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Member Spotlight: Claudia Donat
It is always a pleasure to be able to share with you the many accomplishments of our members at CGC Academy. We had Grade Exams in March and…
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Prelude in Dm by de Visée Lesson
In this video Simon offers a one-hour lesson on the Prelude in Dm by Robert de Visée. This comes from an episode of The CGC Show on our…
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How to Learn a Classical Guitar Piece
The above live session focuses on something guitarists ask about constantly: What do you actually do before you start playing a new piece? Not the fingers-on-strings part, but…
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Scale Workshops
Practise scales with Simon in four recorded workshops, moving from a one-octave G-major scale to right-hand alternation, rhythmic control and shifts across the fingerboard. Each session uses a…
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Arranging Classical Guitar Music for Ukulele
There is a wealth of great music written or transcribed for the classical guitar that spans hundreds of years from the Renaissance era to the present day. The…
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A lookback at CGC 2019
With the CGC podcast nearing half a million downloads, our youtube channel closing in on two million views, and our website serving over 200,000 unique visitors each year…
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Ornamentation in the Music of JS Bach
In this article we will look closely at ornamentation in the music of JS Bach. First we'll look at some general principles from the baroque era, focusing on…
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Synchronization Exercises for Classical Guitar
Speed on classical guitar isn't really a right-hand problem or a left-hand problem, it's a timing problem between the two. Synchronization is what legato actually depends on: connecting…
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