INDEX TO TECHNIQUE TIPS
Listed Alphabetically by Topic Discussed
TOPIC | TITLE OF ARTICLE | MUSICAL EXAMPLES MENTIONED IN ARTICLE |
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Alternating Right-Hand Fingers |
Right-Hand Finger Alternation |
Bianco Fiore (Cesare Negri) |
"ami" Fast Scales |
Fast Guitar Scales With "ami" |
Variations on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 9 (Fernando Sor) |
Anchor Finger Technique |
The Anchor Finger Technique |
English Dance (Ferdinando Carulli) |
Anxiety |
How to Control Stage Fright (Performance Anxiety) |
(No Musical Examples) |
Apagado |
Pizzicato |
Capriccio Espagnol, "Scena e canto gitano" (Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov) |
Arpeggiated Chords |
How to Roll a Chord Part 1 of 2 |
(No Musical Examples) |
Arpeggiated Harmonics |
Cascading Campanella Harmonics for Classical Guitarists |
Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Harold Arlen) |
Arpeggio Exercises |
Practice Routines, Part 1 of 2 |
(No Musical Examples) |
Arpeggio Exercises |
Arpeggio Exercises |
El Abejorro (Emilio Pujol) |
Arpeggios Planting |
Right-Hand Planting Technique for Arpeggios |
(No Musical Examples) |
Arrangements |
Transcriptions and Arrangements |
Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring (J.S. Bach) |
Articulation |
Should I Listen to Performances and Recordings of Other Guitarists |
(No Musical Examples) |
Articulation |
How to Play Staccato, Part 1 of 3 |
(No Musical Examples) |
Articulation |
How to Play Staccato, Part 2 of 3 |
Segovia Scales (Andres Segovia) |
Articulation |
How to Play Staccato, Part 3 of 3 |
Rossiniana No. 4, Opus 122 (Mauro Giuliani) |
Artificial Fingernails |
Best Artificial Nail System Yet |
(No Musical Examples) |
Artificial Harmonics |
Natural, Right Hand, and Artificial Harmonics |
Spanish Dance No. 5 (Enrique Granados) |
Balance of Intervals and Chords |
Interval and Chord Balance Update |
(No Musical Examples) |
Balance of Intervals and Chords |
Interval and Chord Balance Part 1 of 4 |
Pavane for a Dead Princess (Maurice Ravel) |
Balance of Intervals and Chords |
Interval and Chord Balance Part 2 of 4 |
Saltarello (Vicenzo Galilei) from Six Lute Pieces of the Renaissance |
Balance of Intervals and Chords |
Interval and Chord Balance Part 3 of 4 |
Etude No. 7 (Heitor Villa-Lobos) |
Balance of Intervals and Chords |
Interval and Chord Balance Part 4 of 4 |
Pavane No. 6 (Luis Milán) |
Bar Chords |
The Secret (Little Jennifer's Secret) of How to Play Clear Bar Chords |
(No Musical Examples) |
Bar Chords |
How to Learn to Play a Bar Chord in Under 2 Minutes |
(No Musical Examples) |
Bar Chords |
Specialty Bars Part 1: Hinge Bars |
Bianco Fiore (Cesare Negri) from Six Lute Pieces of the Renaissance |
Bar Chords |
Specialty Bars Part 2: Cross-Fret Bars |
Rossiniana No. 1, op. 119 (Mauro Giuliani) |
Bar Chords |
Specialty Bars Part 3: Partial Bars |
Recuerdos de la Alhambra (Francisco Tárrega) |
Bar Chords |
How to Use Hinge Bars as Guide Fingers |
Romanza, Romance (Anonymous) |
Bar Chords |
Top Ten Nasty Habits #1. Allowing Left-Hand Fingers to "Help" a Bar |
Etude No. 7 (Heitor Villa-Lobos) |
Broken Fingernail |
Best Artificial Nail System Yet |
(No Musical Examples) |
Broken Fingernails |
Fingernail Health |
(No Musical Examples) |
Buying a Guitar |
How to Buy a Classical Guitar |
Prelude No. 3 (Heitor Villa-Lobos) |
Campanella Harmonics |
Cascading Campanella Harmonics for Classical Guitarists |
Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Harold Arlen) |
Carlevaro Pizzicato |
Pizzicato |
Capriccio Espagnol, "Scena e canto gitano" (Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov) |
Cascading Campanella Harmonics |
Cascading Campanella Harmonics for Classical Guitarists |
Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Harold Arlen) |
Choosing a Guitar |
How to Buy a Classical Guitar |
Prelude No. 3 (Heitor Villa-Lobos) |
Choosing Fingering |
Tone Color, Part 2 |
Spanish Dance No. 5 (Enrique Granados) |
Choosing Fingering |
Tone Color, Part 3 |
Leyenda, Asturias (Isaac Albéniz) |
Choosing Right-Hand Fingering |
How to Choose Right-Hand Fingerings, Part 1 |
Lesson 1 from Twenty-Four Progressive Lessons, Op 31, Book 1 (Fernando Sor) |
Choosing Right-Hand Fingering |
How to Choose Right-Hand Fingerings, Part 2 |
Capricho Árabe (Francisco Tárrega) |
Choosing Right-Hand Fingering |
How to Choose Right-Hand Fingerings, Part 3 |
Study No. 14 from Andres Segovia's 20 Studies by Fernando Sor (Fernando Sor) |
Choppy Playing |
Connecting a Single Melody Note to a Strummed or Arpeggiated Chord |
Prelude No. 3 (Heitor Villa-Lobos) |
Chord Balance |
Interval and Chord Balance Update |
(No Musical Examples) |
Chord Balance |
Interval and Chord Balance Part 1 of 4 |
Pavane for a Dead Princess (Maurice Ravel) |
Chord Balance |
Interval and Chord Balance Part 2 of 4 |
Saltarello (Vicenzo Galilei) from Six Lute Pieces of the Renaissance |
Chord Balance |
Interval and Chord Balance Part 3 of 4 |
Etude No. 7 (Heitor Villa-Lobos) |
Chord Balance |
Interval and Chord Balance Part 4 of 4 |
Pavane No. 6 (Luis Milán) |
Chord Changes |
Chord Changes |
Ode to Joy, from Symphony #9 (Ludwig Van Beethoven) |
Chords |
Learn to Collapse Your Left-Hand Fingertip Joints |
Prelude No. 2 (Heitor Villa-Lobos) |
Chords, how to play rolled or arpeggiated chords |
How to Roll a Chord Part 1 of 2 |
(No Musical Examples) |
Chords, how to play rolled or arpeggiated chords |
How to Roll a Chord Part 2 of 2 |
(No Musical Examples) |
Color |
Tone Color, Part 1 |
(No Musical Examples) |
Color |
Tone Color, Part 2 |
Spanish Dance No. 5 (Enrique Granados) |
Color |
Tone Color, Part 3 |
Leyenda, Asturias (Isaac Albéniz) |
Concerts |
Adrenaline and Altered Perception of Tempo |
(No Musical Example) |
Concerts |
How to Control Stage Fright (Performance Anxiety) |
