The Pivot Finger
Pivot Fingers A pivot finger helps your left hand move around the fingerboard, just as a guide finger does. A guide finger will help with shifts but a pivot finger is going to assist complex [...]
The Guide Finger
Everyone needs a little help, right? When shifting small or larger distances on the classical guitar it will be helpful to employ a guide finger. A guide finger is simply a finger that keeps in [...]
Guitar Down Under
I am down in Australia now, and the first performance I had was the same day I arrived from New York! I was a little concerned about being 'out of it' for the concert, especially [...]
Basic chord theory on the guitar
Harmony is the language of musical relationships. When you feel a yearning in music, that is the harmony, when you hear a build of tension in music, that is the harmony, and when you feel [...]
How to Practice Scales
Synthesis For all of the lessons here in the Level 1 course, scales provide the most efficient synthesis of technique. You are going to have to use right hand positioning, nail shape and stroke, left [...]