sam has the story. [ "smoke on the water" plays ] >> like a lot of teenagers, nick giordano likes to the guitar in his bedroom. >> now you want to do, like, "smoke on the water"? [ "smoke on the water" plays ] >> but nick doesn't only playcl. he plays the classics. >> well, classical guitar -- there's, like, three different things that that has to do with. the first is the guitar itself -- its specific shape, which is the traditional pear shape. the second is the style, which is you use these four fingers to play as opposed to a pick on another type of guitar. and also the strings -- instead of being made of steel, they're made of nylon. and the final difference is that the neck is wider, and so that makes it a little bit more difficult to play. and the final part of classical guitar is the repertoire, which ranges from renaissance to baroque to classical to romantic, and even some modern songs, such as by the beatles. >> well, i think that was more than three, but never mind that. check out those nails! >> when i first -- i went to a new school about a year ago, and when i got there