Do people play usually play with picks or finger style in classical guitar?
Finger style
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What continent did the classical guitar originate from?
The classical guitar originated from Europe.
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When was he born?
1893
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Other than classical music, what other type of music did he compose?
Dance Music
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What does arpeggio mean?
Broken chord
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When was the classical period?
Between the Seventeenth and eighteenth century
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How did he popularize the guitar?
He popularized the guitar by touring.
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Where and When was he born?
Was born in Barcelona, 1778.
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What are slurs also known as?
Hammer ons and pull offs
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A guitar-like instrument was developed in Spain, what was the instrument called?
A Vihuela.
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Name one of the places he toured.
South America
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What Opera greatly influenced his music composition later on in his life?
Italian Opera
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What are slurs and how do you play them?
Slurs when a finger is either hammered on or pulled off of the string in order to create sounds without any additional right hand movements.
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Who was the person who revolutionized the Vihuela to the modern day guitar?
Antonio de Torres.
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What was another way he popularized the guitar?
He created phonographs, which are recordings.
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At age eighteen, what was the name of the opera that he wrote?
Telemachus on Calypso's Isle
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Describe what an arpeggio is and how to play one.
An arpeggio is when the notes in a chord are played in sequence rather than together. It requires specific right hand movements in which a finger is used per strings.