Some nice arrangements of Cage for guitar and violin. Pretty successful arrangements, the contrast of the attack on the guitar and dreamy melody fragments on the violin create a nice mood. Six Melodies by John Cage, Sharan Leventhal – violin,…
Michael Nicolella performs Astor Piazzolla’s Primavera Portena (2007). Great arrangement and I love the little additions and tricks he throws in. Also really like the sound of the quick scale runs and tempo adjustments.
No. 3 – Left Hand Position Exercise: Horizontal BuilderseBook link: 20 Favorite Exercises for Classical GuitarFor beginner to intermediate classical guitaristsIncludes: notation, TAB, fingerings, practice tipsYouTube Video Link Check out more free video lessons at the lesson archive. Here is exercise…
The excellent Tariq Harb playing Villa-lobos, Giuliani, and Koshkin at a TEDx conference. Tariq Harb performs music by guitar giants; Villa-lobos, Giuliani and Koshkin. Harb is an internationally acclaimed and award winning classical guitarist. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading,…
Basic Left Hand Position and Alignment Exercises for Classical Guitar from my 20 Favorite Exercises for Classical Guitar – For beginner to intermediate classical guitarists. Includes: notation, TAB, fingerings, practice tips, and video lessons. YouTube Lesson Link This is Exercise No.…
Lesson No. 1 – Right Hand Walking (Alternating) – From my pdf book 20 Favorite Exercises for Classical Guitar for beginner to intermediate classical guitarists. Includes: notation, TAB, fingerings, practice tips, video lessons. YouTube Video Lesson Link. Here is lesson No.…
Matthew McAllister was just in Victoria and gave some great advice and tips to my students. So grateful for his sharing and care for the music. Matthew has a real nice touch on the instrument and I love this performance…
The Miscelanea Guitar Quartet via Aesthis Records have been putting out very high quality videos with some great playing. For this one they are playing Apophis by Marios Joannou Elia. It’s nice to actually see the composer in the video. Far too often composers…
After last week’s theme of “Instruments & Design” I’ve had a few people contact me regarding resources so I thought I’d just make a post. However, I don’t know too much about the topic or books myself but I did ask and…
Elevated Fingerboard (or raised fingerboard) is actually a bit of misleading name as it’s the top of the guitar that slopes down. Nevertheless, I will never go back to playing guitars without a raised (elevated) fingerboard. They are simply easier…
My experience with soundports: Sound portals are a bit strange at first because you’ll hear a whole new range of overtones, not to mention a volume increase while you play. However, I find it a bit odd because who ever…
Also see this page: Classical Guitars for Sale and Recommend Factory Guitars Since I’m a player and not a luthier I will fill out this article with quotes from reputable luthiers and guitarists. Sometimes these quotes can be out of…