A classical guitar, also called a Spanish guitar, is a musical instrument from the guitar family. This instrument is most commonly used by classical guitarists playing classical music, but is also used for folk music.
=Background information=
The history of the classical guitar and its repertoire span over four centuries, including its ancestry the baroque guitar. The popularity of the classical guitar has been sustained over the years by many great players, arrangers, and composers. A very short list might include Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710), Fernando Sor (1778-1839), Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829), Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909), Andrés Segovia (1893-1987), and John Williams (1941).
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