Are you already doing this? Start practicing like a Pro! 🔥

[@НиколайИванов-п4н]

Дорогая Мерс, Вы прекрасный учитель. Спасибо Вам от всего сердца!♥♥♥

[@thacnguyen8746]

Hi Merce , you are the best teacher! I love your fingers scrolling on the frets. They look amazing and sounds are excellent !🌹❤️

[@MerceFont]

Thank you! 😃

[@LeoNikolaevich-nx4kg]

Thanks!

[@kalypsomusik5882]

Hello I was looking for the different ways involved in damping basses string with not a really success until i find your two videos. Simply the best one i have seen on YT and believe me, i have seen more than a dozen one. Great explanations with exemples for following you ! Thank’s a lot.😂

[@MerceFont]

Cool, thanks a lot! happy my videos helped you!! :)

[@dodoguitar2415]

Thank you so much! It’s very very good tips and explanation with colored notes 👍🏽

[@nickrobinson2023]

Much appreciated. Another wonderful master class. :)

[@arthursteenkist2595]

Your educational videos are truly outstanding! The use of coloring the relevant notes in the examples is brilliant. And thanks for adding the section time table! Cool!!

[@MerceFont]

Thank you very much Arthur! 🤗

[@davidkasakeijan-ross1746]

This is a fantastic resource, Merce! You are a gifted teacher! Most impressive technological production with the split screen. Thank you!

[@MerceFont]

Thanks again David! Yes, it takes some hours of editing work but I do feel that the end result is much better for the guitarist who is watching the video :) Glad you find it useful!

[@aalb1970]

Very useful tips. Thank you so much.

[@MerceFont]

You are most welcome

[@scottkleyla7752]

Skill Level + recommended review of thumb lesson damping 04/18/2022 practice better.Thank you early method.Have a great Easter after

[@MerceFont]

Thanks, you too!

[@sheldondesouza8779]

Bravo well explained!!

[@MerceFont]

Glad you think so! Best wishes to you Sheldon!

[@rezaf4213]

Thank you so much! I have spent a year learning Carcassi studies, and I totally forgot about muting the treble strings. Now I should go back to the first one and find all the flaws.

[@MerceFont]

Hi Reza! Yep, that's something useful to be told in the begining, hence I brought up the video, but if you have already practiced all the etudes it might be even easier as you won't struggle as much with the reading + finger work and you will be able to fully develop and put into practice all this control over the resonances. I wish you all the best with Carcassi!!! 😊

[@giuseppe237]

Thank you!

[@MerceFont]

You're welcome!! :)

[@jaynejedlo8006]

First, I love your tutorials. I’ve played guitar for a long time, but focused on blues mainly. I’ve decided to branch out,...classical and flamenco. Was wondering if you’d share the brand and model of classical guitar string you prefer...would eliminate one variable for me. I’ve purchased a Navarro Garcia Grand concert Torres classical guitar which was spendy......but I’m serious about becoming a decent classical player. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Take good care, Jay

[@MerceFont]

Hi Jay! welcome to the classical guitar world then! I'm sure you'll have lots of fun discovering music and new techniques! I can certainly do one video about strings someday, but at the end of the day, top quality strings are a bit of a personal preference combined with your guitar, so I'd suggest you to try the most popular brands and really keep a note on your first impressions. Slowly slowly you'll find the best combination for your fingers and guitar ;) Wish you a great week!

[@alexisrivera6238]

Excelente clase y muy bien producido el video. Felicitaciones

[@MerceFont]

Muchas gracias Alexis! Me alegro que te sean útiles mis videos! Un saludo y buena practica!!

[@JuanDavidVargasMora]

This is really pro stuff! A game changer technique for me. Thank you so much, Mercé!

[@andyhamilton9459]

Oh no, you’ve opened my eyes - actually, my ears - to my playing of the Bach Prelude in F, which sounds like a harmonic mess to me now. Thanks for the recipe on damping. I suspect it will not be easy (for me) to add this aspect, but it’s definitely necessary to clean it up so I’ll make the effort. There are other good videos on this topic but yours is more comprehensive. Thank you.

[@MerceFont]

harmonic mess...ahhahahaha I feel you on that, we all have to go through these 'oh no...' realizations, that means you are some good steps ahead now!!! If you keep this awareness when you practice slowly a piece you'll get to implement the damping technques naturally to your playing, so just trust the process and keep playing! 🤗

[@joelpenazzo7248]

Very interesting And you are so more pleasant to watch than segovia 😋

[@MerceFont]

hahahhahaha lol, that remark is a first time for me 😂😂😂

[@Koga-Ed]

Exactly what I was looking for ! Thank you so much @mercefont ! PS: do you also have a tutorial yet about (and with exercises for) dampening strings with the side of the right thumb ? That would make this subject complete. 🤗

[@tomb374]

Great video Merce.. Does it ever get boring being so good and incredibly awesome. ;) ;). Looking forward to practicing this

[@MerceFont]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@stephenmichalski2643]

Glued my laptop to the side of my face so I don't miss this

[@nickhebert9184]

amazing video !

