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Originally Posted by brucefulton
Such as? Classical guitar is a polyseme for nylon string guitar. So all the threads that apply to nylon string guitar but not to classical music or classical repertoire are included in the definition of classical guitar. Really.
It's pretty simple to ignore the threads you don't want to read. Or do we really need to set up a "Nylon String Guitar but not Classical Guitar If You Know What I Mean" section?
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Dave T and mc1 raise a valid and interesting point. These days, the descriptor "Classical" is more precisely a subset of "Nylon", as are many other types of nylon string guitar as well:
* Gypsy Jazz (Gitane, etc)
* Archtop (Slaman, etc)
* Folk (Takamine, etc)
* Flamenco (many makers)
* Crossover (many makers)
* Solid Body (ESP, etc)
* Travel/"Silent" (Yamaha, etc)
* Tenor (Greg Miller, etc)
The common denominator is the use of nylon strings. Not sure that lumping them all under the term "Classical" makes sense any more.