flamenco/Classical music using Flamenco/Classical techniques on an electric guitar...John Todd wrote:I'm learning Flamenco/Classic guitar and it seems to me that it is much more harder than learning acoustic/electric guitar...
Frank Silbermann wrote:
I suppose you could try playing Flamenco/Classical music using Flamenco/Classical techniques on an electric guitar...John Todd wrote:I'm learning Flamenco/Classic guitar and it seems to me that it is much more harder than learning acoustic/electric guitar...
It will be easier to play classical guitar music and flamenco on an electric guitar because the electric guitar is easier to learn.John Todd wrote:
Frank Silbermann wrote:
I suppose you could try playing Flamenco/Classical music using Flamenco/Classical techniques on an electric guitar...John Todd wrote:I'm learning Flamenco/Classic guitar and it seems to me that it is much more harder than learning acoustic/electric guitar...
Sorry but I didn't get your point.
It is. There are specific techniques that you must learn for that style. It takes time. But it sounds wonderful once you learn it, and after that, folk or electric is easyJohn Todd wrote:I'm learning Flamenco/Classic guitar and it seems to me that it is much more harder than learning acoustic/electric guitar...
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