
Advance your classical guitar by sight reading across all strings, master arpeggio shapes including the cage system, and study Bach preludes, ornaments, and grade seven repertoire.
Learn to map the fretboard by octaves using repeatable note patterns, connect same notes across strings, and memorize the caged system shapes to navigate notes across positions.
Memorize the guitar fretboard by naming notes across strings using the circle of fifths, mastering repeatable patterns and forward-backward runs with a pattern sheet.
Identify notes on frets 9–12 using the same technique as frets 6–8, memorize the 10th fret notes, and practice sharp and flat spellings to improve sight-reading and note learning.
Explore theme by hook in a seventh-position sight-reading study for the first three strings, in 3/4 time, with pull-offs and seventh-fret half-bar.
Explore the eighth position in theme by the week for classical guitar, using four flats in f minor. Focus on reading notes and on hammer-ons and pull-offs rather than memorizing.
Explore the folk theme in ninth position of the A major scale, navigating three sharps across frets 9–12, with slow, note-guided practice for fretboard mastery.
Learn a performance of Prelude in D as part of the master class for classical guitar.
Drop the six-string from e to d to play Bach's prelude in d major, transposed from cello; tune with a tuner or Guitar Tuna, aiming for -20 on the readout.
Explore the prelude in d section a, covering d major chords, f sharp, c sharp bass patterns, and essential techniques like pull-offs, hammer-ons, and position shifts.
Explore section B of Prelude in D, mastering right-hand fingering p i m, bar chords, pull-offs, arpeggios, and the D major arpeggio with careful practice.
Explore section c of the Prelude in d by shifting to the second position, executing g to f sharp pull-offs, and keeping the melody on the string to preserve tone.
Explore the final section of Bach's Prelude in D major, using chromatic movement from the dominant A7 to the tonic, with fingering details, string choices, and scales and arpeggios practice.
Master the major arpeggio E form, starting on the sixth string at the fifth fret, with a movable shape repeating root, third, and fifth using the pinkie.
Learn the D major arpeggio in the D shape, starting on the fourth string with root, third, and fifth, then optional fifth and third before returning to the root.
Master the major arpeggio a form on classical guitar, practicing root–third–fifth patterns starting on the fifth string and exploring three shapes across six frets with multiple fingerings and half-bar options.
Connect the C major arpeggio shapes across the fretboard by linking the C, A, G, E, and D shapes, reinforcing the caged system and the C major arpeggio concept.
Explore the cage system on classical guitar, linking caged shapes to arpeggios, chords, and scales across the fretboard in a practical, shape-based approach.
Master classical guitar part 2 presents the performance of etude no.25, guiding students through a focused study of the piece.
Explore arpeggio patterns in a major using the caged system, moving through the a, g, d, c shapes from open a to the 17th fret to support etude 25.
Section a introduces an allegro brillante etude in a major, emphasizing arpeggios, hammer-ons, and pull-offs, with fingerings across f-sharp, c-sharp, and g-sharp toward e major.
Section b guides a full c major arpeggio with hammer-ons and pull-offs, practicing loud-to-soft dynamics and crescendos, then moves through g major and diminished phrases toward section c.
Guides fingerings for c, f, a in section c of the master classical guitar part 2, adds f natural with the fourth finger, and features staccato d minor arpeggios.
Play an E major arpeggio with pull-offs across first and seven positions, practice the walking bass and hammer-ons in section d of the grade seven london college of music piece.
Explore section e to master the a7 chord, half-bar technique, and arpeggios across seventh to ninth positions, with deliberate practice of pull-offs, tone, and rhythm.
Navigate section f of the master classical guitar guide, mastering c-sharp phrases, string crossings, and arpeggio patterns through precise fingerings and pull-offs.
Learn arpeggios and pull-offs in section g, pairing C-sharp and E in a major shape with bass on strings one and two, then move to A and D shapes.
Section h concludes etude 25 with the a major arpeggio, shifting c-sharp to string two, using hammer-ons and pull-offs, and finishing on the a major triad.
Learn about ornaments in classical guitar, including appoggiatura and acciaccatura, leaning notes in Renaissance terms, and pull-offs, hammer-ons, plus quick crushed notes notated as 32nd notes.
Learn about the upper mordent and the lower mordant on classical guitar, using hammer-ons and pull-offs as fast slurs, with accents on the principal note and guidance for practice.
Learn turn ornament for guitar, starting above the principal note, moving through upper and lower neighbors, and the inverted turn starting before the principal, with allegro or adagio timing.
This lecture explains the trill as alternating the principal note with the scale above, how to start, rhythm, string choices, and how long trills resolve to the tonic.
Experience a performance of prelúdio by Santiago de Murcia, showcasing classical guitar interpretation and expressive phrasing.
Explore preludio by Santiago de Murcia, focusing on ornaments such as trill, mordent, and lower mordent, with practical breakdowns, hammer-ons and pull-offs, and a two two time signature context.
Guide through a relatively easy preludio with B-flat key signature and clear fingering, highlighting mordents and pull-offs. Emphasize keeping notes ringing while shifting positions and preparing Bach's Allemande.
Explore the allemande by J.S. Bach for classical guitar, focusing on performance techniques, phrasing, and stylistic interpretation in a master class setting.
Allemande part 1 by Bach guides classical guitar students through baroque fingering, mordents, ornaments, scales, shifting positions, and bar chords, culminating in a B major scale and triad.
Explore Bach's allemande part 2 with bar-by-bar arpeggios, trills, and challenging left-hand fingering, while practicing scales and arpeggios for the annual exam and three pieces.
Guide To Master Classical Guitar (Part 2) is the second part of the series.
This is an expert-level course and is not meant for beginners.
Here is what we are going to cover:
We continue where we left off in the last course with sight-reading from fret 9 to fret 12, and learning how and where are these notes on the sheet music and the guitar.
I am going to show you a pattern for the fretboard that will allow you to locate ANY note, anywhere on the fretboard! I use this pattern with my private students - and with myself- and it shows amazing results.
Next, we are going to take one of the most beautiful pieces by J.S.Bach which is Prelude From Suite No.1, BWV 1007 for the Cello.
I choose this one because we can apply what we learned in the previous section and because it really sounds good on the classical guitar!
After that, we going to Master the Arpeggios by looking at the CAGED system and I will teach you how the fretboard is just one Gigantic chord that is connected together.
And to apply this, I chose Etude No.25 by Matteo Carcassi, the last study of his famous etudes. It is filled with arpeggios and it is a requirement in Grade 7 for classical guitar at London College of Music.
Then we are studying Ornaments, an essential skill you need to be aware of as you reached this high level in classical guitar. We going to focus on two kinds, but I will explain most of the ornaments that can come your way as a guitarist.
Finally, we will study two pieces to apply the ornaments. The first one is quite an easy piece, Prelúdio by Santiago de Murcia. This one is actually a grade 5 piece but it has many ornaments, so I thought you can focus more on them rather than hard techniques.
The last piece we are going to study is Allemande by J.S.Bach. This one has a few ornaments, and it's a Grade 7 piece. It will require a lot of study and time as it is filled with arpeggios and scales, so you should take your time with this one.
It took me some time to choose the pieces here and design this course, and if you really series about leveling up your playing, then I strongly recommend that you take this course.
See you on the other side.