(No Musical Examples) |
Connected Sound |
Connecting a Single Melody Note to a Strummed or Arpeggiated Chord |
Prelude No. 3 (Heitor Villa-Lobos) |
Contrapuntal Music |
How to Play Staccato, Part 3 of 3 |
Rossiniana No. 4, Opus 122 (Mauro Giuliani) |
Contrast Baths |
Hand Contrast Baths |
(No Musical Examples) |
Contrast Baths |
Injury Prevention for the Classical Guitarist |
(No Musical Examples) |
Counterpoint |
The Old Kleenex Trick |
Bouree, from Lute Suite No. 1, BWV 996 (J.S. Bach) |
Counterpoint |
How to Play Staccato, Part 3 of 3 |
Rossiniana No. 4, Opus 122 (Mauro Giuliani) |
Counting |
Counting Out Loud—the Skill that Will Improve Your Guitar Playing More than Anything Else |
Allegretto moderato, Op. 44, No. 4 (Fernando Sor) |
Counting |
Hemiola: Switching from 6/8 to 3/4 Meter |
America, from West Side Story (Leonard Bernstein) arr. Jorge Morel |
Counting |
How to Count the Rhythms in Songs Written in Multiple Parts |
Twenty-Four Very Easy Exercises, Op. 35 No. 1 (Fernando Sor) |
Cross-Fret Bars |
Specialty Bars Part 2: Cross-Fret Bars |
Rossiniana No. 1, op. 119 (Mauro Giuliani) |
Cross-String Ornaments |
Cross-String Ornaments, part 1 of 3 |
(No Musical Examples) |
Cross-String Ornaments |
Cross-String Ornaments, part 2 of 3 |
(No Musical Examples) |
Cross-String Ornaments |
Cross-String Ornaments, part 3 of 3 |
Bouree, from Lute Suite No. 1, BWV 996 (J.S. Bach) |
Damping |
String Damping, Part 1 |
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (Anonymous) |
Damping |
String Damping, Part 2 |
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (Anonymous) |
Damping |
String Damping, Part 3 |
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (Anonymous) |
Damping |
String Damping, Part 4 |
Progressive Lessons, Op. 31 No. 1 (Fernando Sor) |
Descending Slurs |
Learn to Collapse Your Left-Hand Fingertip Joints |
Prelude No. 2 (Heitor Villa-Lobos) |
Difficult Chords |
Learn to Collapse Your Left-Hand Fingertip Joints |
Prelude No. 2 (Heitor Villa-Lobos) |
Drum |
Snare Drum Effect, Part 1 of 2 |
Gran Jota de Concierto (Francisco Tárrega) |
Drum |
Snare Drum Effect, Part 2 of 2 |
Gran Jota de Concierto (Francisco Tárrega) |
Drum Effects |
Snare Drum Effect, Part 1 of 2 |
Gran Jota de Concierto (Francisco Tárrega) |
Drum Effects |
The Tambor Percussion Effect |
(No Musical Example) |
Dynamics |
Doug's Rule of Life #17 |
(No Musical Example) |
Dynamics |
Should I Listen to Performances and Recordings of Other Guitarists |
(No Musical Example) |
Dynamics |
Where Do I Put the Darn Dynamics? |
(No Musical Example) |
Dynamics |
Yes I Exaggerate |
(No Musical Example) |
Dynamics |
How to Play Loud on the Guitar |
Romanza, Romance (Anonymous) |
Etouffe |
Pizzicato |
Capriccio Espagnol, "Scena e canto gitano" (Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov) |
Exercises (Right Hand) |
Arpeggio Exercises |
El Abejorro (Emilio Pujol) |
Exercises (Slurs) |
The Best Exercise You Can Practice for the Left Hand, Part 1 of 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Exercises (Slurs) |
The Best Exercise You Can Practice for the Left Hand, Part 2 of 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Exercises for Left Hand |
The Best Exercise You Can Practice for the Left Hand, Part 1 of 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Exercises for Left Hand |
The Best Exercise You Can Practice for the Left Hand, Part 2 of 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Exercises for Left Hand |
The Spider Exercise |
(No Musical Example) |
Exercises, Left-Hand Finger Independence |
The Best Exercise You Can Practice for the Left Hand, Part 1 of 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Exercises, Left-Hand Finger Independence |
The Best Exercise You Can Practice for the Left Hand, Part 2 of 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Exercises, Left-Hand Finger Independence |
The Spider Exercise |
(No Musical Example) |
Exercises, Left-Hand Finger Independence |
Top Ten Nasty Habits #2, Pushing the Little Finger Around |
Andante Op. 241, No. 5, (Ferdinando Carulli) |
Exercises, Stretching Exercises |
Stretching Exercises |
(No Musical Example) |
Expression |
How to Play Staccato, Part 1 of 3 |
(No Musical Example) |
Expression |
Should I Listen to Performances and Recordings of Other Guitarists |
Progressive Lessons, Op. 31 No. 1 (Fernando Sor) |
Expression |
String Damping, Part 4 |
Progressive Lessons, Op. 31 No. 1 (Fernando Sor) |
Expression |
Where Do I Put the Darn Dynamics? |
(No Musical Example) |
Expression |
Yes I Exaggerate. Exaggerate Your Dynamics. |
(No Musical Example) |
Expression |
Know What You Are Playing—Sing! |
Romance, Romanza (Anonymous) |
Expression |
How to Play Loud on the Guitar |
Romanza, Romance (Anonymous) |
Expression |
Tone Color, Part 3 |
Leyenda, Asturias (Isaac Albéniz) |
Expression |
How to Play Staccato, Part 2 of 3 |
Segovia Scales (Andres Segovia) |
Expression |
How to Play Staccato, Part 3 of 3 |
Rossiniana No. 4, Opus 122 (Mauro Giuliani) |
Fast Scales |
Fast Guitar Scales With "ami" |
Variations on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 9 (Fernando Sor) |
Finger Alternation |
Right-Hand Finger Alternation |
Bianco Fiore (Cesare Negri) |
Fingerboard Dots |
An Easy Way to Add Fret Marker Dots to Your Guitar |
(No Musical Example) |
Fingerboard Markers |
An Easy Way to Add Fret Marker Dots to Your Guitar |
(No Musical Example) |
Fingering |
Doug's Rule of Life #17 |
(No Musical Example) |
Fingering |
Tone Color, Part 2 |
Spanish Dance No. 5 (Enrique Granados) |
Fingering |
Tone Color, Part 3 |
Leyenda, Asturias (Isaac Albéniz) |
Fingering, Right Hand |
How to Choose Right-Hand Fingerings, Part 1 |
Lesson 1 from Twenty-Four Progressive Lessons, Op 31, Book 1 (Fernando Sor) |
Fingering, Right Hand |
How to Choose Right-Hand Fingerings, Part 2 |
