Intermediate to Advanced How to Progress
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Are you learning classical guitar or would like to learn classical guitar? ClassicalGuitarShed.com can help you on the journey. If you want to rise to new levels in your playing, it just takes time and strategic work.
To play classical guitar well, you need to know:
* how to hold and touch the guitar - form and positioning
* how to move your fingers and hands - efficient, clean, and fluid
* how to learn pieces - reading music, understanding what you see, ingraining, polishing
* how to craft the music so it is beautiful - swells and fades, rhythm, touch
* how to practice so all these skills improve over time and don't go away
At the root of beautiful playing is a solid technique (aka “the way your hands move”). You may have beautiful music in your head, but if your hands can't play it, it won't come out of the guitar.
But bad technique puts a limit on your playing. Speed, tone quality, and control can suffer.
Good technique gets stronger and more instinctive with every practice. It forms the bedrock foundation for your music.
And you may want to understand music so you learn it more easily and it makes more sense. This can help you avoid the excess frustration and dismay that comes with shoddy practice and prolonged confusion.
But playing the notes is not enough. Like an actor bring words to life, we breathe life into our pieces.
And we can do this in an organized way, day in and day out, reliably. Great musicians can play wonderfully in any mood. They do not rely on emotions. Instead, they create music that affects our emotions. This is a trained skill, not an inborn talent.
Playing classical guitar is a long-term study. It's something we do in our homes as part of our days. We play for ourselves, for the quality it adds to life. We may enjoy playing guitar for others, but most of the time we are alone with our work.
There are methods and formulas for great practice. We can use our time well so that see more progress.
We can fix the problems and erase the mistakes. And we can enjoy conquering the plentiful challenges that classical guitar music offers.
If you plan to play classical guitar for any length of time, it is worth it to get help. It's not something we can do on our own, like folk music.
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I have so much more to learn in theory & finger placement & I absolutely love that about my guitar playing .. I remember my first few months , I wanted to play with others so badly and then I got asked to play an E note .. of course I couldn’t .. 25 years later , I treasure that moment , it helped me realise what I didn’t know and showed me a path of discovery that changed my life .
Thanks for this. Just yesterday I revisited an old, beginner level piece that I thought I knew inside out, and realised I was not playing legato enough - not holding down the current note long enough while moving into position for the next notes.
Thanks, this resonates so much with me, thank you!
Thank you so much for your content. This video describes exactly where I feel I’m at. I came back to the classical guitar in my late 40s after stopping at the early-intermediate level in my late teens, I’ve now been playing for a few years, first getting back to the level I had and then progressing to more of a late-intermediate. I often feel the more I progress, the more frustrating it can get. I see the imperfections more clearly, mistakes get to me more and as much as I want to play pieces perfectly, different mistakes keep popping up. On some other days, I manage to get a sense of perspective and realize the progress I’ve accomplished. It’s a long journey and advices like yours are really helpful with the structuring of practice and with the motivation.
@tonyk1081
10 күн бұрын
Exactly what I'm going through, stopped in my early 20s and picked it back up a few years ago. Now I'm 52 wishing I didn't stop for those years, but there is a reason for everything. I enjoy playing much more in my later years .
Thanks for this video. I've feel like I'm an intermediate guitarist struggling to learn advanced pieces. Right now I'm working on Verano Porteno (arr. Baltazar Benitez) and Carora (Lauro). For both pieces, I'm struggling with various positions as well as the speed. I know to get where I need to go, I'm going to have to focus on playing relaxed.
Great video!! All these ideas are so well presented and make full sense. It all gives me lots of inspiration and things to focus on and think about in my guitar practice. Really helpful. Thank you so much, Allen. Rodrigo
Always top notch content
Thank you Alan. Much food for thought.
Zen and the Art of Advanced Guitar Playing....awsome!
Thanks my friend. You are a godsend. I really appreciate the content you put out.
It's the unknown unknowns that make a difference.
Thanks for highlighting this! I´m very greatful!
Thanks for this. One thing that I am struggling with is tying my phrasing to my breathing. Most of the best players do this effortlessly. You can even hear the breathing in some recordings. Do you have a video on this? Thanks again!
@ollir
8 күн бұрын
I'm going to suggest you to try singing the melody and music you are playing. Your singing is tied your breathing anyway and by singing out the music you'll get your natural way of phrasing it.
ottimi consigli
I don't even know if I'm intermediate....
@papahkiki8155
9 күн бұрын
yeah..me too
@wmg1958
8 күн бұрын
There are stages of intermediate in most learning methods; beginning intermediate, intermediate and advanced intermediate. Each has its benchmarks that can be used to measure progress. The Woodshed program he mentioned works. You might wanna give it a try
@ionageman
8 күн бұрын
Do you understand the music you’re playing .. do you look at the page and see the intervals .. do you see the root and instantly know the mode can you move that up the fret board .. can you change the key .. can you read the music , can you clap the beat ? Are your notes buzzy or slurred or noisy .. are you still working on the basic control of your guitar ? .. imagine your music playing is an essay , or driving a car , or other things you have mastered & be honest … you don’t know , what you don’t know .. but you do know how proficient you are , if your honest .