A Physical Model of the Classical Guitar, Including the Player's Touch

While stringed instruments have been in use for over 3,000 years, the classical guitar is a relatively young instrument: its proportions and even its technology matured at the end of the 19th century, after a complex evolution of more than three centuries which strongly affected the instrument's architecture and sound quality. The architecture of today's classical guitar is mostly the result of empirical methods. Nevertheless, modern-day luthiers find it convenient to use a more scientific