Yet it fills the hall with pure music. And more importantly -- this is the foremost reason why I despise rock and roll -- louder does not mean better.

Thanks!

I do agree on loud is not better at 51 and for fourty years exploring fret board I just started lessons with awesome jazz guitarist I always learn. As I try to explain to my son always be open to learning to add to your chops. To me I use tone volume to coax tones with fingers.

From the delta to Chicago and Memphis it became electric then to England and back to America. Everyone has preferences in music and players like Elmore James Hubert sumlin to Hendrix awesome players thank you for posting.

That's the way it was written by Rodrigo.

The patriarch of this great guitar family, all of whom have inherited awesome talent and training.

This is just incredible musicality and expression. No loudspeakers or amplifiers necessary.

a classical guitar for 50 some years now myself. Speed and volume mean nothing to me. Intonation and pronunciation are everything.

But today have many different loves of music and different tunings. As using fingers I get softer tone then with pick I can get the bite ,Thank you for your reply keep playing.

is a debate that has been going on (in Spain at least) ever since the 16th century. I do both. My left hand has no fingernails. On my right hand, they are all sharpened >>>.
Currently working on 3 versions of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah." It works as a dirge/symphonic and (sort of as) bluegrass.
Being retired I have a lot of free time to play. Someday the coroner can have my guitar when they pry it from my cold dead fingers.
Thanks for the thread.