Classical Guitar types

I have never really been interested in the classical guitar. I can appreciate it as much as the next guy, but figured it was not really my thing. Anyway, I found myself, in a bizarre twist of interest the other day doing a little classical guitar research and I can tell you that what I found surprised me.

For starters, far from there being just one type of classical guitar there are in fact loads of different types. Within the category of classical guitars you will find a plethora of different types from different places, although a large number do seem to originate from South America. Flamenco guitars, for instance, are classical but give more of a percussion like sound, and then there’s the guitarron. The guitarron is of Mexican origins and it is huge – and when I say huge, this is a guitar the size of cello; bigger even! There are also little classical guitars like the Mexican requinto, the Colombian bandola, or the tiple.

I also found out that the classical guitar is designed to create solo polyphonic music arrangements. Although I am not quite sure what this means it sounds good doesn’t it? Anyway this is the thing that differentiates the classical guitar from other types of guitar.

The other thing that I discovered, which I guess I just had not given that much thought to was, who decides what makes a guitar a guitar? Like, what sizes, dimensions, stuff like that. Most of us have heard of Antonio Torres Jurado, but I for sure didn’t really know the extent of what he contributed to the guitar world. He lived in the nineteenth century, and before him there weren’t really any set dimensions that were universally applied to the classical guitar; meaning that each manufacturer would have his own style and dimensions. However, since the late nineteenth century, manufacturers have been largely complying with the dimensions set by him.

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Source: Guitar Basics