When I took guitar lessons, I found that the Nylon strings are easier for me, but I love the sound of steel strings. Now, I have my own acoustic guitar, and 2 strings broke off, so I'm getting strings today. I'm not sure if Nylon strings would 'fit' on my guitar, and it's to soft of a noise. But the steel are much better sounding, but it's a little bit harder to push the string down on the fret. Which do you prefer, why?(:
Musical variety speaks volumes with regards to this trouble. Folks that need excessive volume will probably be unhappy with unamplified nylon string guitars. From my viewpoint, the basic change between steel and nylon is this: metal strings ring and nylon strings resonate. The volume produced via steel is usually a lot greater than nylon but, to my mind-set, the sound resonance produced with the aid of the wooden of your guitar is essentially masked by using steel strings. If you have a decently made guitar (often, around a thousand bucks and up), the sound interaction between the timber and the strings in a nylon guitar is magical throughout the complete frequency range. With a metal string guitar, the sound produced by using the vibrating string overpowers the timber resonance at all but low frequencies. Personally, i'll take a nylon string guitar any day for the sensitivity gained from the interplay between timber and vibrating string.
You cannot put nylon strings on a steel-stringed guitar. If you find that the steel strings are too hard, get a lighter gauge which will ease up the tension. This way you can build up finger strength gradually as well as build up the callouses on your finger. You can always get a thicker gauge string later on if you want a deeper sound.
classical guitar = nylon strings Acoustic/electric = steel strings Firstly i must explain you that fingerstyle playing on guitar is using your nails to play and not the soft spot on the acre of your fingers... Why? Because nails produce a cleaner, better and louder sound while the soft spot Is sloppy and dusty... (very simplistic)The difference with using a pick is that you can use your fingers as 4 different picks instead the one you are using when playing with a pick... Well the reason is that nylon strings aren't supposed to be played with a pick but with fingers (nails in reality as mentioned already) if you want το keep them in good condition for long(the sound they provide is another thing and it's a matter of taste) Steel strings are better for using with a pick... Probably a classical guitarist would easily break or harm his nails while playing on steel strings.... Personaly i like both... Depends on what playing
If your acoustic guitar is a steel-string (acoustic only means it's not electric) you can only put steel strings on it. Nylon strings would probably require modification of the nut and would sound terrible even then. A steel-string guitar is built and braced to work with steel strings and will not respond properly to the lighter tension of nylon strings. On the other hand, steel strings will destroy a guitar that is built for nylon in very short order. There are two things you can do here. If you have a steel-string guitar and are still using the strings that came on it, they are probably light gauge. You could try an extra-light set or even silk steel. Alternatively, you could have your guitar looked at by a guitar tech or other knowledgeable person and see if it needs a setup. The action (string height off the fretboard) on a properly adjusted steel-string guitar should actually be lower than on a classical guitar. Cheap guitars off the internet or from non-music stores are especially notorious for being poorly adjusted.
