3 Steps to Quickly Learn Guitar Scales
Learn scales fast with this simple practice routine. Learn classical guitar scales such as the Segovia scales quickly with these three easy steps.
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Why Detailed Notation is the Best Way to Learn Scales
Scales are an important part of your classical guitar practice, these two methods make learning scales easier to understand. Using tab to learn guitar scales makes it easier to visualise the position of the fingers. We can also use detailed notation to show the placement of the fingers. Check out […]
Lettre à la Seine – Roland Dyens
Lettre à la Seine by Roland Dyens performed on the classical guitar. This piece comes from a set of 20 Letters composed for the guitar. Lettre à la Seine is the second letter in this set.
Music Articulation: Explained!
In this music lesson, we explore legato, staccato and pizzicato – which are 3 forms of articulation commonly used in music. Learning about articulation and how to apply them to your playing is one of the most important skills to take your playing to the next level. It can help […]
The Secret to Effortless Barre Chords
Learning barre chords can be one of the most difficult steps when learning the guitar. It can hold people back for months, or worse, put them off playing altogether. In this guitar lesson, I explain a simple way to play barre chords that means you’ll learn correctly and effectively, saving […]
Why Does Music Only Use 12 Notes?
Why is it that there are only 12 notes used in music? Why not 13 or 14? It comes from the circle of fifths. Much of Western music is built on the relationship between the tonic and the dominant. If we are to work out the dominant of each dominant […]
The Art of Playing Chords
In this lesson, we discuss a few ways to make playing chords simpler and smoother. First of all, we look at keeping the correct fingers in place to minimise the finger movement. Then we look at how to smoothly transition between different chords, especially when we have difficult chords or […]
What’s So Special About Pentatonic Scales?
The pentatonic scale is often the first scale that beginner guitar students learn. This doesn’t always happen with other instruments and also these scales aren’t necessarily more important than major scales or minor scales. In this video, we look at what makes the pentatonic scale unique, and how it is […]
The Inner Game of Tennis – How It Helped Me as a Musician
How long does it take to learn the guitar? Is it too late to learn the piano? In this video, I look at a better way of thinking about our musical development. Rather than judging ourselves for where we are at the moment, I use the example of a flower […]
Erasmus, Klezmer and Classical Ukulele – A Conversation with Gergely Bándi
Today I am talking with Gergely Bándi. Greg is a good friend of mine whom I met when we were both classical guitar students at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. During his time as an Erasmus student, Gergely started the Happy Beigel Klezmer Orkester in London, an exciting […]
