Video Lesson: Beginning Slur Exercises

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Published May 4, 2010 at 2:59 p.m.

Fan up the Classical Guitar Blog on Facebook!This video covers what I do with student when I’m just getting them started with Hammer-ons/Pull-offs (slurs) ... I got the basic idea out of Kitharologus: The Path to Virtuosity (aff.) by Ricardo Iznaola, but changed it a bit to suit my needs.Did you enjoy this post? [ ... ] ...

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Technique in 30 Minutes

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Published Feb. 12, 2010 at 10:46 a.m.

Sign up for the Newsletter! The Classical Guitar Blog is edited by Christopher Davis.If there only were thirty minutes in a day to do technical exercises, here’s what I’d do:Arpeggios with slow/fast alternation- c.15 minsThree finger: p i m; p m i; p i a; p a i; p m a; p a mThree [ ... ] ...

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Guest Post: Ysrafel - Why YOU should learn Music Theory

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Published Jan. 28, 2010 at 5:36 p.m.
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The name Ysrafel may be familiar to regular Guitar Noize readers, that is because I reviewed a couple of books of his here on Guitar Noize, The Essential Tapping Resource last January and Sweep Picking Mastery in September 2008. Well Ysrafel has written a very well thought out post on learning music theory to share with you, so without further ado take it away Ysrafel: ... First, let me list a few myths about music theory… ... 1. Music theory is only about memorizing and learning notes, key

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Free Stuff: Slur Exercises (PDF)

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Published Jan. 22, 2010 at 10:03 a.m.

Sign up for the Newsletter! The Classical Guitar Blog is edited by Christopher Davis.Over the past week I made a short eBook about slurs ... It comes with some practice suggestions and several groups of exercises ... Slur Studies (PDF)This PDF is totally gratis: no email addy or anything required.Thanks to Bobber, Hans, [ ... ] ...

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Slurs with the First Finger

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Published Jan. 28, 2010 at 12:30 p.m.

Sign up for the Newsletter! The Classical Guitar Blog is edited by Christopher Davis.My Slur eBook did not include exercises dealing with slurs using the first finger ... Big thanks to Perf for pointing this out. Ascending and descending slurs from and two open strings come up very frequently in repertoire ... A Few [ ... ] ...

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Effective Tuning

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Published Jan. 18, 2010 at 8:19 a.m.
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So, NAMM is upon us and the buzz word is “polyphonic tuning”. That’s great tech but just how much will this help us get our guitars in tune properly? It will certainly speed up tuning up floating bridges and I’m seriously interested for that alone! But there’s so much more going on with the guitar neck that in my opinion an electronic tuner is simply one step of the tuning process ... And it’s tuning that is one of the areas where I think a lot of guitar players fall flat ... See

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How to Learn Jazz Guitar (or any style)

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Published Jan. 1, 2010 at 11:03 a.m.

This can be a life altering video if you’ve been frustrated learning how to improvise or solo on the guitar, like I have. I wasted a few years in jazz college and practicing various scales, modes and exercises along with analysis. I can’t tell you how frustrating and intimidating this has been for me. So [ ... ] ...

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Leslie West The Sound and The Story - Guitar Instruction / Documentary DVD

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Published Nov. 29, 2009 at 4:25 p.m.
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Maybe I’m too young (that would be a first) or maybe it is because Mountain weren’t very popular in England but I had not heard of Leslie West until he supported Joe Satriani on his US leg of the Professor Satchafunkilus tour. This seems even stranger when you consider that Leslie was an influence on a young Joe Satriani ... This DVD, like the Mark Tremonti DVD I reviewed last week is part documentary, part instructional DVD and as you might have guessed is produced by the same company

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Manuel Barrueco on Practicing

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Published Oct. 30, 2009 at 2:05 p.m.

Sign up for the Newsletter! The Classical Guitar Blog is edited by Christopher Davis.In the latest edition of his Podcast, Mr. Barrueco answers a lot of questions about his practicing.He goes over essential technical exercises, using a mirror, memorization (really great stuff here), essential studies, and using a metronome.The number one tip, I [ ... ] ...

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Three Newb Right Hand Technique Errors (and how to fix them)

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Published Oct. 14, 2009 at 9:50 a.m.

Three Newb Right Hand Technique Errors (and how to fix them) at The Classical Guitar Blog ... The Classical Guitar Blog is written by Christopher Davis and Nick Cutroneo ... Three Newb Right Hand Technique Errors (and how to fix them) at The Classical Guitar Blog ... The Classical Guitar Blog is written by Christopher Davis and Nick Cutroneo.Classical guitar technique is a tricky thing ... Sometimes it’s presented as a complex series of exercises meant to develop virtuosic technique ... But

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