Read the full lesson here: www.classicalg... Teacher: David Belcher, Classical Guitar Corner Community Manager
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@thefirstamendment17915 ай бұрын
You guys always provide high quality instruction. Thank you so much for helping us to enjoy such a beautiful instrument…
@zlatkosljivic4545 жыл бұрын
It feels good to sometimes be reminded of the importance of slow practice and spot practice. Thank you for taking the time to make a video like this, you have managed to motivate me to practice when I didn't feel like it. Cheers!
@ClassicalGuitarCorner5 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it was helpful, Zlatko. Thanks for the comment.
@donnaz6069 Жыл бұрын
This popped up in my KZbin feed this morning. I decided to watch it again; and as usual, I found new ideas for my current repertoire practice.. Thank you for these high quality videos packed with detailsd information to push our classical technique to the next level!
@ClassicalGuitarCorner Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Donna and glad this video is still proving useful! Best wishes! -Dave B
@idamehrnoush88336 жыл бұрын
I like the conclusion - avoid playing through mistakes, using slow practice to identify problem spots and using spot practice to give the fingers the time they need to make quality repetitions, accurately, every time.
@robertfantazo47513 жыл бұрын
What I've learned in the first month or so in joining the academy, playing a peace properly, the most simplest of grade one or two levels are beautiful pieces of music when played properly.
@joancheung_guitar6 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Dave! Slowing down is very difficult but indeed useful and practical for learning.
@theguitarteacher2 жыл бұрын
You couldn't have explained it any better, David. Thank you! 🙂
@ClassicalGuitarCorner2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@MegaStrijder6 жыл бұрын
Hi Dave, thanks for the info, great to listen to it again and again.
@davebelcherguitar6 жыл бұрын
Glad you found it helpful, Joannes! Peace.
@drdavid626 жыл бұрын
Great instructional piece with important pointers to keep in mind over and over again during deliberate practice! We cant rush excellence. Thank you!
@ClassicalGuitarCorner6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the nice comment, David! Hope this exercise is useful for you. Peace.
@daizykoren21946 жыл бұрын
Mr. Belcher, thank you for emphasizing the importance of slow and spot practice. Despite the frustration and demand that comes with serious guitar playing, It is really the only way to improve ones playing.
@ClassicalGuitarCorner6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the nice comment, Arik.
@AnaCarolinaGiollo3 жыл бұрын
how am I only discovering this channel now?? I'm binge watching everything when I actually should be practicing
@solideogloria30576 жыл бұрын
Dave your video is spot on! This is especially helpful for my current piece at CGCA.
@ressalg Жыл бұрын
For months I struggled with a particular passage that involved a position shift simultaneous with a fingering change. I slowly and painstakingingly practiced doing the fingering change while I was doing the shift, but, as you described, I couldn't even get it to sound smooth slowly on a consistent basis, despite weeks of effort. I don't remember what search phrases I used that brought me to this video, but somehow I found it. As soon as I applied the technique you describe at 3:10, I knew I had found the solution. I could feel the difference right away. Now, after a few months of spot practice, I can play it smoothly up to speed, pretty consistently. I have a lot more work to do before I'll have it where I want it, but I'm building on a solid foundation. So thank for your this video.
@ClassicalGuitarCorner Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your nice feedback! It's great that you found the solution to some of your issues and it's fantastic to hear that you are improving!
@amelia-nq3ew5 жыл бұрын
This video is so high definition i feel like its a message directly from god
@Winelighter3 жыл бұрын
What crap
@milanradulovic39153 жыл бұрын
As a self-taught, usually I get some conclusions when I learn, and in this case, even before spot practice, is good to memorize or know the shape where fingers should go. Concentration is big part of playing...
@lindatsardakas6 жыл бұрын
Thank you Dave. I agree - Classical Guitar Corner Academy is a great online school for guitar!
@HeidiBWert2 жыл бұрын
This is a great video but I just wanted to mention this I love the picture that’s presented at the beginning of this video because the length of your beard is very hip and really accentuates your facial features!
@ClassicalGuitarCorner Жыл бұрын
Haha, thanks Heidi! -Dave B
@StevenBrener2 жыл бұрын
great advice! thanks
@geoff37255 жыл бұрын
A sincere thanks David.Excellent!. I needed that advice right this minute so will put it into practice forthwith.
@ClassicalGuitarCorner5 жыл бұрын
You're most welcome, Geoff! Glad this fit with what you needed in your practice. Best wishes.
@jimmiesasiwimon41422 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing, really good advice and helpful to me.
@DeutschlandGuy4 жыл бұрын
If I might add a "third technique" that I stumbled on myself to enhance the programming of successful "muscle memory" on difficult shifts, I go one step further than slow-practice and spot-practice. It goes something like this... When I feel like the spot-practice is getting me very close to where I want to be (including taking care to make sure the other fingers and thumb are coordinating with the shift), I then put on a sleep mask and repeat the sequence of movements "blind" (VERY slowly at "no tempo".) It's important to note... Go through David's spot-practice practice technique FIRST before moving on to "blind practice". The blind practice helps cement the muscle memory picked up in David's spot-practice exercise. I have found that simply closing one's eyes is not enough, as we are always temped to cheat and "take a peak" at our hands. Actually use a sleep mask. By actually blindfolding yourself, you will be forced to make the shifting movements (of all fingers involved) strictly by feel. It's my theory that our eyes can actually be a hindrance to our muscles "feeling" the guitar. If you think about it, we do not play our guitar with our eyes... Our eyes contribute in absolutely no way to the sound a guitar actually makes. We play by touch and feel. (Granted watching our hands can reveal some weaknesses such as the other fingers flying off in all kinds of strange directions when not being used... But once you spot those issues, put the mask back on and try to "feel" them remaining where they should be.) As David says, go VERY slowly... carefully feeling every nuance of your movements while blindfolded. You will be amazed at how much more quickly your muscle memory gets programmed by totally eliminating the "eyesight crutch". Once you can absolutely feel the movement in your fingers, slowly increase the speed from "no tempo" to a faster tempo. Once you get that far, take a step back up to David's "spot practice" again with your blindfold removed... then progress to the "slow practice" stage, gradually upping the temp (as David recommends) until the passage feels "like a part of you" at full tempo. Please note, this "blind practice" technique is my own invention... but I've had good luck with it as a supplement to David's aforementioned slow-practice and spot-practice techniques. I'm curious, David... What do you think of this "blind-practice" addition?