Capricho Árabe (Francisco Tárrega) |
Fingering, Right Hand |
How to Choose Right-Hand Fingerings, Part 3 |
Study No. 14 from Andres Segovia's 20 Studies by Fernando Sor (Fernando Sor) |
Fingerings |
Should I Listen to Performances and Recordings of Other Guitarists |
(No Musical Example) |
Fingernail Health |
Fingernail Health |
(No Musical Example) |
Fingernails |
Best Artificial Nail System Yet |
(No Musical Example) |
Fingernails |
Fingernail Health |
(No Musical Example) |
Fingernails |
Fingernails |
(No Musical Example) |
Fingernails Tone Quality Free Stroke |
How to Produce a Beautiful Tone, Part 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Fingernails Tone Quality on the Bass Strings |
How to Produce a Beautiful Tone, Part 3 |
(No Musical Example) |
Fingernails Tone Quality Rest Stroke |
How to Produce a Beautiful Tone, Part 1 |
(No Musical Example) |
Fingernails Tone Quality Thumb on Bass Strings |
How to Produce a Beautiful Tone, Part 4 |
(No Musical Example) |
Fingertips |
Playing On the Tips of the Fingers |
Leyenda, Asturias (Isaac Albéniz) |
Finishing Your Fingernails |
Fingernails |
(No Musical Example) |
Fix Broken Fingernail |
Best Artificial Nail System Yet |
(No Musical Example) |
Flamenco |
Rasgueados, Part 1 of 3 |
(No Musical Example) |
Flamenco |
Rasgueados, Part 2 of 3 |
(No Musical Example) |
Flamenco |
Rasgueados, Part 3 of 3 |
Fandanguillo, Rafaga, and Soleares (Joaquín Turina) |
Free Stroke Right-Hand Finger Alternation |
Right-Hand Finger Alternation |
Bianco Fiore (Cesare Negri) |
Free Stroke Tone Quality |
How to Produce a Beautiful Tone, Part 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Free Stroke Tone Quality on the Bass Strings |
How to Produce a Beautiful Tone, Part 3 |
(No Musical Example) |
Free Stroke Tone Quality Thumb on the Bass Strings |
How to Produce a Beautiful Tone, Part 4 |
(No Musical Example) |
Fret Dots |
An Easy Way to Add Fret Marker Dots to Your Guitar |
(No Musical Example) |
Fret Markers |
An Easy Way to Add Fret Marker Dots to Your Guitar |
(No Musical Example) |
Fretboard Markers |
An Easy Way to Add Fret Marker Dots to Your Guitar |
(No Musical Example) |
Guide Fingers |
How to Use Hinge Bars as Guide Fingers |
Romanza, Romance (Anonymous) |
Guide Fingers |
Guide Fingers |
Prelude No. 3 (Heitor Villa-Lobos) Study in A minor (Dionisio Aguado) Study No. 3 (Matteo Carcassi) Lágrima (Francisco Tárrega) Leyenda, Asturias Isaac Albéniz) Waltz (Ferdinando Carulli) Study No. 2 in Segovia's 20 Studies for the Guitar by Fernando Sor (Fernando Sor) Study No. 5 in Segovia's 20 Studies for the Guitar by Fernando Sor (Fernando Sor) Romanza, Romance (Anonymous) |
Hammer-ons and Pull-offs (Slurs) |
The Best Exercise You Can Practice for the Left Hand, Part 1 of 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Hammer-ons and Pull-offs (Slurs) |
The Best Exercise You Can Practice for the Left Hand, Part 2 of 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Hand Injury |
Hand Contrast Baths |
(No Musical Example) |
Hand Injury |
Injury Prevention for the Classical Guitarist |
(No Musical Example) |
Hand Position |
Doug's Rule of Life #17 |
(No Musical Example) |
Hand Position |
String Damping, Part 2 |
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (Anonymous) |
Hand Position (Left Hand) |
The Left-Hand Position |
(No Musical Example) |
Hand Position Right Hand |
Right-Hand Position |
(No Musical Example) |
Hand Strength |
No Girly-Men Guitarists Here |
(No Musical Example) |
Harmonic Notation |
How to Read Harmonic Notation |
Prelude No. 4 (Heitor Villa-Lobos) |
Harmonics |
Nailing Harmonics Past the 19th Fret |
Concierto de Aranjuez (Joaquin Rodrigo) |
Harmonics |
Natural, Right Hand, and Artificial Harmonics |
Spanish Dance No. 5 (Enrique Granados) |
Harmonics |
How to Read Harmonic Notation |
Prelude No. 4 (Heitor Villa-Lobos) |
Harmonics |
Cascading Campanella Harmonics for Classical Guitarists |
Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Harold Arlen) |
Harp Harmonics |
Cascading Campanella Harmonics for Classical Guitarists |
Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Harold Arlen) |
Health of Fingernails |
Fingernail Health |
(No Musical Example) |
Hemiola |
Hemiola: Switching from 6/8 to 3/4 Meter |
America, from West Side Story (Leonard Bernstein) arr. Jorge Morel |
High Harmonics |
Nailing Harmonics Past the 19th Fret |
Concierto de Aranjuez (Joaquin Rodrigo) |
High Positions |
Learn to Collapse Your Left-Hand Fingertip Joints |
Prelude No. 2 (Heitor Villa-Lobos) |
Hinge Bars |
Specialty Bars Part 1: Hinge Bars |
Bianco Fiore (Cesare Negri) from Six Lute Pieces of the Renaissance |
Holding the Guitar |
Put An End To Your Guitar's Lap Dance Now |
(No Musical Example) |
Injury Prevention |
Hand Contrast Baths |
(No Musical Example) |
Injury Prevention |
Injury Prevention for the Classical Guitarist |
(No Musical Example) |
Interpretation |
How to Play Staccato, Part 1 of 3 |
(No Musical Example) |
Interpretation |
How to Play Staccato, Part 2 of 3 |
Segovia Scales (Andres Segovia) |
Interpretation |
How to Play Staccato, Part 3 of 3 |
Rossiniana No. 4, Opus 122 (Mauro Giuliani) |
Interpretation |
Performing With Energy, Passion, and Excitement |
(No Musical Example) |
Interpretation |
Should I Listen to Performances and Recordings of Other Guitarists |
(No Musical Example) |
Interpretation |
String Damping, Part 4 |
Progressive Lessons, Op. 31 No. 1 (Fernando Sor) |
Interpretation |
Where Do I Put the Darn Dynamics? |
(No Musical Example) |
Interpretation |
Yes I Exaggerate. Exaggerate Your Dynamics. |
(No Musical Example) |
Interpretation |
Yes I Exaggerate. Exaggerate Your Dynamics. |
(No Musical Example) |
Interpretation |
Know What You Are Playing—Sing! |
Romance, Romanza (Anonymous) |
Interpretation |
How to Play Loud on the Guitar |
Romanza, Romance (Anonymous) |
