Fingering principles 2: Musical vs Technical
When it comes to fingering on the classical guitar there are often a lot of choices to be made. It is not always clear what the best choice is because several options might be “right”. [...]
When it comes to fingering on the classical guitar there are often a lot of choices to be made. It is not always clear what the best choice is because several options might be “right”. [...]
Improve Your Sight Reading on Guitar In this article we'll look at how to improve your sight reading on guitar. This is an intermediate lesson. In our beginner lesson on we offered a very broad overview. [...]
Harmonics are great, no two ways about it. They exist at nodal points on the guitar and sound like little diamonds sparkling from the instrument. They often capture the imagination of the audience leaving them [...]
For some reason, classical guitarists, more than any other genre of guitar, think of chords in root position. Root position means that the root note (or tonic) of the chord is the lowest pitch of [...]
The barre chord is a challenging technique to master in the beginner stages of learning guitar. Patience and perseverance will get you a long way, and know that you will be able to play barres [...]
Extensions The ol’ one finger per fret rule is well and good for a while but soon enough you will find yourself stretching out for that extra fret. An extension is simply when a left [...]