Exploring Campanella Fingering
Classical Guitar Technique
Campanella is an Italian word for “little bell.” On guitar campanella fingering is the idea of playing a passage that could be played with multiple notes on a string across several strings. Check out this scale run for instance: Instead of playing the scale with three notes on the second string, what if we played […]
Read MoreBenjamin Verdery Masterclass
Guitar Masterclass Videos
This is a Masterclass given by guitarist Ben Vedery. Mr. Verdery is the director of the classical guitar program at Yale University, and a crazy good guitarist.
Read MoreManuel Barrueco Podcasts
Guitar Related Links
Manuel Barrueco has been posting a series of podcasts. I’ve just discovered these, and hopefully they’ll help keep me entertained on the drive back to school this week.
Read More100 Music Ed Bloggers!
Classical Guitar Tips
Dr. Joseph Pisano at mustech.net began a campaign during 2008 to get together 100 music education bloggers. He was kind enough to put The Classical Guitar Blog on that list. A big thanks to Dr. Pisano both for organizing the campaign and bringing some of these great blogs to my attention. THE OFFICIAL LIST OF […]
Read Moreii, IV and vi
Music Theory
So far on Music Theory Fridays we’ve talked about the chords found in a major scale and the functions of Tonic and Dominant. Namely Tonic is “home” and dominant wants to go there. To expand upon those two chords we’ve talked about, some of those “other” chords are used differently. The ii, IV and vi […]
Read MoreHappy New Year!
Classical Guitar Tips
In light of the holiday, I’m going to share with you one of my favorite non-guitar videos. Ladies and gentleman, Music for one Apartment and Six Drummers.
Read MoreAn Interview with Charles Mokotoff, Part two
Interviews with Classical Guitarists
The first portion of this interview can be found here. You can view Charles’ new CD on his CD Baby Page. —— How did you go about picking pieces for the record? There’s a piece on there that’s written and dedicated to you, can you tell us a bit about it? Most of those tracks […]
Read MoreCharles Mokotoff Interview
Interviews with Classical Guitarists
Charles Mokotoff is a classical guitarist based out of the Washington D.C. area. He reccenty returned to guitar after a long break and has remastered an old recording for his first CD Autumn Elegy. I had the chance to Ask Charles a few questions regarding his experiences as a performer in the 1980s and today. […]
Read MoreMonday Motivation: New Year Edition
Monday Motivation
As we approach the new year, I’d like to thank everyone who reads this blog. It’s been far to much fun writing for the past few months! “Live forever or die in the attempt.” —Joseph Heller Stanley Yates is a concert guitarist, arranger and music professor based out of middle Tennessee. If you haven’t checked […]
Read MoreGuest Post at Jemsite
Classical Guitar Tips
Just a quick note today. I was asked to Ava over at Jemsite to write a guest post about classical guitar. The post is just a basic intro explaining what classical guitar is and how it can expand your marketability as a guitarist. How to get Started on Classical Guitar Check it out!
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