Interpretation |
Tone Color, Part 2 |
Spanish Dance No. 5 (Enrique Granados) |
Interpretation |
Tone Color, Part 3 |
Leyenda, Asturias (Isaac Albéniz) |
Interval and Chord Balance |
Interval and Chord Balance Part 1 of 4 |
Pavane for a Dead Princess (Maurice Ravel) |
Interval and Chord Balance |
Interval and Chord Balance Part 2 of 4 |
Saltarello (Vicenzo Galilei) from Six Lute Pieces of the Renaissance |
Interval and Chord Balance |
Interval and Chord Balance Part 3 of 4 |
Etude No. 7 (Heitor Villa-Lobos) |
Interval and Chord Balance |
Interval and Chord Balance Part 4 of 4 |
Pavane No. 6 (Luis Milán) |
Interval and Chord Balance |
Interval and Chord Balance Update |
(No Musical Example) |
Intonation |
How to Tune Your Guitar |
(No Musical Example) |
Learning a Piece of Music |
Practicing. Another New Year's Resolution? No. It's A Life Resolution! |
(No Musical Example) |
Learning a Piece of Music |
Doug's Rule of Life #17 |
(No Musical Example) |
Learning a Piece of Music |
Effective Strategies for Rewarding Practice: Set Goals for EVERY Practice Session |
(No Musical Example) |
Learning a Piece of Music |
I've Practiced That Spot a Hundred Times. |
(No Musical Example) |
Learning a Piece of Music |
Memorizing Music |
(No Musical Example) |
Learning a Piece of Music |
Practice Routines, Part 1 of 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Learning a Piece of Music |
Practice With Your Eyes Closed |
(No Musical Example) |
Learning a Piece of Music |
Should I Listen to Performances and Recordings of Other Guitarists |
(No Musical Example) |
Learning a Piece of Music |
Talent is NOT the Answer |
(No Musical Example) |
Learning a Piece of Music |
Know What You Are Playing—Sing! |
Romance, Romanza (Anonymous) |
Learning a Piece of Music |
Counting Out Loud—the Skill that Will Improve Your Guitar Playing More than Anything Else |
Allegretto moderato, Op. 44, No. 4 (Fernando Sor) |
Learning a Piece of Music |
Practicing in Altered Rhythms |
Variations on a Theme by Mozart, op.9 (Fernando Sor) |
Learning a Piece of Music |
How to Use Reflex Practice to Master Fast, Difficult Passages Other than Scales |
Study No. 2 in Segovia's 20 Studies for the Guitar by Fernando Sor (Fernando Sor) |
Learning a Piece of Music |
Step Practice |
Cavatina (Stanley Myers) |
Learning a Piece of Music |
How to Count the Rhythms in Songs Written in Multiple Parts |
Twenty-Four Very Easy Exercises, Op. 35 No. 1 (Fernando Sor) |
Learning a Piece of Music |
Nailing Harmonics Past the 19th Fret |
Concierto de Aranjuez (Joaquin Rodrigo) |
Learning a Piece of Music |
Mark Up Your Music |
Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro, BWV 998 (J.S. Bach) |
Left-Hand Exercises |
The Spider Exercise |
(No Musical Example) |
Left-Hand Exercises (Slurs) |
The Best Exercise You Can Practice for the Left Hand, Part 1 of 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Left-Hand Exercises (Slurs) |
The Best Exercise You Can Practice for the Left Hand, Part 2 of 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Left-Hand Finger Independence |
The Best Exercise You Can Practice for the Left Hand, Part 1 of 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Left-Hand Finger Independence |
The Best Exercise You Can Practice for the Left Hand, Part 2 of 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Left-Hand Finger Independence |
Top Ten Nasty Habits #2, Pushing the Little Finger Around |
Andante Op. 241, No. 5, (Ferdinando Carulli) |
Left-Hand Finger Independence |
Top Ten Nasty Habits #1, Allowing Left-Hand Fingers to "Help" a Bar |
Etude No. 7 (Heitor Villa-Lobos) |
Left-Hand Fingers |
Learn to Collapse Your Left-Hand Fingertip Joints |
Prelude No. 2 (Heitor Villa-Lobos) |
Left-Hand Position |
The Left-Hand Position |
(No Musical Example) |
Left-Hand Position |
Left-Hand Thumb |
Leyenda, Asturias (Isaac Albéniz) |
Left-Hand Position |
Playing On the Tips of the Fingers |
Leyenda, Asturias (Isaac Albéniz) |
Left-Hand Technique |
Learn to Collapse Your Left-Hand Fingertip Joints |
Prelude No. 2 (Heitor Villa-Lobos) |
Left-Hand Thumb |
Left-Hand Thumb |
Leyenda, Asturias (Isaac Albéniz) |
Legato |
Connecting a Single Melody Note to a Strummed or Arpeggiated Chord |
Prelude No. 3 (Heitor Villa-Lobos) |
Legato |
How to Play Staccato, Part 3 of 3 |
Rossiniana No. 4, Opus 122 (Mauro Giuliani) |
Little Finger Right Hand |
The Right-Hand Little Finger, Part 1 of 2 |
Carioca (arr. Jorge Morel) |
Pinky Finger Right Hand |
The Right-Hand Little Finger, Part 1 of 2 |
Carioca (arr. Jorge Morel) |
Mastering a Piece of Music |
Practicing. Another New Year's Resolution? No. It's A Life Resolution! |
(No Musical Example) |
Mastering a Piece of Music |
Doug's Rule of Life #17 |
(No Musical Example) |
Mastering a Piece of Music |
Effective Strategies for Rewarding Practice: Set Goals for EVERY Practice Session |
(No Musical Example) |
Mastering a Piece of Music |
I've Practiced That Spot a Hundred Times. |
(No Musical Example) |
Mastering a Piece of Music |
Memorizing Music |
(No Musical Example) |
Mastering a Piece of Music |
Practice Routines, Part 1 of 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Mastering a Piece of Music |
Practice With Your Eyes Closed |
(No Musical Example) |
Mastering a Piece of Music |
Should I Listen to Performances and Recordings of Other Guitarists |
(No Musical Example) |
Mastering a Piece of Music |
Talent is NOT the Answer |
(No Musical Example) |
Mastering a Piece of Music |
Know What You Are Playing—Sing! |
Romance, Romanza (Anonymous) |
Mastering a Piece of Music |
Counting Out Loud—the Skill that Will Improve Your Guitar Playing More than Anything Else |
Allegretto moderato, Op. 44, No. 4 (Fernando Sor) |
Mastering a Piece of Music |
Practicing in Altered Rhythms |
Variations on a Theme by Mozart, op.9 (Fernando Sor) |
