2021 GOALS for GUITARISTS: Make this year count 🎯

[@LLopesM]

16:40 yay, got to hear a little spanishhhh !

[@israelmalveira9992]

Using those tips in 2023. Thanks Merce

[@Methuselach]

Good luck and all the best in 2021!

[@MerceFont]

Same to you Noel! Best wishes to you and your family! :)

[@sul6ansb]

Thank you Merce

[@dimitridabidin2757]

I thank you too Merce. Cheers

[@1111aaa2222]

I missed the beginning. And the point at which I jumped in inspired me to go practice. Guess I'll have to watch this later, lol.

[@MerceFont]

ahahah well, if it made you go to practice I'm feeling very good about it already! :D The video will stay there for anytime you are done with your practice session 😉 please keep this good approach of yours!! 😊

[@d.d.70]

Ahww thank you very much for the answer to my question! :) :) I will check those suggestions out!! Thank you very very much and have a good year too!😁😁😁

[@MerceFont]

You are so welcome! :)

[@1963kingfisher]

Fantastic information. I used to work by keeping a log book. I lost my way and you have refocus my thoughts. Many thanks.

[@MerceFont]

You're very welcome!

[@ilyarudomyotkin5899]

Thanks the you video,I will practice according to you advice

[@MerceFont]

Great! Keep it up!

[@miroslavacoutino2320]

This is the best channel I've ever subscribed to!!!!!!!! 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@MerceFont]

thank you so much!!!

[@klaasdanieldijkstra6897]

You're vlog s are so helpful, amazing sweet person and so lovely,keep on going ❤️💪

[@MerceFont]

Thank you so much Klaas!!! Really appreciate your kind words! 🙏🏻

[@virgilquinn7427]

You are Amazing

[@hiddenfallsrd]

Thank you Merce for another fine video. I have 2 big challenges that I would love some advice on. One is Barre chords, esp in the first position. I have wondered if the action on my guitar needs to be adjusted, as it never was. It's a 1971 Ramirez 1A that came to me directly from the shop in Spain with no prior testing it out, etc. I do not live anywhere near a professional luthier who might do this for me, so I will need to travel ~3hrs probably. Second, have you considered doing a video about memorization? I cannot seem to make much progress here, and frequently I just end up plaing the piece over and over again, which I know is not the answer. I am working on the Quarantine piece and loving it! A perfect platform for learning many things! Thank you so much for your part in bringing it into this world. Stay well...

[@rabendranath]

Thank you very much Mercé for the advices and positive messages for this 2021, I hope this will prove an excellent year for you as well. I love your channel and the effort you put into your videos, I have improved considerably thanks to them. Cheers and blessings!! (PD: You look great in this video as well 😁)

[@MerceFont]

Thanks a lot! I'm so glad to read that you so much out of my videos! It means a lot to me! 🙏🏻 Best wishes to you as well!

[@footusic0821]

A very motivational video ♥ Love the editing too . Good luck for every one

[@MerceFont]

Thank you so much! You too!

[@arthursteenkist2595]

Another marvelous video, Merce! Very inspiring and great tips!

[@arthursteenkist2595]

PS I love your Matrix screensaver ;)

[@MerceFont]

Thanks so much Arthur!!!! Hope you can transform this bit of inspiration with great moments with your music!

[@MerceFont]

I like it as well... obvious I guess... hahaha The idea that one could just plug information to your brain like they do in matrix... that just fascinates me too much.

[@arthursteenkist2595]

@@MerceFont that's absolutely a fascinating (and also scary!) idea. But on a less invasive end, putting on a virtual reality head set gives you an idea how that could be like. Being totally immersed in a virtual world is an amazing experience!

[@davidszone2788]

Great, joined-up, sound advice! I am guilty of many of the errors you mention here! Thanks for this!

[@MerceFont]

Glad it was helpful!

[@matteobarbera9250]

Scuse me, can you suggest me a piece to learn about barrique music different from Bach. Please say me which are the authors that you prefer about classical music. Regards

[@niccolopaganini1782]

Don't know if you find that, but try Telemann's viola concerto in G major, my favorite concerto, Try Handel's chorales, and also try some Hadyn, and their dances, gigues, sarabandes, and bourées,

[@matteobarbera9250]

@@niccolopaganini1782 thank you

[@joelpenazzo7248]

Thanks for the tips!! my main problem is that my nails grow crooked I ve tried everything. OH and I lost my hair too 😂 Happy new year Take care Joël

[@MerceFont]

Did you try using the hot-spoon trick to get them in a better angle to play?

[@joelpenazzo7248]

@@MerceFont Hello 😊 Do you mean warming the spoon to straighten nails? By the way I do love your channel

[@timjohnson3080]

Hey Merce - a great and thought provoking video! It is great to have measurable goals to work towards, and this inspired me to even write a few of them down, just to make sure I'm accountable. What you said about recording yourself is really true. So many times I'll play something that I think sounds great, listening to the recording...and well, there's this small problem here in the first measure -- oh, another problem to work on in the last measure. And, well..actually all the measures in between have something a bit off :) . But yes -- a tour of the studio would be really interesting!

[@MerceFont]

Hi Tim! Thank you for your comment! I think we all do experience this weird 'shock' after listening to our recordings for the first times. Once we pass the stage of: 'oh damn, everything sounds awful, I suck at this' and you start to use the recordings to really laser focus on the spots that need the most work, it becomes a really useful resource :)

[@trying06]

Please tell me the name of the bach flute tune you have playing at the beginning of this video, i'm always looking for it. Thank you, great video by the way

[@stevew585]

Hi Merce, Thank you for this awesome video, really great advice! Just for the record, my favorite Guitarist is Paco De Lucia, he was incredible! My big problem is always 4 finger chords, not barre chords, chords that need all 4 fingers like B7, I practice and practice but my fingers never land on the right strings, this problem is slowing my progress badly and stopping me from finishing my pieces, any advice would be very much appreciated x

[@MerceFont]

Great question! I'll be saving it to answer you in a video so that I can show you how you can practice such changes to improve accuracy when taking such chords :)

[@stevew585]

@@MerceFont Thank you Merce, I look forward to the video! x

[@joshwoods7641]

@Steve W I struggled with that for a few months before I figured out that my problem was that I was letting my arm hang instead of always moving it to keep my wrist and hand in a neutral position. Once I fixed that, it got a lot easier. Of course, I'm sure there's any number of reasons for this kind of issue, but that's what worked for me. Cheers!

[@helawiberhanu5488]

Hi Merce, Thanks for all the lessones. I am having trouble with my right hand regarding where exactlly to put the fingers(on top or on the side of the strings). Thanks.

[@MerceFont]

Hi Helawi! thank you for your comment! I made a tutorial just on right hand, because is an issue for many, If you look up for 'right hand essentials' you will find it, is one of my first tutorials in the channel! :D

[@knight4100]

16:49 Cuando resulta que sí hablo Español: "😎mirada característica de superioridad😎"

[@MerceFont]

😁

[@wdudi]

Good luck 😃👍🏽

[@MerceFont]

Thanks! Best wishes to you!

[@scottkleyla7752]

Happy Halloween 2022! After maintaining the warlocks and witches my fingers streatching starts at the toes today, eyelids no longer two positions but closed is super relaxing comfortable pleasant effortless- - - - - zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzźzz

[@terefaroy2098]

You are so gorgeous.