
Overview of what we going to cover in this section.
Download the PDF book for The Basics Part 2.
Notes on the 5th String: A - B - C
First scale in the course, very exciting.
Apply the new notes in a song, best way to practice new notes.
Step 1 in London College of Music is the first level for guitar exam. Even if you don't want to apply for the exam, they are choosing the best music that will test your technique and knowledge.
Another piece from LCM, this one is very melodic.
Overview of what we going to cover in this section.
The frets that we left intentionally are the accidentals, time to know what are they.
This one have only semi tones!
Learn the G major scale, and why the key signature is so important
I am sure you'll recognize this tune when you hear it
Your first minor scale, it's a sad scale not like the major one.
Because it's in a minor key, this tune is a little sad
The final string on Guitar, watch out for the ledger lines.
Time to review all the bass notes that you learned
Do this drill over and over until you are comfortable with the ledger lines
A traditional Spanish tune to practice all the bass notes that you know, and it's in eighth notes! So go slowly.
A whole section devoted for the right hand development. Learn the techniques that will make your fingerstyle playing go to a new level.
Time for a new notes, it's been a while since you learned one.
A key technique in the classic guitar, it will serve you well in the coming lessons. The complete opposite of the rest stroke, so it might take some practice until your fingers adjust.
Using the fingers p & m is very common technique. This study will help you master it.
Starting a chain of 6 studies devoted for using the right hand fingers combination. This is the first 2 of them, and each study is built on the previous one.
Study 3 & 4 uses the other fingers which will develop your right hand even further.
Study 5 & 6 complete the series and they are not easy. A little bet more challenging for both hands.
Ferdinando Carulli is famous for his hundreds of composition of small studies for guitar. All his studies was aimed to develop the technique, and at the same time sounds like a song not an exercise. This one is very well know.
Mateo Carcassi is considered to be the first one who put a real method for the classical guitar. His compositions are more melodic than Carulli, This study is by far one of the best for developing the right hand technique, enjoy.
Mauro Giuliani was a leading guitar virtuoso of the early 19th century. His work "120 studies for the right hand" is the number one book for any serious classical guitarist. All his composition are melodic and have technical challenges. I picked this one cause it's the easiest one I could find! Take it slowly.
The 2nd part of Guiliani study.
Arpeggio is a broken chord. Soon you will learn that to be a good classical guitarist, you need to master this technique.
Learn the new rhythm the Triplets. How can you play 3 notes in the time of one beat? Find out how. Also, there are many forms of arpeggios, but it all comes to 2 kinds.. and you will learn them here.
Study on the upward arpeggio.
Study on the downward arpeggio.
You will thank me for this one! I thought I end the course with something unique, here it is. Keep those fingers playing.
Revision of the notes that we covered so far, well done!
A few resources to keep you busy until we meet again in part 3. Learn ALL the studies that we covered here well, then go ahead and experiment with those.
Welcome to Classical Guitar Essentials Part 2.
The 2nd part of this serious picks up where we left off. It starts with learning notes on the 5th & 6th strings, then introduces the accidentals to fill in the spaces on the frets we left it.
Scales are one of the major issues we going to discuss by playing 2 major scales and 1 minor scale, and explain why they are important for your development as a classical guitarist.
We gonna take a look at 5 basic chord shapes that will help your left hand adapt and stretch your fingers, so the pieces we will play later will not be that hard on the left hand.
Then we going to switch our focus to the right hand, by learning the chord technique and how to play 2 or more notes at the same time.
This section will be filled with exercises to make sure that you get the technique right, as this is what differentiates the classical guitarist from other types of guitar playing like electric and folk.
After that, we will be playing 3 of the most famous studies by famous classical guitar composers such as F. Carulli, Mateo Carcassi, and Mauro Giuliani that will take your playing to a whole new level.
Finally, at the end we will take a look at one of the most important techniques on guitar like Arpeggio, and play one of the most famous Flamenco pieces of all time: The Malaguena.
So, here is your chance to really play classical guitar. All the lessons are broken down into easy to follow steps. I will not leave a single note, or technique not fully explained.
If you've playing guitar for months or even years and struggling to take your playing to the next level, this course is definitely for you.
Reading standard music notation is a must for this course, so If you can't read it why don't you check out my first course in this serious then come back and continue with this one.
I really hope that you enjoy every lesson here, I know I did.
Thank you.