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Why Does It Take so Long To Play Classical Guitar Well?
It's a good question and one I get all the time from
my students. Often it?s a struggle to keep a student's
confidence level up over a long period of time.
Considering it takes at least two years...
Using Guide Fingers
Using guide fingers on guitar means that you use a finger (any appropriate finger) to move from one note to another as smoothly as possible.
As the word ?guide? suggests, your finger stays in co...
Johann Kasper Mertz
Johann Kaspar Mertz was born on August 17, 1806 and died on October 14, 1856. Although born in what is now Slovakia he a good deal of his professional life in Austria. Mertz was both a guitar virtu...
Great Guitar Makers - Torres
The person who probably made the most difference and who still has an impact on the modern classical guitar was Antonio Torres. Born in Spain in 1817, Torres was able to drastically strengthen the ...
Pumping Nylon by Scott Tennant
I want to discuss a guitar technique book called Pumping Nylon by Scott Tennant because it's probably the best guitar book for technical development that you'll find anywhere on the market.
I have...