[@MerceFont]

Thank you Nick!!! :)

[@Ernesto020879]

Thank you! I needed these two videos.

[@MerceFont]

So glad! 😊

[@pukkahut751]

A few weeks ago when I first saw this video I couldn’t comprehend the most of it because I am now teaching myself guitar and I am a beginner. Maybe because I practiced more and encountered similar situations like the examples shown in the video, now I can follow the steps mentally! (Hopefully I will be able to follow them physically tho haha!) Thanks for the videos😇 Besides hope I find a good teacher like you☺️

[@MerceFont]

Thank you Pukka!!! I'm sure you will find a way to put it into practice! but indeed damping is not the easiest to begin with :)

[@timjohnson3080]

Wow! This is one of the more challenging sets things to work on. Adding these to the toolbox to work on. In fact, in addition to using the thumb (as you described previously), what I had been doing on some pieces is that kind of "ghost stroke" using the other right hand fingers to stop vibrations when I can, but I'll have to trying using some of the techniques you mentioned here...hoping not to have too many accidental hammer-ons :) Thanks for posting this!

[@MerceFont]

Hi Tim! Indeed this left hand damping is A LOT more subtle. With the right hand you can 'mindlessly' touch the strings to dump them and nothing will be wrong, but with the left we need to get the right movement and strength so that you just hover the string with a very slight touch enough to stop it but not to cause a hammer on! :D For the left hand always think to be 'extra lazy' and do the least movement you can. then you are in the good track to develop a smooth and effortless technique :)

[@christamayo2143]

Tecnicas avanzadas para tocar correctamente. Grande maestra!!!

[@MerceFont]

gracias a ti Chris por ver y comentar! Un saludo y espero que pases una feliz semana!

[@christamayo2143]

Maestra me alegra saber que va estar dando masterclasses con el.maestro elizondo y el maestro carlo marchione. Equipo de lujo guitarristico

[@MerceFont]

@@christamayo2143 gracias Chris! Con ganas de conocer el grupo de Elizondo! Ya me diras si estaras tambien :) un abrazo!

[@johannesimpybgg5174]

So, I'm only a low level player. Although I've played for 10 years with teachers waaaayyy back when I was in school, I've played only scarcely on and off in the 15 years since. I've never been taught damping back then. I'm currently trying to get back into playing guitar more seriously with the little time I have besides work and family, but after this long hiatus everything is still so deeply engraved in my mind and muscle memory that I'm having a really hard time to use damping techniques. This will be a whole lot of work on top of the "normal" progress I want to make 🙈

[@MerceFont]

I can imagine! just try to implement it slowly slowly. Maybe start with some arpeggio damping techniques (with the jumping thumb going back to stop strings) and later on you can start to add other ways in more polyphonic music otherwise might be too overwhelming to do everything right... 😅

[@johannesimpybgg5174]

@@MerceFont Thanks for your advice, I think this is the right approach. Unfortunately I'm coming from a 15 year hiatus (playing for only a few months since coming back) and between work and family my practice time is extremely limited. Maybe 30 minutes every other day? Sometimes only two times a week... Currently I'm trying to work my way through Giuliani's Right Hand Studies, the Segovia Scales and Kitharologus in the 10-15 minutes of technique I'm trying to incorporate into each practice session. I have to see where I can squeeze damping exercises in there or how to prioritise each of these technique-parts.

[@onesandzeros]

Merce, there is a video called “CGR David Russell in Conversation Practice & Technique” in which he talks about a bassist friend working on fine movements. It’s not a detailed discussion of micro vs macro, but it’s interesting to hear nevertheless.

[@MerceFont]

Thank you! I'll definitely check it out! thanks for letting me know :)

[@Major7Sharp5]

❤

[@josex6240]

Por favor en español??

[@MerceFont]

Hola Jose, ya me gustaría poder hacer contenido en los dos idiomas pero no tengo tiempo material para hacerlo todo doble. Quizás algún día hago algún que otro en español, pero en general lo hago todo en inglés ya que gente de una gran variedad países lo puede más o menos entender, aun que no sea su lengua materna :) Un saludo y feliz Navidad!

[@andyhamilton9459]

Jose, prueba el botòn de subtitulos?

[@shohagleoofficial2227]

you are so beautiful