5 Things to Improve Performance
These are 5 tips that will help you improve your performance. These 5 things are not difficult to implement, and they don't have to do with guitar playing. Instead, they help you curate the [...]
Emilia Giuliani: Composer Showcase
In this first in a series of composer showcase articles we'll look at Emilia Giuliani. Emilia Giuliani-Guglielmi was a composer, guitarist, and a daughter of the great Mauro Giuliani. Looking for Emilia Giuliani sheet [...]
Early Guitar Cousins
Historically speaking, the classical guitar is a rather new instrument. The guitar has a rich family history. There are many early guitar cousins, so to speak, that preceded the six-stringed instrument we all know [...]
Simon’s 5-Minute Guitar Warmup
5-Minute Guitar Warmup Routine for Better Playing 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 [...]
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 that comes to mind is your [...]
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 player. In that sense they are [...]