pretty useful, I wish I had seen this before!

This approach ties in with neuroscience research about learning in general. Check out Cal Newport's books, 'Deep Work', 'How to be a Straight A Student' and others. There's an interesting Huberman podcast interview too. This is a great lesson but I have to say that the straight pointing left hand index finger on the second chord is way too far from the fretboard for efficient economy of movement.

This is silly. We do not learn like dogs... c'mon. Your premises are faulty. Getting good at music is done by finding Christ and then practising in His joy.

The things id do to own a guitar like that..

I love this guy,so much compassion,in the preparing for playing,and playing. Great accent too.

Lucas, is a great teacher. Even after 50 years I can certainly appreciate the fundamental's, again! My “children” are all grownups, but can still be unruly at times!

Mamma mia! 😂

Say nothing more. Your generation have cancelled Picasso, Gaugin, Eric Gill, Lautrec ,……… I just can’t be bothered anymore. Your generation have even stopped having sex……….. Oh BTW, apparently Le Corbusier was fanciest……. Botticelli certainly was. Stop judging art based on a persons, momentary political beliefs. The music is The Art. It stands and falls on that alone. In the meantime, what on earth has your generation created? Fuck All …….

Stephanie Jones and Jakob Schmidt, thank you so much! I just discovered this video, and Tonebase. As a lifelong classical guitarist (I started in the 1970's), it seems like a crime that Ida Presti was obscured from my awareness until now. Your video is brilliant on many levels, and beautifully produced. I am so grateful for you bringing Presti to the attention of a new generation, and for spotlighting the brilliant guitarists like Stephanie who are carrying her legacy forward while blazing their own trails. Jakob, your analysis and insights have a lot of wisdom, and are refreshingly candid. You have given me much to think about, and much to listen to!

Who's Pepé?

He is amazing!

why does she have the guitar head so high?

I notice you are playing with acrylic nails on your right hand.. Is this to allow for specific right hand position or an issue maintaining natural nails.. I always struggle to get tone I want with an acrylic.... Thoughts?

Wished I had found this video earlier...😅 But still not too late to follow good practices. 🎉

Algorithm just led me to this guy yesterday and i couldnt be more grateful that it did. His tips and advice for practicing are simple yet priceless.

I used to practise 4~6 hours a day... then I had to get a job. 😂😂😂😂

Okay I’m pumped now

I thought it was just me who thinks these things.

The most important thing is vocation, having the love for something. Talent and hard work is just 10 percent

Falling in love with this guys approach and wisdom. Doing some serious revamping with the addition of patience i lacked for years

Amazing lesson

mannnnnnn, do ads AFTER you show something making the video worth watching. get the hook first. skip.

I loved when after two minutes I got annoyed and switched this shi.t. off 😂😂😂😂 I loved 😍🤩

Oh those poor misguided, uneducated audiences! Those poor simpletons, sitting there in their thousands, enjoying themselves, deluded by that nasty old maestro making the music which in his arrogance he decided for himself he wanted to play! What an abuse! What a travesty! What a pity for all the poor guitar players who now have careers because the old maestro "constructed" a repertoire showcasing to the paying public the beauty of music written for other instruments played on the guitar! Gasp! Oh the crimes that man committed against the laws of virtuoso music which, as we all now know, must be played only exactly as written by the composer (or was published in his lifetime) and in the exact tempi as noted on the original score and only upon the instrument named by the composer. Oh the desecration! The humanity! Poor Toscanini condemned forever to spin by the likes of Andres Segovia. Shocking!

The statement that people claim Einstein said, "the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result." First, there's nothing even remotely close to that attributed to Albert Einstein. More important, doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is called practice. Musicians and athletes are famous for it. It's what allows us to get better, AKA to expect a different result. So again, if you hear anybody say that, they're not very intelligent, they do not think about the things they say.

This video is NOT for beginners. I mean real beginners with none basic knowledge of guitar chords and notes.

thank you for this fantastic lesson, i now have the information i have needed for 15 years to improve my technique, i understood i needed to slow down but didnt understand the correct way to practice and position the hands, being self taught certain things were not obvious to me.

so because of lack of access to proper lessons i practiced the guitar for 6hrs a day incorrectly, thanks for letting me know now back to the basics...

what is the piece played in the beggining, does anyone know?

