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Simon’s 5-Minute Guitar Warmup
Warming up is an essential ritual for every classical guitarist, enabling precision, fluidity, and injury prevention in practice sessions and performances. While it’s tempting to dive straight into…
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Chunking in Guitar Practice
Chunking in your guitar practice is really quite simple in principle. Take something large and unmanageable and break it up into smaller, more manageable chunks. The obvious analogy…
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Carcassi’s 25 Etudes for Classical Guitar
Matteo Carcassi's 25 Etudes for classical guitar are some of the most important studies written for the guitar. They provide a technical foundation for the intermediate to advanced…
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Classical Guitar Tempo Markings
This is an all-too common question we receive from members at CGC Academy, especially when it's time for Grade Exam Submissions. The answer is almost always: well, it…
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Baroque Dances & the Dance Suite
The Baroque dance suite originated from a set of dances popular during the late Renaissance, and was further developed during the early baroque period. When early Baroque French…
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Sor Studies in B minor & D Major
The Studies of Fernando Sor are perhaps some of the most beloved pieces of music on classical guitar. I think a lot of that has to do with…
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5 Concertos for Classical Guitar
In this article we'll look at five of the most popular concertos for classical guitar.
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7 Ways to Create a Musical Interpretation
This lesson offers you 7 ways to create a musical interpretation based of one short piece of music. Be sure to download the sheet music above to follow…
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Member Spotlight: Aiko Higuchi
We are just now wrapping up our Spring Grade Exams at CGC Academy. As always, there were some wonderful submissions. And we always relish the opportunity to pause…
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Left Hand Finger Independence
It is important to develop strong control over left hand finger independence on classical guitar. This exercise from CGC Faculty Member Nicoletta Todesco will help in no time! This…
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Asturias (Leyenda) Workshop
In this Asturias (Leyenda) workshop we'll take a deep dive into this wonderful piece of music by Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz.
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CGC Story – Erica
In this CGC Story we'll look at Erica and her amazing progress at Classical Guitar Corner Academy. With a focused and diligent approach to her classical guitar studies,…
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How to do a Double Stroke on Classical Guitar
This technique will help you project certain notes in a musical texture with ease and consistency. It might feel a little unusual to repeat a finger on purpose.…
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Member Spotlight: Drew Burgess
We are always pleased when we get the chance to share with you what our members at CGC Academy are up to. At the end of last year…
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Ornamentation on Classical Guitar
In this video, CGC Community Manager Dave Belcher walks you through an introduction to ornamentation on classical guitar. First, we'll look at the three most common ornaments: the…
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2021 Musical Goals
This is an opportunity for you to contribute some musical goals for the year. It might help you, and it might help someone else.
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CGC Member Spotlight: Armando Baltra and Scott Brandenberg
In November we wrapped up our Fall Member Challenge, which focused on duets (specifically duets from our new duets book). It was a great success and we had…
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Member Spotlight: Rick Lord
In October we wrapped up our Fall Grade Exam Submissions at CGC Academy for 2020. We had so many wonderful submissions and it was a great learning experience…
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Over at CGC Academy it's Exams month. We open up Grade Exam Submissions twice a year for our members who would like to get feedback on how they're…
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How to change strings on classical guitar
Changing strings on a classical guitar is actually an easy process. While it can seem daunting at first, there's no need to worry. We’ll show you clearly the…
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Julian Bream 1933 – 2020
Today we mourn the passing of a towering figure in the classical guitar world. Julian Bream was an inspiring figure that captivated generations of guitarists with his masterful…
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