Mastering a Piece of Music |
How to Use Reflex Practice to Master Fast, Difficult Passages Other than Scales |
Study No. 2 in Segovia's 20 Studies for the Guitar by Fernando Sor (Fernando Sor) |
Mastering a Piece of Music |
Step Practice |
Cavatina (Stanley Myers) |
Mastering a Piece of Music |
Tone Color, Part 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Mastering a Piece of Music |
Tone Color, Part 3 |
Leyenda, Asturias (Isaac Albéniz) |
Mastering a Piece of Music |
Nailing Harmonics Past the 19th Fret |
Concierto de Aranjuez (Joaquin Rodrigo) |
Mastering a Piece of Music |
Mark Up Your Music |
Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro, BWV 998 (J.S. Bach) |
Memorization |
Doug's Rule of Life #17 |
(No Musical Example) |
Memorization |
Memorizing Music |
(No Musical Example) |
Metronome Markings |
Metronome Tempo Markings |
(No Musical Example) |
Multiple Voices |
How to Count the Rhythms in Songs Written in Multiple Parts |
Twenty-Four Very Easy Exercises, Op. 35 No. 1 (Fernando Sor) |
Multiple Voices |
How to Count the Rhythms in Songs Written in Multiple Parts |
Twenty-Four Very Easy Exercises, Op. 35 No. 1 (Fernando Sor) |
Muscle Injury |
Hand Contrast Baths |
(No Musical Example) |
Muscle Injury |
Injury Prevention for the Classical Guitarist |
(No Musical Example) |
Music Annotation |
Mark Up Your Music |
Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro, BWV 998 (J.S. Bach) |
Music Notation |
How to Read Harmonic Notation |
Prelude No. 4 (Heitor Villa-Lobos) |
Music Reading |
Counting Out Loud—the Skill that Will Improve Your Guitar Playing More than Anything Else |
Allegretto moderato, Op. 44, No. 4 (Fernando Sor) |
Music Reading |
Sight Reading |
Andante (Fernando Sor) Dixie (Daniel Decatur Emmett) America (Samuel A. Ward) When Irish Eyes are Smiling (Ernest Ball) |
Music Reading |
How to Read Harmonic Notation |
Prelude No. 4 (Heitor Villa-Lobos) |
Music Reading |
Counting Out Loud—the Skill that Will Improve Your Guitar Playing More than Anything Else |
Allegretto moderato, Op. 44, No. 4 (Fernando Sor) |
Music Reading |
Sight Reading |
Andante (Fernando Sor) Dixie (Daniel Decatur Emmett) America (Samuel A. Ward) When Irish Eyes are Smiling (Ernest Ball) |
Muting Strings |
String Damping, Part 1 |
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (Anonymous) |
Muting Strings |
String Damping, Part 2 |
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (Anonymous) |
Muting Strings |
String Damping, Part 3 |
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (Anonymous) |
Muting Strings |
String Damping, Part 4 |
Progressive Lessons, Op. 31 No. 1 (Fernando Sor) |
Nails |
Best Artificial Nail System Yet |
(No Musical Example) |
Nails |
Fingernails |
(No Musical Example) |
Nails: Thumbnail Shape and Length |
How to Find the Best Length and Shape for Your Thumbnail |
(No Musical Example) |
Nails Tone Quality |
How to Produce a Beautiful Tone, Part 1 |
(No Musical Example) |
Nails, Tone Quality Free Stroke |
How to Produce a Beautiful Tone, Part 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Nails, Tone Quality on the Bass Strings |
How to Produce a Beautiful Tone, Part 3 |
(No Musical Example) |
Nails Tone Quality Thumb on Bass Strings |
How to Produce a Beautiful Tone, Part 4 |
(No Musical Example) |
Nails: Health, Thin, Broken |
Fingernail Health |
(No Musical Example) |
Natural Harmonics |
Natural, Right Hand, and Artificial Harmonics |
Spanish Dance No. 5 (Enrique Granados) |
Nerves |
How to Control Stage Fright (Performance Anxiety) |
(No Musical Examples) |
Nervousness |
How to Control Stage Fright (Performance Anxiety) |
(No Musical Examples) |
Non-standard Tunings |
How to Stabilize Scordatura (open, non-standard) Tunings |
(No Musical Example) |
Notation |
How to Read Harmonic Notation |
Prelude No. 4 (Heitor Villa-Lobos) |
Notation |
Snare Drum Effect, Part 2 of 2 |
Gran Jota de Concierto (Francisco Tárrega) |
Orchestration |
Tone Color, Part 3 |
Leyenda, Asturias (Isaac Albéniz) |
Ornaments |
Cross-String Ornaments, part 1 of 3 |
(No Musical Example) |
Ornaments |
Cross-String Ornaments, part 2 of 3 |
(No Musical Example) |
Ornaments |
Cross-String Ornaments, part 3 of 3 |
Bouree, from Lute Suite No. 1, BWV 996 (J.S. Bach) |
Overtones |
String Damping, Part 4 |
(No Musical Example) |
Pain Treatment |
Hand Contrast Baths |
(No Musical Example) |
Pain Treatment |
Injury Prevention for the Classical Guitarist |
(No Musical Example) |
Partial Bars |
Specialty Bars Part 3: Partial Bars |
Recuerdos de la Alhambra (Francisco Tárrega) |
Percussion Techniques |
The Tambor Percussion Effect |
(No Musical Example) |
Percussion Techniques |
Snare Drum Effect, Part 1 of 2 |
Gran Jota de Concierto (Francisco Tárrega) |
Percussion Techniques |
Snare Drum Effect, Part 2 of 2 |
Gran Jota de Concierto (Francisco Tárrega) |
Performance Anxiety |
How to Control Stage Fright (Performance Anxiety) |
(No Musical Examples) |
Performance |
Adrenaline and Altered Perception of Tempo |
(No Musical Example) |
Performance |
How to Control Stage Fright (Performance Anxiety) |
(No Musical Examples) |
Performance |
Performing With Energy, Passion, and Excitement. It's All About Communication |
(No Musical Example) |
Performing |
Adrenaline and Altered Perception of Tempo |
(No Musical Example) |
Performing |
Doug's Rule of Life #17 |
(No Musical Example) |
Performing |
For Men Only: No Hairy Arms (or ankles) |
(No Musical Example) |
Performing |
How to Control Stage Fright (Performance Anxiety) |
(No Musical Examples) |
Performing |
How to Give a Performance (Without Making a Complete Fool of Yourself) |
(No Musical Example) |
Performing |
How to Stabilize Scordatura (open, non-standard) Tunings |
(No Musical Example) |
Performing |
How to Tune Your Guitar |
(No Musical Example) |
Performing |
I've Practiced That Spot a Hundred Times. |
