Classical instrumentalists? What do you think of the electric guitar as a musical instrument?
January 14th, 2010 | 
Author: The electric guitar is generally considered a pop music instrument and is used mainly for pop music, however, there are many electric guitarists who perform classical pieces are are heavily influenced by classical musicians particularly the violinists Paganini and Vivaldi.
What are some of your thoughts about this instrument, its sound and whether it is suited to classical music?
Once one accepts the theremin and ondes martenot as classical instruments, there’s no reason in principle why an electric guitar cannot be.
However, to the best of my knowledge, very little classical music has been written for it, and while I’m pretty sure Berlioz would have liked it (particularly the volume!) the typical sound of an electric guitar doesn’t fit into the natural sound of most classical music.
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I used to play guitar it is a fun instrument but hard. I ended up getting frustrated and quiting but stay with it
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My brother played classical on electric guitar and it sounded really good.
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It is possible. You know Yngwie Malmsteen right? He played his music with Tokyo philharmonic Orchestra. It was all right. Some electric cellist plays Steve Vai. So, for it is doable.
I wish some people come up with Quartet formed by 2 guitars,a baritone guitar and a bass.
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perhaps one day Hendrix will be thought to belong to the "Classical" period of the electric guitar …
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watch Yngwie Malmsteen with the Japanese Philharmonic
its great!!
electric guitar with an orchestra!!
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my brain is saturated with music!!
Once one accepts the theremin and ondes martenot as classical instruments, there’s no reason in principle why an electric guitar cannot be.
However, to the best of my knowledge, very little classical music has been written for it, and while I’m pretty sure Berlioz would have liked it (particularly the volume!) the typical sound of an electric guitar doesn’t fit into the natural sound of most classical music.
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Yes, No, Maybe So.
I love the sound of hollow-body electrics played by great jazz guitarists.
Like you said, there is a sub-genre of transcriptions of classics for electric guitar, and also electric bass.
Dave Grossman may be among the best of the Bach for Bass transcriptionists and interpreters.
http://www.jsbach.net/bass/ plenty of YouTubes as well.
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