Classical guitar making which gives these instruments (lutes, early romantic guitars) a type of "inner" vulnerability, lacking in the modern guitars. (In fact there are people who claim that a performer's interpretational style is psychologically related to the instrument's aesthetic; and that this can even be observed in contemporary recordings, e.g., Bach's lute works as performed on lute(with convincing expressive phrasing), versus the markedly different interpretations of these works on the modern classical guitar. Alternately, the Spanish repertoire such as Moreno Torroba, would be completely unfitting, for a lute or early-guitar sound aesthetic.) Even amongst parlor guitar players, there are some that consider
Classical guitar pedagogy Classical guitar pedagogy The classical guitar is today a standard instrument that can be studied at music universities and conservatories. Numerous education publications are available, from guitar-related books, to musical style, etc. There are also institutions that offer worldwide graded music exams. Examples include: Articles which consider graded exams in the context of the classical guitar have been written by the EGTA (European Guitar Teachers Association). Classical guitar pedagogy also includes "music pedagogy". Relevant publications from John Sloboda and others exist, which consider e.g. Students studying music pedagogy usually receive access (via their learning institution e.g. university) to searchable online