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The modern Classical Guitar has six strings, usually of nylon (once of gut). The wooden resonating chamber is commonly made of rosewood, with a thin pliant top and a flat back. The neck is relatively broad, with 12 frets.
Standard tuning is EADGBE.

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Resources in This Category

• Classical Guitar

  http://home.kpn.nl/piete117/
  Information on construction, repair, and background. MIDI files and examples of guitar chords.

• Classical Guitar Illustrated History

  http://www.classicalguitarmidi.com/history/
  History of classical guitar, composers, makers and performers. Includes images of ancient guitars.

• Classical Guitar Internet Resource Site

  http://www.ga-usa.com/classical-guitar/
  Links to classical guitar mailing lists and message boards.

• Classical Guitar Midi Archives

  http://www.classicalguitarmidi.com/
  Includes a wide variety of classical guitar music files. History of Midi and explanation of tablature notation are included.

• Classical Guitar Tablature

  http://members.tripod.com/~Braumeister/index.htm
  Tablature, MIDIs, and standard notation for beginning to intermediate guitarists.

• Delcamp.net

  http://www.delcamp.net/
  Resource center and meeting place for classical guitarists from around the world. Includes classical guitar sheet music, classified by order of difficulty, MP3s, tablature, videos and on-line guitar instruction.

• Granary Guitars

  http://www.granary-guitars.com/
  A museum of classical guitars available for inspection and playing. Information about instruments, open days and visiting arrangements. [Hertfordshire, UK]

• Guitarist.com: Classical Guitar

  http://www.guitarist.com/classical/
  Manuscript and MIDI files; links to music, lessons, and articles; information and resources for beginners.

• International Guitar Research Archive

  http://library.csun.edu/SCA/IGRA
  Extensive database archives includes articles, lists of musical pieces, and composer biographies.

• Iznaola Guitar Works

  http://www.iznaolaguitarworks.com/
  Offers recordings, books and other resources by guitarist Ricardo Iznaola.

• New Millennium Guitar Publishing Co.

  http://www.newmillguitar.com/
  Online sheet music samples, catalog, magazine and technique guide.

• Stalking the Oldest Six-String Guitar

  http://www3.uakron.edu/gfaa/stalking.html
  An article by Thomas F. Heck about the origins of the modern six-string classical guitar, and how it differed from its antecedents (first published 1972).

• The Guitar School - Iceland

  http://www.eythorsson.com/
  Sheet music for classical guitar in Adobe Acrobat format. Guitar primer, studies and pieces by Eythor Thorlaksson and Sveinn Eythorsson.

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