Learn Classical Guitar
I am sure someone else has come up with this before but during my sight reading research I developed this little exercise that I call “Six String Scales”. The goal of this exercise is to practice finding notes all over the fingerboard and also reinforce your knowledge of key signatures along the way. Here’s how [...]
Right Hand Arpeggios 2 In right hand arpeggios 1 for the classical guitar, we looked at playing an arpeggio going from low to high strings with the right hand fingering p – i – m – a. Playing the arpeggio in reverse – a – m – i – p requires some different movements [...]
Now that you have learned the right hand position for the classical guitar, lets put it to use. To start off with, lets set up our fingers into the default position with the P on the 4th string (D), i on the 3rds string (G), m on the 2nd string (B) and a on [...]
Purchase the score for this lesson: Etude 7 – Op. 60 $0.99 This study was one of my all time favorites when I was a young whipper snapper. There is something very exciting about the driving harmonic rhythm and the moto perpetuo writing for the right hand. Etude 7 doesn’t have to be played fast [...]