How to distinguish folk guitar from classical guitar

Are you asking about the difference between two musical instruments or two guitar playing forms?

If the piano:

Many people talk a lot about what the string is, what the shape of the sound hole is, what the shape of the box is, and whether there is a phoneme mark, but this is not the key. Some folk guitars also like to be made into the style of classical guitars, because some people have a sense of beauty when playing classical guitars, which he likes. On a classical guitar, you can't say that he is not a classical guitar if he wants to mark phonemes or lack horns. As for the chord keys, the classical guitar is definitely a semi-closed chord key, which is suitable for him to use nylon strings. Folk guitars are mostly closed strings, but this does not mean that folk guitars cannot use semi-closed strings. He can also use the semi-closed chord button if he wants. You can't say he's not a folk guitar.

So none of this is the point. The most important points are: 1, folk guitar is steel string, and classical guitar is nylon string; 2. The fingerboard of classical guitar is wide and short, and that of folk guitar is narrow and long (both classical guitars are 12). But the second of the above two points is not the most critical, so the most critical and fundamental difference is that one is steel string and the other is nylon string, which directly determines the timbre, so this is the most fundamental difference between the two instruments.

If two guitars are used, two guitar playing forms:

Classical guitars are generally used for solo and accompaniment. They are common in flamenco music and wave Saarova music, and belong to Latin style.

Folk guitars are usually used to sing with the piano, but they can also be solo. Now the so-called "fingering guitar" refers to the steel string piano (folk piano) solo.

In terms of playing habits, folk guitars generally lay their piano nest flat on their right legs, while classical guitars generally rest between their legs, with their left legs high and their heads tilted to the sky.

But there is no essential difference between them. If you like playing classical guitar in spring, it is not impossible, as long as you think you can hear it below, as long as you think you can show your crying. If you have to play classical music on the folk piano, it is not impossible, but the tone and feeling are different. If you like to play the folk guitar vertically, it is not impossible, as long as your hands are strong, and if you play the classical guitar horizontally, it is not impossible, as long as your right hand can play well.

So in the final analysis, it's just the different timbre, which is different from the long-standing traditional habits. Just like erhu is born to play two springs reflecting the moon, but now some girls just like to hang him around their waist to play foreign music, and you can't do anything about him. Violin is born for playing foreign music, but it can also become a world classic for a master to play Chinese folk music with it. Folk guitar is naturally engaged in pop music, but Zhou Yunpeng is crazy to play and sing with him, so he can play guqin style.