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  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • Mar 18, 2025
  • 1 min read

If you've never gotten into nylon guitars, there's one obvious upside, which is that guitar is almost a percussion instrument. There's all kinds of rhythm derived from slapping the body, like in my NZ covers album. Or in this piece that Jane and Owen got us to film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOOMu1nRsBM&ab_channel=NZGuitarQuartet - It's way less effort to play. On a physical level, with a footstool, it's very ergonomic and the tension of nylon strings isn't even noticeable for an electric guitarist. You mostly used an acoustic-electric, but that's still steel strings. The bass strings are still steel gauges, but the top 3 (or 2), are nylon. It'll feel breezy in comparison. One of my students had a version with a pickup inside.

 
 
 

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Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
Mar 18, 2025

Plus there's the vibrato and tone control, which is like the foreign aspect. Those are slightly advanced skills, but it's all about the supple wrist and an arcing motion.

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