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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
An acoustic guitar is one not dependent on an external device to be heard but uses a soundboard which is a wooden piece mounted on the front of the guitar's body.