This tutorial will teach you how to play several basic two voice exercises. In each exercise, one voice will be scale played up then down; the other voice will be a repeated pedal note. Playing two voice in two different registers (bass & treble) is an important aspect of classical guitar style. Both the major & minor scales will be used. Both scales will be played in the bass register (lower,...

This tutorial will teach you how to play more simple, single note melodies using three adjacent strings (and sometimes more). This will give you more practice in reading and playing notes in the first position of the all 6 strings in classical style.

This tutorial will teach you how to play six, simple single string exercises that will help you learn the names of the notes in the first position. It will also give you practice learning to sight read notes and rhythmic notation. Finally, it will help you get used to playing with your fingertips and fingernails on nylon strings.

This tutorial will teach you how to play some simple, single note melodies using two adjacent strings. This will give you more practice in reading and playing notes in the first position of the all 6 strings in classical style. It will give you more practice learning to sight read notes and rhythmic notation. Finally, it will help you get used to playing with your fingertips and fingernails on ...

This tutorial covers how to hold the classical guitar in order to better approach playing the style. Related issues include the foot rest, proper posture, left hand and right hand overall placement.

This tutorial explores the unique characteristics of classical guitar style. These include the general musical approach and technique, the historical genre and style of music, the specific type of instrument and a brief overview of fingerstyle right hand technique.

Turkish March, or Rondo Alla Turca as it's originally called, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is a pretty tricky classical piece for the piano that I divided up in two guitar parts - one for the right hand on the piano (lead guitar), and one for the left hand on the piano (rhythm guitar).

Turkish March, or Rondo Alla Turca as it's originally called, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is a pretty tricky classical piece for the piano that I divided up in two guitar parts - one for the right hand on the piano (lead guitar), and one for the left hand on the piano (rhythm guitar).

This tutorial series of 10 lessons is the second group of 10 (Study 11 - Study 20) of Giuliani's 120 Right Hand Studies for Classical Guitar. Giuliani, a 19th century guitar virtuoso created these studies in an effort to systematize guitar playing skills for students. They are for developing right hand dexterity.

In this tutorial we will learn a Francisco Tarrega (1852-1909) piece for solo classical guitar: Prelude No. 1 in D Minor. As in all classical pieces, be careful to note the use of multiple voices or parts. There is always a distinct upper melody part and a lower bass part. Frequently, there are also many inner voices to flesh out the sound. We will learn a few measures at a time; then, put...

This is a fairly standard classical arpeggio pattern that is useful to have in your arsenal. The right hand pattern is: T I M A M I. It's very difficult to play at first but once you get down it will flow very naturally. Make sure you practice it at a slow tempo, as I always recommend, to improve accuracy and control. This is an excerpt from Johann Kasper-Mertz's Fingals Cave.

Hi folks! This beautiful piece is the first movement of Augustin Barrios Mangore's La Cathedral. It's a great exercise for both left and right hand. Practice the chord changes slowly at first. Some of them are quite tricky.

The Modes are sectors or excerpts (with the span of an octave) from a diatonic 2-octave scale starting with A (a). There are always two modes that fit together. They are related via the Finalis (finishing note). The half-steps are always between e and f and between b and c. The modes are not scales in the strict sense of the word. They are just fragments of scales that encapsualte the note-mat...

This is an ever growing, alphabetical Index of Musical Terms! bagatelle baguettes balalaika ballo balzato banda bandura barcarole baritone baryton bass bassa ottava basse double basso continuo basso ostinato baton de mesure becarre bellicosamente benedictus berceuse bisbigliando bitonal bizzaramente blue notes bo...

I'm trying to put a little glossary of Musical Terms at your disposal, since there have been a lot of questions about musical terms. This is, however, only a brief description of the terms, but I hope it will help. All the other letters are still under construction. a battuta a cappella a capriccio a deux cordes a due a due corde a piacere a punto d'arco a suo comod...