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What is the difference between a good classical guitarist and an excellent one?

hueseph	Date: June 4, 2005 @ 2:51 PM Ok. Well for the sake of filling space I uploaded a few tunes that my younger bro recorded. Okay so he's 33. Anyway He's a teacher and has recently hooked up with a band who are hoping to release a cd by October. I can't mention their name but Let's just say they're heavy. Kinda like heavy metal but more like Heavy Water,as in Radio Active!Anyway the tunes are all classical pieces and simple ones at that but he plays them at a level that not many achieve. He's never gone to a major school like Berkley or Juliard but he's quite familiar with Alexandeer technique. He's taught me much including the woe's of end-gaining. A lesson which I have yet to truly learn. Anyway enough of my ranting! Please have a listen.
Alecs	Date: June 4, 2005 @ 2:59 PM A good classical guitarist is one who can play anything you throw at him up to speed flawlessly An excellent classical guitarist is one who can play anything you throw at him up to speed flawlessly without losing any of the inherent emotion of guitar playing. And your bro is definitely an excellent guitarist!
realmouse	Date: June 28, 2005 @ 1:27 AM A good classical guitarist has a day job. An excellent classical guitarist is his day job.
EvilPicnic	Date: June 28, 2005 @ 4:20 AM Absolutely nothing to do with his technique (although it should be flawless). Everything to do with the emotion they put into the playing, the way they have intuition into the perfect way tp play the piece - like a link to the composers mind.