@ClassicalGuitarCorner4 жыл бұрын
Very interesting technique with the blindfold! I do think it can be important to get out of the habit of looking at the left hand, which can crane your neck and twist your spine and trains you to rely on your eyes to know where you're going, which makes playing in ensemble situations where you almost always need to be able to sightread quite tricky! So I do think this could be a useful addition to build up muscle memory, but it has other benefits that may be even more useful. Thanks for the comment!
@jayatkins10145 жыл бұрын
Very helpful advice. Thanks for posting, much appreciated
@ClassicalGuitarCorner5 жыл бұрын
Glad you found it helpful, Kerry! Thanks for the nice comment.
@Krachuken6 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed your teaching ! You are amazing !
@ClassicalGuitarCorner6 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Kan!
@bertaga416 жыл бұрын
Excellent. Probably the most useful strategy of them all!
@ClassicalGuitarCorner6 жыл бұрын
Glad you found it useful, bertaga41! Thanks for the comment.
@MarkInLA5 жыл бұрын
Not to sure making shift without the thumb is good. The thumb is used to sense the distances the hand goes by the very subtle widening and thinning of the neck and even its finish, or with no finish..It's can tell us where we are while reading the chart. But good stuff here, just the same. Thanks, M, Los Angeles
@NathanRiversplatinumhitbeatsАй бұрын
thanks, what a great help!
@genustinca55652 жыл бұрын
Actual lesson starts at 2:42
@timbaz16385 жыл бұрын
Thank you Dave
@ClassicalGuitarCorner5 жыл бұрын
You're welcome! Thanks for the comment, Isaac.
@raulcalderonbird6 жыл бұрын
A great advise. Thank you.
@myintthantun46802 жыл бұрын
thanks
@ClassicalGuitarCorner2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@zoemaltese76614 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@robertfantazo47513 жыл бұрын
Your Guitar sound is beautiful.
@niazhannanwatercolors4 жыл бұрын
Great lessons sir..thanks🧡
@woodysatyadarma4901 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much
@ClassicalGuitarCorner Жыл бұрын
Hi Woody, glad it was helpful! - Dave B
@PedroSilva-nk6yl3 жыл бұрын
Very good explanation. Thanks.
@ClassicalGuitarCorner3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful, Pedro! -Dave
@RobertoMartinez-kv5tp2 жыл бұрын
✔good. Thank you.
@ClassicalGuitarCorner2 жыл бұрын
Glad you found it helpful, Roberto! Thanks for your nice comment. -Dave
@t233555 жыл бұрын
Very very helpful, thank you
@BazzTriton5 жыл бұрын
GREAT
@amerkayyal58074 жыл бұрын
Pls...what if they were more than one note to focus on while you're shifting?
@davehumphreys17253 жыл бұрын
One question I have to ask is HOW ON EARTH CAN YOU PUT YOUR FIRST FINGER AT FRET 3 AND THE TIP OF YOUR PINKY AT FRET 7???? My fingers would need to be at least half an inch longer for me to make that stretch!! I can barely reach the 7th fret with the edge of my pinky, which is at full stretch! Needless to say the note sounds atrocious as I cant put enough pressure on the string with my finger at such an angle.
@ClassicalGuitarCorner3 жыл бұрын
Hi Dave, thanks for the great question. You'll notice when I make that stretch I lay my first finger down very flat and allow it to stretch out of position from the rest of my hand. We call this "pivot fingers" in our curriculum at CGC Academy. This allows my hand to be in fourth position, while my first finger stretches back to third position. You can do the same in the opposite way as well, keeping the hand in, say, third position and stretching the fourth finger out to a higher position, but in that case the pinky must be very flat. Best wishes!
@juniper11354 жыл бұрын
Can I use this for acoustic guitar with classical music
@joellapaz67242 жыл бұрын
What brand of strings for Classical guitar?
@ClassicalGuitarCorner2 жыл бұрын
Hi Joel, we recommend D'Addario strings, either EJ45 or 46, depending on which tension you prefer. Best wishes! - Dave B
@robertfantazo47513 жыл бұрын
When looking at the back of your neck, it's no surprise that I struggle playing the simplest pieces. The back of my neck looks like a baseball bat.
@hafizmuizz72693 жыл бұрын
I have very short fingers, classical is just too hard for my fingers hahah
@ClassicalGuitarCorner3 жыл бұрын
Hi Hafiz, you can do it! Finger stretch can be developed with time and practice and there are many guitarists with very small hands who can make some crazy stretches. Stick with it! Best wishes!
@BkburnsSMU4 жыл бұрын
Great Lesson..For the record, Your fingers do not have a mind of their own, nor do they contain muscles ;))
@ney57e Жыл бұрын
I didn't know Tom Segura was a classical guitarist.