Thanks 🙏🏻 a million, Merce. This video is just so valuable and eye opener to me. I practice scales just to acquire speed and fluency, and still am struggling in clarity, specially while changing positions, and even to put any appeal in it, other than gain some finger speed. I am sure I will be watching this video several times more and note every detail. I am also practicing daily the finger indepence exercise you showed couple of weeks back . I am improving, but still struggling a bit with the ring finger. I am persevering to improve on it, but it is also helping in my overall practice and playing. Once again, thank you 🙏🏻 so much from the bottom of my heart. God Bless you always.

@MerceFont

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Pavan! I'll try to make in the near future an upgrade for the finger independence so that once you manage to control it you can practice a bit more complex variations. It helps a lot to keep the fingers developing. Comments like yours motivate me a lot to keep investing hours to produce these videos, so thank you also for your feedback! It is well heard and much appreciated :)

"... build up a convincing and precise sense of rhythm..." 5:40 A proverb for practice.

I wish I had this advice when I was a teenager and obsessively played scales, very helpful.

Thanks! The best lesson on practicing scales I have found. Thank you so much for posting this.

@MerceFont

29 күн бұрын

Thank you so much dear for your contribution to the channel. It made my day to read your comment and read that is helping you out! :)

Best classical guitar teacher on KZread! Officially confirmed 😄

This is exceptional

My jaw just dropped because I have never seen such great content with beautiful image quality. Very kind regards from Izmir, Türkiye

Slow and steady wins the race. Don't run before you learn to walk. Patience pays in the long run. Brilliant tutorial. Thanks.

Man. I wish I had your videos back when I was studying classical guitar. I might not have burned out so bad.

@MerceFont

3 жыл бұрын

Well, hope they help a bit now 😊

Thank you ❤

Music Study:09/21/2022, the recomended 2nd octave at absolute begginer level is a fun challenge! Yes "Maestro" scale study should fix many problems.

Really appreciating your videos, you're an excellent teacher - you are expert yourself and you can present information in a really understandable way. You're a very engaging personality and the way you phrase things shows a really high level command of the English language - far better than most native speakers! If a person is quite knew to barre chords is it possible that sometimes some strings may sound badly despite doing everything technically well - the bad sound coming merely from the fact the index finger is not yet calloused at all and so it has soft squishy flesh, whereas using the same technique with a finger that has hardened a bit will produce good sound? I think sometimes new guitarists are working so hard pressing down hard as possible trying to somehow squeeze out good sound, but really the technique is good and they just need to be patient to develop more calloused fingers and finger strength. To build on the question you answered in the tutorial, is it possible to learn classical guitar without being able to read standard notation? Is it just a small advantage to read music or is it a necessity? Also, do all of your tutorials apply to playing on steel string acoustic guitar with guitar resting on lap in that non-classical way equally to classical guitar between legs?

I downloaded the PDF and tried staccato in the scales. WOW. I was harder than I thought. Great video. Thank you for sharing

@MerceFont

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Articulation control doesn't come easy in the beginning, but I'm sure with a couple of practice sessions you'll get the hang of it! 😎

Amazing skills. I just wonder how many hours a day over many years it has taken you to be so precise and have such dexterity. Your playing is on a whole different level. Thanks for posting.

Pretty much stumbled on your channel--You're a very appealing instructor and your videos are concise and useful--a great supplement to what I'm working on with my teacher--thanks!

Loving your playing suggestions!! It is really nice when you demonstrate slowly 😀

So happy to have found your channel!! Just started learning the guitar. Also my name is Mercy😃 and your name got me even more excited!

What a terrific video. You're a remarkable teacher Merce. Thank you

@MerceFont

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you JS!

Hello Merce as always awesomeness!

Great video😊

Best teacher have ever seen

Brilliant. You are such a great teacher.

Thanks, Merce! You are wonderful!

So helpful vídeo, I'll start practicing it today

Thank you

@MerceFont

6 ай бұрын

You're welcome

just excellent.

Your teaching is excellent

Thanks, you has my suscription and my hand👍.Now to practic

Good job.. 👏Warm cheers😘

Thank you very much for the great post !!!

@MerceFont

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! Thanks for watching also! :)

Great lesson. Thank you for sharing, Merce!

@MerceFont

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your feedback! glad to read you found it useful! 😃

Extremely useful, thank you soooooo muuuuch this Is so helpful Edit: may be you should add "classical guitar" to the title, it will help to find this beautiful lesson

@MerceFont

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip! :)

👍👍👍

This is amazing. For several years I've been using the Segovia scales as a standard part of my daily practice routine. While it's been helpful, I've always thought there could be a better way of learning the entire fretboard. Now I've found it. Thank you so much Merce!!

@MerceFont

3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful! I think Segovia scales can be great, but It's important we add variety in the content and the approach to keep improving, otherwise is very easy to get a progress blockage. Glad this video helps you! :) Best wishes to you and keep practicing well!

@carlgeenen1654

3 жыл бұрын

@@MerceFont I had to order it from England, and it took 20 days to arrive, but I finally have a copy of Gangi's second method book featuring the scales you mention in your video. Already more of the fretboard is falling into place. Thanks once again, Merce!!

@MerceFont

3 жыл бұрын

@@carlgeenen1654 wow thats great! I'm sure it will be woth the wait, for me this book is one of the few I always have around for my daily practice, so I'm confident it will help you for many many years to come :)

Awesome class! This is perfect for what I was looking for. Now let’s get to work!

@MerceFont

3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! You got this! :)

Todo lo haces atraido en la guitarra: bravo por nuestra linda MESTRA

@MerceFont

3 жыл бұрын

Gracias!! que pases un buen domingo! 😀

Very well explained and easy to follow. Thank you.

