Right Hand Preparation
We had our first introduction to right hand preparation in Right Hand Arpeggios for the Classical Guitar. Now we can look at extending that idea and applying it to a range of scenarios. Right hand [...]
Right Hand Arpeggios – Part 2
Right Hand Arpeggios 2 In right hand arpeggios 1 for the classical guitar, we looked at playing an arpeggio going from low to high strings with the right hand fingering p – i – [...]
Slow Practice
In my lessons with students I find myself repeating a few core ideas many times. Perhaps one of the most common suggestions I make to students is to... slow down. Guitarists seem to have a [...]
Recording yourself for practice
Recording yourself is one of the best ways to improve your abilities. We often have quite a different idea in our head of what our playing sounds like compared to the scathing honesty of a [...]
Setting Practice Goals
Setting goals is a great way to make your practice sessions more productive and get you feeling positive about your playing. All too often we sit down to practice and work without any sense of [...]
Buzzing Scales
Its possible to forget sometimes just how easy it is to hold down a guitar string. When our left hand is required to do many complex movements and move rapidly in synchronization with the right [...]