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acoustic guitars?

i was gonna get a acoustic guitar and i was waondering do you play with your fingures or with a pic,and do you have to buy a pic or does it come with it. thanks :)

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    it depends. if you play an acoustic guitar you can use a guitar pick. if you play a classical guitar, you should play without a pick.

    the difference between an acoustic and a classical guitar is that the acoustic one has metal strings, and the classical one has nylon strings.

    picks usually damage nylon strings..at least that's what the guy from the guitar shop told me when i went to buy mine=]

  • 5 years ago

    Classical guitar type may be very unique from common acoustic gambling. The such a lot seen change is that even as an acoustic guitarist will frequently use a select to play, the classical guitarist makes use of his fingernails. This isn't to mention you can not fingerpick on a common metal string acoustic, plenty of folks do, it is simply that classical guitar type is solely fingerpicking. Keep in brain, nevertheless, that there's not anything approximately an acoustic guitar that forestalls a character from utilising their fingernails to play, it is simply that frequently classical guitarists play on classical guitars. It is slightly complicated to make use of a select on a classical guitar. The different main variations is that structurally, on a classical guitar the distance among every string is wider and the fretboard is on the whole flatter and broader. This makes it extra complicated to participate in bar chords on a classical guitar than on an acoustic, however the hole among the strings additionally makes correct passed finger selecting convenient. Switching among the 2 may be very attainable it simply takes a bit being used to. I could say it is simpler to modify from gambling a classical guitar to an acoustic than from an acoustic to a classical.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    You play different styles with a pick/fingers. Just depends on the song. And they don't usually come with them, you have to buy some. Get a few because they're really easy to lose. I'd recommend a medium gauge to start with but experiment with thicker or thinner ones too to find some you like. Good luck.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    you have the option of playing with both.

    usually, if you play with your fingers they get callus on them, though.

    and pics are extremely cheap.. so, lol.

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