Classical Guitar Practice Techniques
Practicing is an art unto itself. The most common trap that we all fall into is playing rather than practicing. As a fellow guitarist I have no doubt that we share the same passion, if [...]
p i Scales for the Classical Guitar
i and m are a great team, and they provide the basic right hand alternation for many people. Nothing, however, is perfect and one size does not always fit all. So let's have a look at one [...]
Fixed Fingers – Guitar Exercise
Finger independence is important. It helps with speed, accuracy and control, all very integral to making music. To work on our finger independence this exercise, called Fixed Fingers, takes three fingers and locks them in [...]
How to trill on guitar
A trill is an ornament that is often used to accentuate a note or simply to add some variety on a repetition. Trills are very common in the baroque period (music of Bach, Scarlatti and [...]
Left Hand Warmup
This set of fingerings is a great template to use with left hand warm up exercises. I say template because there are tons of ways you can add extra difficulty and variation to them. Rhythm, [...]
Left hand stretch on the guitar
This nifty left hand exercise stretches the left hand fingers as you creep down the fingerboard from the twelfth fret to the first. The stretch gets further apart as you descend downwards and contrary to [...]