Flamenco vs Classical Guitar Playing | Day 7 Spanish Guitar Challenge

Day 7 - Classical vs Flamenco Guitar?
Each term is referring to a specific style and aesthetic.
CLASSICAL GUITAR
✅ Focus on a clean, polished sound
✅ Guitar has strings set up higher for a cleaner sound
✅ Centuries of notated compositions
FLAMENCO GUITAR
✅ Focus on a stronger, harsher attack
✅ Guitar has strings set up lower for raspier sound
✅ Centuries of music traditionally passed on orally
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[@CT2507]

I began with classical training when I was a teenager. But today as an adult, I find the classical sound boring and much prefer the flamenco sound.

[@DavidChiriboga]

We all go through phases of taste… I’ve always felt more connected with Flamenco music… and I had a very hard time developing an acquired taste for classical lol. But after studying it, I found a connection with a lot of beautiful repertoire specifically in Spanish Classical. There’s some beautiful and exciting pieces by Tarrega, Albeniz, just to name a couple… But you’re right, the passion in Flamenco playing is just so unique…

[@CT2507]

@@DavidChiriboga Thats how I started. Tarrega, Albeniz, and so on. But after many years I feel they all sound the same. And today the classical guitar sound evokes sensations of disgust in me.
My guitar teacher tried 2 years in a row to get into the music conservatory in Denmark and two times he got the thumbs down cause he didn't sound classical enough. The second time they told him they could hear he was filing his nails wrong!
Just goes to show they want the students to produce the exact same sound and tone.
Not a fan of that at all.
The flamenco sound on the other hand is much more expressive and vibrant to me. Have heard it all my life and have not gotten tired of it yet. And I don't expect that I will, since Flamenco is steadily evolving all the time.
Cheers.

[@DavidChiriboga]

@@CT2507 I can totally agree with you on “Classical Guitar Culture”. I detested it the whole time I was at my university studying it and it was the main reason I never fully gave myself to the program at the time. So yea, I hear you on that… Especially with things like you specifically mention. Those micro details that some of them fixate on…
Just to be fair though, there’s some things I don’t like about Flamenco Culture too lol, when you try to enter that world as a guitarist. But that’s a whole other story… I was actually thinking about making a video about this a while back, and you just reminded me.

[@CT2507]

@@DavidChiriboga Yea, I think I know what you mean. There are also some "dead horses" within flamenco it doesn't pay to keep beating on. Im not saying I love all flamenco, or culture. Just the guitar sound and the way the strings are attacked and worked. The different techniques that come together to describe the sounds, are just richer and more interesting to me.
I once went to a concert with Paco de Lucia in Copenhagen and had something reminiscent of an out of body experience, just listening to his sound. Didn't appreciate some of his newer music all that much since it felt too jazzy and experimental to me. But the sound he produced just took me and the whole room just disappeared. For some moments I didn't know where I was. It was quite an experience. This never happened to me with classical guitar.