Hello Wikiloops... I've been thinking about something lately, and that's the acoustic vs the electric.
I've been playing both electric and acoustic guitar for years now, and my first instrument to pick up was a classical acoustic guitar, nylon strings, santana no. 8
I tend to play classical pieces on the classical guitar, (Hello mr. obvious) stuff like Bach's Bouree in e-minor, Cello Suite no. 1 (prelude) or Edvard Grieg's in the hall of a mountain king (peer gynt), but i also mess around with some more "casual" fingerstyle playing such as Tears in Heaven by Eirc Clapton etc.. you get the point here.
On the electric, i also enjoy playing me some Clapton or other "softie" music, but i prefer to play metal music on it, i find it very funny and challenging.
However,.. i actually feel like i can't PLAY the electric. Don't get me wrong here, i know how to play a note on my electric guitar.. i just feel like my playing lacks tone, it lacks feeling and i can't seem to make the instrument really shrine through. But when i play classical guitar i think my notes sound beautiful, they sound full, they ring nicely, and it feels so many times more smooth playing the classical than the electric guitar for me.
I did start out with fingerstyle playing back in the day. But over the years i think i've been playing electric more than my acoustic, and yet... it just feels "off" when i play the electric. Perhaps im just an acoustic player by heart.
Does anyone else feel this way? does anyone know why or have any theories?
Edited by Pedersen on November 20 2016 01:17
I've been playing both electric and acoustic guitar for years now, and my first instrument to pick up was a classical acoustic guitar, nylon strings, santana no. 8
I tend to play classical pieces on the classical guitar, (Hello mr. obvious) stuff like Bach's Bouree in e-minor, Cello Suite no. 1 (prelude) or Edvard Grieg's in the hall of a mountain king (peer gynt), but i also mess around with some more "casual" fingerstyle playing such as Tears in Heaven by Eirc Clapton etc.. you get the point here.
On the electric, i also enjoy playing me some Clapton or other "softie" music, but i prefer to play metal music on it, i find it very funny and challenging.
However,.. i actually feel like i can't PLAY the electric. Don't get me wrong here, i know how to play a note on my electric guitar.. i just feel like my playing lacks tone, it lacks feeling and i can't seem to make the instrument really shrine through. But when i play classical guitar i think my notes sound beautiful, they sound full, they ring nicely, and it feels so many times more smooth playing the classical than the electric guitar for me.
I did start out with fingerstyle playing back in the day. But over the years i think i've been playing electric more than my acoustic, and yet... it just feels "off" when i play the electric. Perhaps im just an acoustic player by heart.
Does anyone else feel this way? does anyone know why or have any theories?
Edited by Pedersen on November 20 2016 01:17
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