(No Musical Example) |
Performing |
Memorizing Music |
(No Musical Example) |
Performing |
Performing With Energy, Passion, and Excitement. It's All About Communication |
(No Musical Example) |
Performing |
Practice Routines, Part 2 of 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Performing |
Put An End To Your Guitar's Lap Dance Now |
(No Musical Example) |
Performing |
Should I Listen to Performances and Recordings of Other Guitarists |
(No Musical Example) |
Performing |
Where Do I Put the Darn Dynamics? |
(No Musical Example) |
Performing |
Yes I Exaggerate. Exaggerate Your Dynamics. |
(No Musical Example) |
Performing |
Pre-Planting At the Beginning of a Piece |
Study No. 3 in A Major, Op. 60, No. 3 (Matteo Carcassi) Danza from Six Lute Pieces of the Renaissance (trans. Oscar Chilesotti) Study No. 7 in A Minor, Op. 60, No. 7 (Matteo Carcassi) Adelita (Francisco Tárrega) |
Performing |
How to Play Loud on the Guitar |
Romanza, Romance (Anonymous) |
Performing |
Pre-Planting At the Beginning of a Piece |
Study No. 3 in A Major, Op. 60, No. 3 (Matteo Carcassi) Danza from Six Lute Pieces of the Renaissance (trans. Oscar Chilesotti) Study No. 7 in A Minor, Op. 60, No. 7 (Matteo Carcassi) Adelita (Francisco Tárrega) |
Phrasing |
Should I Listen to Performances and Recordings of Other Guitarists |
(No Musical Example) |
Phrasing |
String Damping, Part 4 |
Progressive Lessons, Op. 31 No. 1 (Fernando Sor) |
Pizzicato |
Pizzicato |
Capriccio Espagnol, "Scena e canto gitano" (Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov) |
Planting |
Right-Hand Planting Technique for Arpeggios |
(No Musical Example) |
Planting |
Pre-Planting At the Beginning of a Piece |
Study No. 3 in A Major, Op. 60, No. 3 (Matteo Carcassi) |
Playing in High Positions |
Playing in High Positions |
Gymnopedie No. 1 (Erik Satie) |
Polishing Your Fingernails |
Fingernails |
(No Musical Example) |
Position |
Playing On the Tips of the Fingers |
Leyenda, Asturias (Isaac Albéniz) |
Position (Left Hand) |
The Left-Hand Position |
(No Musical Example) |
Position (Left Hand) |
Left-Hand Thumb |
Leyenda, Asturias (Isaac Albéniz) |
Position (Left Hand) |
Playing On the Tips of the Fingers |
Leyenda, Asturias (Isaac Albéniz) |
Position, Right Hand |
Right-Hand Position |
(No Musical Example) |
Practice Routine |
Practice Routines, Part 1 of 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Practicing |
Counting Out Loud—the Skill that Will Improve Your Guitar Playing More than Anything Else |
Allegretto moderato, Op. 44, No. 4 (Fernando Sor) |
Practicing |
How to Maintain Pieces in Your Repertoire |
No musical examples. |
Practicing |
How to Use Reflex Practice to Master Fast, Difficult Passages Other than Scales |
Study No. 2 in Segovia's 20 Studies for the Guitar by Fernando Sor (Fernando Sor) |
Practicing |
How to Use Reflex Bursts to Learn a Fast Scale |
Capricho Árabe (Francisco Tárrega) |
Practicing |
I've Practiced That Spot a Hundred Times. But when I play it for somebody, I still mess it up. |
(No Musical Example) |
Practicing |
Know What You Are Playing—Sing! |
Romance, Romanza (Anonymous) |
Practicing |
Mark Up Your Music |
Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro, BWV 998 (J.S. Bach) |
Practicing |
Memorizing Music |
(No Musical Example) |
Practicing |
Memorizing Music |
(No Musical Example) |
Practicing |
Practice Routines, Part 1 of 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Practicing |
Practice Routines, Part 2 of 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Practicing |
Practice With Your Eyes Closed |
(No Musical Example) |
Practicing |
Practicing. Another New Year's Resolution? No. It's A Life Resolution! |
(No Musical Example) |
Practicing |
Practicing in Altered Rhythms |
Variations on a Theme by Mozart, op.9 (Fernando Sor) |
Practicing |
Scales, Part 1 of 2 |
Segovia Scales (Andres Segovia) Carlevaro Scales (Abel Carlevaro) |
Practicing |
Scales, Part 2 of 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Practicing |
Set Goals for EVERY Practice Session |
(No Musical Example) |
Practicing |
Sight Reading |
Andante (Fernando Sor) |
Practicing |
Step Practice |
Cavatina (Stanley Myers) |
Practicing |
Talent is NOT the Answer |
(No Musical Example) |
Practicing |
The Old Kleenex Trick |
Lute Suite No. 1, BWV 996 (J.S. Bach) Bouree, Bourree from Lute Suite No. 1, BWV 996 (J.S. Bach) |
Pulloffs |
Learn to Collapse Your Left-Hand Fingertip Joints |
Prelude No. 2 (Heitor Villa-Lobos) |
Purchasing a Guitar |
How to Buy a Classical Guitar |
Prelude No. 3 (Heitor Villa-Lobos) |
Rasgueados |
Practice Routines, Part 1 of 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Rasgueados |
Rasgueados, Part 1 of 3 |
(No Musical Example) |
Rasgueados |
Rasgueados, Part 2 of 3 |
(No Musical Example) |
Rasgueados |
Rasgueados, Part 3 of 3 |
Fandanguillo, Rafaga, and Soleares (Joaquín Turina) |
Reading Music |
Counting Out Loud—the Skill that Will Improve Your Guitar Playing More than Anything Else |
Allegretto moderato, Op. 44, No. 4 (Fernando Sor) |
Reading Music |
Sight Reading |
Andante (Fernando Sor) |
Reading Music |
How to Read Harmonic Notation |
Prelude No. 4 (Heitor Villa-Lobos) |
Reflex Practice |
How to Use Reflex Practice to Master Fast, Difficult Passages Other than Scales |
Study No. 2 in Segovia's 20 Studies for the Guitar by Fernando Sor (Fernando Sor) |
Reflex Practice |
How to Use Reflex Bursts to Learn a Fast Scale |
Capricho Árabe (Francisco Tárrega) |
Repeats |
Do I Play the Repeats in My Music? |
Bouree, Bourree from Lute Suite No. 1, BWV 996 (J.S. Bach) Lute Suite No. 1, BWV 996 (J.S. Bach) |
Repertoire |
How to Maintain Pieces in Your Repertoire |
No musical examples. |
Repertoire |
Practice Routines, Part 2 of 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Repetition |
Do I Play the Repeats in My Music? |