This sums up what makes York's pieces so difficult. Not overly complex, but the tone control and fine details are super precise 🤌

Sometimes KZbin's algorithm actually gets it right and feeds us a link that is truly useful. That is the case here. Watching Mr. Kuropaczewski's philosophy on practicing, I became an instant fan! He seems like truly a great guy, someone you would love to grab a coffee with. I love instructors whose advice can immediately be incorporated into our playing. (Classical pianist Nahre Sol is another purveyor of immediately absorbable musical insights... Check her out too!) I'm off now, to find more of Mr. Kuropaczewski's amazing work. 😊

Question is... are you practicing or giving yourself a performance?

he is so goated

The lesson about being precise is what struck me the most. Thank you for such a gem.

has the guitar had a neck reset.?

Thank you for sharing 🎉 hope you are well God loves you deeply shalom 🤗🐼♥️✝️💐 Philippians 4:8

Best Teacher, He loves what he does 😊

My 5-string banjo sessions have improved, phrasing, timing, clarity and consistency all noticeably better, since watching this one simple video. I like your style Lukasz, no BS. I look forward to practicing now and I'm using the metronome again after 3 years. Thanks buddy!

Thank you for making this video on your practice approach, it makes perfect sense. This will help me immensely. Also very beautiful instrument and playing tone, sounds very similar to a piano

Wonderful and inspiring guitar teaching

Recently, I found a version of Yamashita's pictures at an exhibition performed by Kimiyoshi Akiyama on spotify, which is really amazing. I think Kimiyoshi Akiyama also perfectly performed the whole piece, but it seems that there is quite little information about Kimiyoshi Akiyama. Currently, I haven't seen any other guitarist who can perform Yamashita's pictures at an exhibition at this level.

I didn’t even make it fully through this video before I had to go pick up my guitar ( I came back and rewatched the whole thing). But this is the most useful advice I’ve ever gotten. I didn’t realize how much unintentional movement I use when playing guitar. 10 mins into focused slow practice and I immediately came across so many flaws in my technique.

To me it's a joke that even some serious guitarists think something as easy as practicing 8 hours per day is outright impossible. That's honestly sad. If I said I spend 8 hours per day mopping dirty bathrooms no one would bat an eye because we all know people can do things they hate for 8 hours per day. We all have. So why can't you do work you love? If you not only can't do that but think it's IMPOSSIBLE that others have then you frankly obviously simply dont love guitar as much as you think. I've incredibly often spent 8 hours playing the exact same scale up and down with no breaks except water and the bathroom while staring at a clock and waiting to "get off work". That's not a brag. It was easier than every other full time job I've ever had. You have all already done more difficult things. If you're completely unwillingly to so much as treat guitar like a job because you only do jobs for money and passion isn't enough, you have no business being upset you're not as good as you want to be. You shouldn't expect yourself to be.

Guitar practise takes less than grooming those impeccable nails

There is a Dutch book on Bach's numbers symbolism: "Bach en het getal" (Bach and numbers) by Marinus Kasbergen and Kees van Houten. It goes very deep into the subject, even to a point where it claims that Bach must have known the date of his death. That's where it becomes too esoteric for some but the rest of the material is very good.

Yall making me want to be a subscriber

What a waste of life.

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Finally, finally, finally here is someone who talks with common sense, he is logical, and rational. I have become sooooo weary with teachers on You Tube who claim you don't need to practice... "You can do this in 5 minutes." Chris Parkening once told me that one slow, beautiful measure is worth more than 10 sloppy ones. I used to love practicing just one measure, and really enjoy the beauty of it. And then you add the next measure when you're ready. This guy is speaking truth - thanks!

Sorry I am posting before finisigh the video, but I just have the urge to say in 1994 I bought his Pictures At An Exhibition as a cassette, I had no idea! I was just buying something in discount at the store a block away from my school, trying to expand my narrow musical universe... I was in shock nad mesmirized by this recording for so many years. I may still have it somewhere in a storage case but I dont think it works anymore. This guy is the most amazing guitar player ever.