Arpeggio Study (Left Hand)

I'm affraid I'll never play, for examples, Asturias. I'm 57 years old and self-taught person with 2 years expierence. He gives a bunch of different patterns and it makes you soon realize which movements are difficult for your own hands. For me and I guess for others too, it's the a,m alternating motion that is more challenging and Carlevaro includes exercises addressing this issue. As always, the point is to get the patterns flowing evenly. They don't have to be executed at very high speeds to sound beautiful as long as tone and volume are controlled for all notes in the arpeggio.

I wonder what makes arpegio easy to play for certain people and hard for other? His fountain pen made me ashamed of my writing brushes and Chinese writing paper' - Puyi 'I don't write music to be difficult, only to be more like itself' - Harrison Birtwistle.

You will certainly find some of the studies very easy, and some that need work every day. Somewhere in you will likely find your greatest challenge. There are many worthwhile exercises, with the Giuliani op.

Let the left hand know what the right hand is doing

Work slowly, carefully articulating each note. Try playing each one 10 times. If you muff a note, start the count again. Practice a differnt speeds, if you need use one click per note, then 2 clicks etc. I've taught Farmworkers, Mechanics , Carpenters and other adults who work with their hands daily and they all have gained fluency on the instrument.

What a treasure trove of advice. I absolutely love him, his creativity, and his masterful ability to teach in such a fun way. Pavel recommends at least 30 minutes a day of work for the fingers.

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Lately, when starting my practice I will start with an assortment of left hand movements. I go slowly with attention to the fluidity of the movements. While I do this, my ear starts to focus. Here is a slur sequence I really enjoyed focusing on yesterday. Skip to content Need something new to add to your slur studies? For each of the three levels illustrated keep the following points in mind: Practice on various strings in various positions.

Practice slowly with great rhythmic intent.

Classical Guitar

Keep movements efficient and clean. Keep left hand wrist and fingers as relaxed as possible. If at any point your hand and fingers feel like they are going to fall off, consider stopping.

Level 1 For these exercises use the following left hand finger patterns: Some things to keep in mind: Keep your ear on the open string to make sure it rings continuously while you play the chromatic notes around it. Play really slowly to insure absolute legato. Keep right hand fingerings simple. Pay attention to your wrist placement.

It should remain relatively flat. Do not push your wrist out in front of the guitar.

To create a tunnel for the open string take the bend across the joints in the finger. Think of creating a semi-circle with the finger. That doesn't hold my interest sufficiently.

Best arpeggio studies/exercises? - Classical Guitar

I have that Giuliani study in a book and I was always afraid to try it, but now I will. Mike, that is definitely stuff I was not aware of, so thanks especially for that!

I agree that some of those 19th century etudes aren't as musically interesting as some of the more modern works - that's really what I was after with this post. I use the light rest stroke for multiple notes with p in an arpeggio too - my problem has been that to maintain tempo I am planting m and a too early and damping notes that should be ringing.

Adolphe Christiani's 1885 Table

Watch some YouTube but do not attempt to go as fast as they do This is where going slow in the beginning give a big benefit. Try to lift slightly the left hand fingers when you move them up and down the fret board. It will create a habit and then there will be no squeaky sound at all Fortunately I have a great teacher who, although I haven't had a lesson in a while, ingrained the habit in me of lifting the lh fingers off of the bass strings very slightly before a shift while maintaining legato - certainly something that will always be a technical issue to work on! Thanks again for your advice.