Bouree, Bourree from Lute Suite No. 1, BWV 996 (J.S. Bach) Lute Suite No. 1, BWV 996 (J.S. Bach) |
Resonance |
String Damping, Part 4 |
Progressive Lessons, Op. 31 No. 1 (Fernando Sor) |
Resonance |
String Damping, Part 4 |
Progressive Lessons, Op. 31 No. 1 (Fernando Sor) |
Rest Stroke |
Rest Stroke Follow Through |
Study No. 5 in Segovia's 20 Studies for the Guitar by Fernando Sor (Fernando Sor) |
Rest Stroke Tone Quality |
How to Produce a Beautiful Tone, Part 1 |
(No Musical Example) |
Rest Stroke Tone Quality on the Bass Strings |
How to Produce a Beautiful Tone, Part 3 |
(No Musical Example) |
Rest Stroke Tone Quality Thumb on the Bass Strings |
How to Produce a Beautiful Tone, Part 4 |
(No Musical Example) |
Rests |
String Damping, Part 4 |
Progressive Lessons, Op. 31 No. 1 (Fernando Sor) |
Rhythm |
Counting Out Loud—the Skill that Will Improve Your Guitar Playing More than Anything Else |
Allegretto moderato, Op. 44, No. 4 (Fernando Sor) |
Rhythm |
Hemiola: Switching from 6/8 to 3/4 Meter |
America, from West Side Story (Leonard Bernstein) arr. Jorge Morel |
Rhythm |
How to Count the Rhythms in Songs Written in Multiple Parts |
Twenty-Four Very Easy Exercises, Op. 35 No. 1 (Fernando Sor) |
Right Hand Fingernails |
Fingernails |
(No Musical Example) |
Right Hand Tone Quality Free Stroke |
How to Produce a Beautiful Tone, Part 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Right Hand Tone Quality on the Bass Strings |
How to Produce a Beautiful Tone, Part 3 |
(No Musical Example) |
Right Hand Tone Quality Rest Stroke |
How to Produce a Beautiful Tone, Part 1 |
(No Musical Example) |
Right Hand Tone Quality Thumb on Bass Strings |
How to Produce a Beautiful Tone, Part 4 |
(No Musical Example) |
Right-Hand Exercises |
Arpeggio Exercises |
El Abejorro (Emilio Pujol) |
Right-Hand Finger Alternation |
Right-Hand Finger Alternation |
Bianco Fiore (Cesare Negri) |
Right-Hand Fingering |
How to Choose Right-Hand Fingerings, Part 1 |
Lesson 1 from Twenty-Four Progressive Lessons, Op 31, Book 1 (Fernando Sor) |
Right-Hand Fingering |
How to Choose Right-Hand Fingerings, Part 2 |
Capricho Árabe (Francisco Tárrega) |
Right-Hand Fingering |
How to Choose Right-Hand Fingerings, Part 3 |
Study No. 14 from Andres Segovia's 20 Studies by Fernando Sor (Fernando Sor) |
Right-Hand Fingering, Anchor Technique |
The Anchor Finger Technique |
English Dance (Ferdinando Carulli) |
Right-Hand Harmonics |
Natural, Right Hand, and Artificial Harmonics |
Spanish Dance No. 5 (Enrique Granados) |
Right Hand Little Finger |
The Right-Hand Little Finger, Part 1 of 2 |
Carioca (arr. Jorge Morel) |
Right Hand Pinky Finger |
The Right-Hand Little Finger, Part 1 of 2 |
Carioca (arr. Jorge Morel) |
Right-Hand Planting Technique |
Right-Hand Planting Technique for Arpeggios |
(No Musical Example) |
Right-Hand Position |
Right-Hand Position |
(No Musical Example) |
Right Hand Position |
The Right-Hand Little Finger, Part 1 of 2 |
Carioca (arr. Jorge Morel) |
Right-Hand Position |
String Damping, Part 2 |
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (Anonymous) |
Right-Hand Speed |
Arpeggio Exercises |
El Abejorro (Emilio Pujol) |
Right-Hand String Crosses |
Right-Hand String Crosses |
(No Musical Example) |
Right-hand technique |
Pre-Planting At the Beginning of a Piece |
Study No. 3 in A Major, Op. 60, No. 3 (Matteo Carcassi) |
Right-hand Technique |
Double Thumb Stroke |
Leyenda (Isaac Albéniz) |
Right Hand Technique |
The Right-Hand Little Finger, Part 1 of 2 |
Carioca (arr. Jorge Morel) |
Right-hand Thumb |
Double Thumb Stroke |
Leyenda (Isaac Albéniz) |
Rolling a Chord |
How to Roll a Chord Part 1 of 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Rolling a Chord |
How to Roll a Chord Part 2 of 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Rubato |
Should I Listen to Performances and Recordings of Other Guitarists |
(No Musical Example) |
Scales |
Practice Routines, Part 1 of 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Scales |
Scales, Part 2 of 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Scales |
How to Use Reflex Bursts to Learn a Fast Scale |
Capricho Árabe (Francisco Tárrega) |
Scales |
Scales, Part 1 of 2 |
Segovia Scales (Andres Segovia) Carlevaro Scales (Abel Carlevaro) |
Scales |
Fast Guitar Scales With "ami" |
Variations on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 9 (Fernando Sor) |
Scordatura |
How to Stabilize Scordatura (open, non-standard) Tunings |
(No Musical Example) |
Shaping Your Fingernails |
Fingernails |
(No Musical Example) |
Shifting |
Shifting |
Gymnopedie No. 1 (Erik Satie) |
Sight Reading |
Practice Routines, Part 2 of 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Sight Reading |
Sight Reading |
Andante (Fernando Sor) |
Singing |
Know What You Are Playing—Sing! |
Romance, Romanza (Anonymous) |
Sitting Position |
Doug's Rule of Life #17 |
(No Musical Example) |
Sitting Position |
Put An End To Your Guitar's Lap Dance Now |
(No Musical Example) |
Slur Exercises |
Practice Routines, Part 1 of 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Slurred Ornaments |
Cross-String Ornaments, part 1 of 3 |
(No Musical Example) |
Slurred Ornaments |
Cross-String Ornaments, part 2 of 3 |
(No Musical Example) |
Slurred Ornaments |
Cross-String Ornaments, part 3 of 3 |
Bouree, from Lute Suite No. 1, BWV 996 (J.S. Bach) |
Slurs |
The Best Exercise You Can Practice for the Left Hand, Part 1 of 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Slurs |
The Best Exercise You Can Practice for the Left Hand, Part 2 of 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Slurs |
Slurs |
Etude (Study) No. 1 (Heitor Villa-Lobos) Capricho Árabe (Francisco Tárrega) Variations on a Theme by Mozart (Fernando Sor) Saltarello (Vincenzo Galilei) Concierto de Aranjuez (Joaquín Rodrigo) Minuet in C (Fernando Sor) Garrotin (Joaquín Turina) Soleares (Joaquín Turina) |
