Playing Styles and Guitars Generally Used

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* Steel String Guitars *
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General Guitar Playing - Dreadnoughts with well balanced tone, Auditorium,
 or Jumbo size.

Bluegrass Playing - A Strong Dreadnought.

Blues - Smaller bodied guitar preferably with mahogany back & sides.

Contemporary Fingerstyle Picking - Auditorium sized or smaller.

Jazz - Dreadnoughts with well balanced tone or Jumbo.

Big Band & Jazz - F-hole Archtop Guitars

Lap Style, Slide, Hawaiian - Hawaiian guitar with high action.


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* Nylon String Guitars *
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Classical Playing - Nylon String Guitar usually made of rosewood.

Flamenco Playing - Nylon string guitar a bit more shallow than a
 classical guitar, usually made of Spanish cypress.

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