@MerceFont

9 ай бұрын

You are welcome!

Awesome....awesome....awesome!!!! Of coarse I've practiced scales.....but outside of just for speed and perhaps a bit for intonation and fret board familiarity.....I kinda never knew why or what my goal was and always rather haphazard......this kind of structured/focused instruction is sooooo what I've needed......for like EVER. It'll be fun and encouraging to integrate this into my daily practice as I will know I'm practicing with a more focused purpose. I've never practiced so consistently since I met you/your channel.....barely missed a day since.....before I'd do it when I felt like it and sometimes lapse for days.....you are such an inspiration to me its silly. Sorry.... but I must give you a big respectful hug thank you🤗🤗🤗💖🤗🤗🤗💖🤗🤗

@MerceFont

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Stephen! I'm so very glad that my videos are so helpful to you, you can't imagine how much meaning it gives to all the work behind making this videos! Indeed this approach with the scales seems to me very logic but unfortunately we don't seem to do it enough. I'm very confident that having the PDF besides your scores will make your practice routines and goals a bit easier and nicer on a daily basis :) Thank you so much for taking the time to write! My best wishes to you!

@stephenmichalski2643

3 жыл бұрын

@@MerceFont Your work and sharing is so cool and inspirational ....I couldn't wait any longer......had to become a patron. Hopefully it won't be too long before I deserve getting the next level.

Thank you for sharing video ma'am, God bless you.

@MerceFont

3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

You are an angel, I won't say anything else.. this lesson is amazing

@MerceFont

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Very happy to read it was enjoyable and useful! Wish you a great Sunday!

Great teaching

@MerceFont

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad it was helpful! :)

Grazie per la lezione! Buon weekend!

@MerceFont

3 жыл бұрын

Grazie a te per il tuo feedback! 😊

Amazing

@MerceFont

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Hi Merce, thanks for these videos! They're a huge aid to the practice routine! If possible it would be great to have the concepts in this video laid out in the same format as your videos on slurs and arpeggios (ie with the metronome and repetitions to practice along to). But also no stress as I know you're already busy doing a million and one things, so just a suggestion :)

@MerceFont

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Chris! Absolutely, will be doing some more Workout videos for sure! :) Wish you a great week!

Awesome video! I subscribed!

@MerceFont

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub!

@pinktigerstudios9920

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Great Channel and Videos!

Thank you so much for this tips. It’s really helpful since I have been wondering how to get the right-hand fingers to have a smooth movement in playing fast scale since they all have different lengths 😂. In playing fast scale such as in Capricho Årabe, do you always use “i m a” right hand fingers or just “i m”? Thank you again and again for this video!

Very interesting. Going to re-watch it 😊 Not everything you're saying here is obvious, requires some thinking 😊 Thank you very much for your work!

@MerceFont

3 жыл бұрын

Nice! Glad it was helpful! Best wishes to you Andrej!

gracias, es de mucha ayuda

@MerceFont

3 жыл бұрын

Me alegro!! Que tengas buen estudio!

Wow those -TINGS- really blew my eardrums out lol

Great video! Do you have any videos focusing on rest stroke and right hand staccato? Thanks!

@MerceFont

3 жыл бұрын

A tutorial specifically on these topics not yet, but will certainly work on it :)

Thank you so much! I also have a question about your guitar. Is it beneficial to get shorter scale (630 or 640, instead for 650)?

Good

@MerceFont

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

This is truly special. Good practising tutorials have always been on of my passions, and you really make it special. Always wanted to record it as well. Maybe I'll try it on my channel one day. Subscribed :)

@MerceFont

3 жыл бұрын

thanks! yeah it's nice to take the time to put ideas down. That's the fun part, then it comes the endless editing... :D Let me know if you make your own tutorials, I'd love to watch as well :)

Hi Merce, could you spell the name of the book you mentioned in which all the scales are written out with alternate fingerings. Thank you so much for your generous teaching.

@MerceFont

2 жыл бұрын

Of course, the book is Mario Gangi Metodo per Chitarra 2 :)

I never know if I should anchor the right-hand thumb on only the 6th string or move the right-hand thumb from string to string. Is the anchoring different for free stroke than for est stroke? I see you doing it both ways.

What's your opinion on the Segovia's scales?

Any advice for keeping fingers of right hand straight. Thanks

@MerceFont

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Mark! Straight? I don’t think you have to force to keep them straight, the best and most natural way to play is allowing them to curve naturally and not compress them with a too low and close to the string right hand nor too high so that you need to extend the fingers. That should improve your tone, accuracy and ease of movement. Give it a try and let me know how it goes :)

Is there a problem with the scale guide link? I cant access it :(

@MerceFont

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Siavash! Please try again with the link. It should open the download window on another tab. If you don't receive the email, please check your spam inbox, sometimes these emails get filtered there. Let me know if you got it! :)

@siavashbahramian

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! It didn't work the other day but I got it last night. It was in the Promotions section of my inbox. Thank you very much :)

0:09 if you can play it slowly you can play it quickly!

@MerceFont

3 жыл бұрын

hahahahahhaha this sounds like twoset violin comment style 😂

@GitarrenTobi

3 жыл бұрын

​@@MerceFont Yes, you're right :D And you nailed every note 👌👌

The gap between my technicality and my reading is actually concerning 😅

Bruh how I found dis

@MerceFont

3 жыл бұрын

no idea Bruh, maybe you've got some inner wish to learn guitar... hahahah!

You're so beautiful

I just want to say you're so beautiful =)