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What is the flamenco guitar?

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A flamenco guitar is a guitar similar to a classical acoustic guitar but with thinner tops and less internal bracing. It is used in toque, the guitar-playing part of the art of flamenco. read more

Flamenco guitarists are known as tocaores (from an Andalusian pronunciation of tocadores, "players") and flamenco guitar technique is known as toque. Flamenco players tend to play the guitar between the sound hole and the bridge, but as closely as possible to the bridge, to produce a harsher, rasping sound quality. read more

3) Flamenco guitars still often have push-pegs (like a violin) for tuning. On the classical guitar, these have been replaced by geared machine heads. Like the modern classical guitar, the flamenco guitar is an instrument of comparatively recent invention. read more

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