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Classical Guitar Lessons
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Here's an outline of topics your teacher can cover with you depending on your level of ability.
Beginner
- Proper playing position/use of footstool
- Straightness of left and right wrists
- Position of left hand thumb
- General relaxation of body
- Right hand technique: Use of right hand fingers (p, m, i, a)
- Correct shaping/maintinence of right hand fingernails
- Right hand placement
- Right hand strokes (free stroke, rest stroke)
- Finger independence exercises
- Thumb development exercises
- Scales:
- Major
- Natural, Harmonic, Melodic Minor
Intermediate
- Tremolo
- Left hand position/technique:
- Pressure/positioning of left hand fingers
- Slurs-ascending/descending
- Finger independence exercises
- Barres
- Arpeggios
- Sight-Reading studies
- Andres Segovia's significance/contributions
Advanced
- Fernando Sor Studies
- Tarrega Complete Technical Studies
- Villa-Lobos Works for Solo Guitar
- Carcassi 25 Etudes
- Giuliani 24 Etudes
- Scales:
- Major
- Natural, Harmonic, Melodic Minor
- Arpeggios
- Sight-Reading studies
- Andres Segovia's significance/contributions
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About the Guitar
The electric guitar is used extensively in jazz, blues, and rock and roll, and was commercialized by Gibson in collaboration with Les Paul, and independently by Leo Fender of Fender Music.