Technology never fails to amaze me. Recently I tried out Facebook Live for the first time at it was a very fun experience! For future sessions I will announce them ahead of time in the CGC newsletter. This session was very spare of the moment as I just wanted to try it out.
I meet with members of CGC in a similar fashion every two weeks, however, in the member sessions we can see and hear each other, which gives us the opportunity to perform and receive personal feedback.
Join the next live session on February 5th at 4pm New York time.
Think of some questions ahead of time for the live Q&A
https://www.facebook.com/classicalguitarcorner/
Hi, I’m Andy from Waynesboro, Virginia.
Thanks for the tips on timing and counting. Your lessons are such an eye opener!
I’m not sure how to fit grace notes into timing. How do you approach the grace note?
Thanks
Andy
Hi Andy! Thanks for the note. The grace note is indeed tricky and it can throw off the pulse of an otherwise well-kempt rhythm, so that’s a fantastic question. I would recommend checking out Gohar Vardanyan’s excellent lesson on this topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfwT0Frgwhw
Let us know your thoughts!
Peace,
Dave B (CGC team)
Hi Simon,
I just finished watching the ‘repeat’, and I liked the format, and content. Once again lots for me to think about and plan in to my practice sessions. My sessions lately have been a little (well a lot) haphazard as we have been lucky enough to have people over from the UK for Christmas, and now more visitors are arriving soon that will mean I take another break. But I will try and catch any more Facebook sessions as they arise.
Chris
HI Simon — greetings from New Delhi, in India — I dip in and out of your material. All very useful and very much appreciated. Cheers! Vasant
Hi Vasant! Thanks for the nice comment. We hope to see you in the next Facebook live session!
Peace,
Dave B (CGC team)
Hi, watching from Pamplona, Spain and trying to understand as much as possible hehe
Great to have you with us, Javier! Stay tuned for the next one as well as lots of other things coming to the site soon.
Peace,
Dave B (CGC team)
Hi Simon, watching carefully
From Scotland
Great ideas on the importance of rhythm, Simon, and how to get it right. Arguably, rhythm is less developed in Western art music than in other cultures.
Back in 1980, I performed in a master class with John Holmquist at the Milwaukee (now Wisconsin) Conservatory, and he put us onto a great book on the subject, The Rhythmic Structure of Music by Grosvenor Cooper and Leonard B. Meyer. It’s a slim volume, but one I always recommend to students.
Timothy
Thanks for the comment and recommendation from John Holmquist, Timothy! I’ll be sure to check out that book. You are certainly right that rhythm is an essential component of Western music, even if it is less developed than in other cultural forms. I look forward to checking out Cooper and Meyer!
Peace,
Dave B (CGC team)
Thank you so much From Broomfield Colorado.
Thank you, Simon. Very useful. Much appreciated! I just discovered the Facebook session a week late.Hopefully I will be there live for the next one.
Cheers,
James.
Thanks for the video Simon. Would you consider Guiliani’s Exercises for the Left a good way to develop left hand preparation?