Smooth Chord Changes |
Connecting a Single Melody Note to a Strummed or Arpeggiated Chord |
Prelude No. 3 (Heitor Villa-Lobos) |
Snare Drum Effect |
Snare Drum Effect, Part 1 of 2 |
Gran Jota de Concierto (Francisco Tárrega) |
Snare Drum Effect |
Snare Drum Effect, Part 2 of 2 |
Gran Jota de Concierto (Francisco Tárrega) |
Speed |
Arpeggio Exercises |
El Abejorro (Emilio Pujol) |
Speed |
Fast Guitar Scales With "ami" |
Variations on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 9 (Fernando Sor) |
Speed Bursts |
How to Use Reflex Practice to Master Fast, Difficult Passages Other than Scales |
Study No. 2 in Segovia's 20 Studies for the Guitar by Fernando Sor (Fernando Sor) |
Speed Bursts |
How to Use Reflex Bursts to Learn a Fast Scale |
Capricho Árabe (Francisco Tárrega) |
Spider Exercise |
The Spider Exercise |
(No Musical Example) |
Staccato |
How to Play Staccato, Part 1 of 3 |
(No Musical Example) |
Staccato |
How to Play Staccato, Part 2 of 3 |
Segovia Scales (Andres Segovia) |
Staccato |
How to Play Staccato, Part 3 of 3 |
Rossiniana No. 4, Opus 122 (Mauro Giuliani) |
Stage Fright |
Adrenaline and Altered Perception of Tempo |
(No Musical Example) |
Stage Fright |
How to Control Stage Fright (Performance Anxiety) |
(No Musical Examples) |
Step Practice |
Step Practice |
Cavatina (Stanley Myers) Puff the Magic Dragon (Peter Yarrow and Leonard Lipton) |
Stretching Exercises |
Practice Routines, Part 1 of 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Stretching Exercises |
Stretching Exercises |
(No Musical Example) |
String Crossings |
How to Play Staccato, Part 2 of 3 |
Segovia Scales (Andres Segovia) |
String Damping |
String Damping, Part 1 |
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (Anonymous) |
String Damping |
String Damping, Part 2 |
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (Anonymous) |
String Damping |
String Damping, Part 3 |
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (Anonymous) |
String Damping |
String Damping, Part 4 |
Progressive Lessons, Op. 31 No. 1 (Fernando Sor) |
String Noise |
How to Use Hinge Bars as Guide Fingers |
Romanza, Romance (Anonymous) |
String Noise |
String Squeaks and Romeo and Juliet |
Leyenda, Asturias (Isaac Albéniz) |
String Squeaks |
String Squeaks and Romeo and Juliet |
Leyenda, Asturias (Isaac Albéniz) |
Strings Crosses |
Right-Hand String Crosses |
(No Musical Example) |
Swing |
Hemiola: Switching from 6/8 to 3/4 Meter |
America, from West Side Story (Leonard Bernstein) arr. Jorge Morel |
Tambor |
The Tambor Percussion Effect |
(No Musical Example) |
Tambor |
Snare Drum Effect, Part 1 of 2 |
Gran Jota de Concierto (Francisco Tárrega) |
Tambor |
Snare Drum Effect, Part 2 of 2 |
Gran Jota de Concierto (Francisco Tárrega) |
Technique |
Scales, Part 2 of 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Technique |
Scales, Part 1 of 2 |
Segovia Scales (Andres Segovia) |
Tempo |
Adrenaline and Altered Perception of Tempo |
(No Musical Example) |
Tempo |
Doug's Rule of Life #17 |
(No Musical Example) |
Tempo |
Metronome Tempo Markings |
(No Musical Example) |
Tempo |
Should I Listen to Performances and Recordings of Other Guitarists |
(No Musical Example) |
Tendinitus |
Hand Contrast Baths |
(No Musical Example) |
Tendinitus |
Injury Prevention for the Classical Guitarist |
(No Musical Example) |
Testing a Guitar |
How to Buy a Classical Guitar |
(No Musical Example) |
Thin Fingernails |
Fingernail Health |
(No Musical Example) |
Thumb |
Double Thumb Stroke |
Leyenda (Isaac Albéniz) |
Thumb, Left-Hand |
Left-Hand Thumb |
Leyenda, Asturias (Isaac Albéniz) |
Thumb, Right Hand |
Double Thumb Stroke |
Leyenda (Isaac Albéniz) |
Thumb, Right-Hand Thumbnail |
How to Find the Best Length and Shape for Your Thumbnail |
(No Musical Example) |
Timbre |
Tone Color, Part 1 |
(No Musical Example) |
Timbre |
Tone Color, Part 2 |
Spanish Dance No. 5 (Enrique Granados) |
Timbre |
Tone Color, Part 3 |
Leyenda, Asturias (Isaac Albéniz) |
Tip Joints |
Learn to Collapse Your Left-Hand Fingertip Joints |
Prelude No. 2 (Heitor Villa-Lobos) |
Tips of the Fingers |
Playing On the Tips of the Fingers |
Leyenda, Asturias (Isaac Albéniz) |
Tone Color |
Should I Listen to Performances and Recordings of Other Guitarists |
(No Musical Example) |
Tone Color |
Tone Color, Part 1 |
(No Musical Example) |
Tone Color |
Tone Color, Part 2 |
Spanish Dance No. 5 (Enrique Granados) |
Tone Color |
Tone Color, Part 3 |
Leyenda, Asturias (Isaac Albéniz) |
Tone Quality Fingers on the Bass Strings |
How to Produce a Beautiful Tone, Part 1 |
(No Musical Example) |
Tone Quality Free Strokee |
How to Produce a Beautiful Tone, Part 2 |
(No Musical Example) |
Tone Quality Fingers on the Bass Strings |
How to Produce a Beautiful Tone, Part 3 |
(No Musical Example) |
Tone Quality Thumb on the Bass Strings |
How to Produce a Beautiful Tone, Part 4 |
(No Musical Example) |
Transcriptions |
Transcriptions and Arrangements |
(No Musical Example) |
Tremolo |
How to Master the Tremolo, Part 1 of 4 |
(No Musical Example) |
Tremolo |
How to Master the Tremolo, Part 2 of 4 |
(No Musical Example) |
Tremolo |
How to Master the Tremolo, Part 4 of 4 |
(No Musical Example) |
Tuning |
How to Stabilize Scordatura (open, non-standard) Tunings |
(No Musical Example) |
Tuning |
How to Tune Your Guitar |
(No Musical Example) |
Vary the Repeats |
Do I Play the Repeats in My Music? |
Bouree, from Lute Suite No. 1, BWV 996 (J.S. Bach) |
Vibrato |
Vibrato, Part 1 |
(No Musical Example) |
Vibrato |
Vibrato, Part 2 |
Twinkle, Twinkle (Anonymous) |
Voices |
How to Count the Rhythms in Songs Written in Multiple Parts |
Twenty-Four Very Easy Exercises, Op. 35 No. 1 (Fernando Sor) |
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The Old Kleenex Trick |
Lute Suite No. 1, BWV 996 (J.S. Bach) |