D05 Classical guitar lesson 01

[Chu Bun]

I hate that slide in bar 5 too. It doesn't fit to anything in the whole piece. I was very familiar with this piece in my teenage years, but now it feels like a new piece! By the way the version I played back then have a transition section between the minor and major parts which sounds really nice. Does anybody know if that section is available somewhere (hopefully it is not copyrighted material)?

[Andrei Puhach]

Not sure if this is a muscle strength problem or something is wrong with my hand, but my fingers get tired pretty fast and near the end of a long piece, I often feel great pain when holding barres. Sometimes the knuckles just lock up and it is impossible to fret the next chord. Anybody experiences something similar?

I'm getting some mild pain in my 1st knuckle joint. I think it's the combination of the half barres and the stretch.
I'm going to be a bit slow posting this month!

To relieve stress in half barres keep the thumb as low as possible on the neck (so that the index finger is almost straight) and the wrist is moved a bit forward. I did not really do that while playing, but I just tried it and it so convenient and relaxed. Maybe I'll record one more version later.
Here is what I mean

[DaveMoutrie]

Here are my first set of exercises:

[DaveMoutrie]

Here is my version of Vaghe bellezze e bionde trecce d'oro vedi che per ti moro.

I'm still not happy with it though - there are a couple of errors, places where my fingers do not alternate, the dynamics could be improved and it could perhaps be a little more legato.

[Andrei Puhach]

Here is my version of Vaghe bellezze e bionde trecce d'oro vedi che per ti moro.

I'm still not happy with it though - there are a couple of errors, places where my fingers do not alternate, the dynamics could be improved and it could perhaps be a little more legato.

Sounds very good. I'm still learning this piece, have some difficulties

[DaveMoutrie]

Here are my speed exercises. I was concentrating too hard on trying to keep in time with the metronome to bother too much with the nuances.

[Chu Bun]

Below are my submission for the rest of this month. I did not use a metronome for the speed exercise to the tempo could be all wrong. I still cannot do 45c with any reliability.

[Andrei Puhach]

- page 21 Anonyme - Vaghe bellezze e bionde trecce d'oro vedi che per ti moro

Tried rolled chords using p, i, m, a, but it was not always successful... Probably should have used the recommended way.

[DaveMoutrie]

- page 21 Anonyme - Vaghe bellezze e bionde trecce d'oro vedi che per ti moro

Tried rolled chords using p, i, m, a, but it was not always successful... Probably should have used the recommended way.

Excellent playing Andrie - you have all the elements there: Nicely accelerated strum to bring out the melody, nice and legoto on the ascending chord sequences and effective vibrato. The rallantando at the end sounds great as well.

[Colin Bullock]

To relieve stress in half barres keep the thumb as low as possible on the neck (so that the index finger is almost straight) and the wrist is moved a bit forward. I did not really do that while playing, but I just tried it and it so convenient and relaxed. Maybe I'll record one more version later.
Here is what I mean

Thanks Andrei. I’ll give that a try. Might rest my hand for a day or so as well.

I see what you and Chu mean about the slide in the Sor, not sure it fits, but good exercise so I’ll keep at it.

[Andrei Puhach]

Tried to improve a bit on rolling chords in Vaghe bellezze. This is still a bit difficult for me to do even arpeggiato with p, i, m, a.
Sorry, some photobombing happened, but it was one of my best takes, so let's keep it there It was also a distraction resistance test.

[DaveMoutrie]

Tried to improve a bit on rolling chords in Vaghe bellezze. This is still a bit difficult for me to do even arpeggiato with p, i, m, a.
Sorry, some photobombing happened, but it was one of my best takes, so let's keep it there It was also a distraction resistance test.

Very nice smooth playing Andrie, you must have nerves of steel to withstand a distraction test like that.

[Colin Bullock]

To relieve stress in half barres keep the thumb as low as possible on the neck (so that the index finger is almost straight) and the wrist is moved a bit forward. I did not really do that while playing, but I just tried it and it so convenient and relaxed. Maybe I'll record one more version later.
Here is what I mean

That's helpful Andrei. The final bar you play #27 is the one which is giving me greatest problem; initially I could only hold down by pulling the fingerboard in so the body of the guitar held the pressure - no thumb, now by adjusting thumb as you suggest I am able to hold it for a while. I'm keeping practice short so as not to stress thumb too much and doing the stretches recommended in the lesson. Discomfort is reducing.
Hopefully I'll catch up by end of month!

[Andrei Puhach]

The rest of the assignment:

- page 126 (D04) Delcamp, Jean-François Terminer - Fermare - Damp – Apagar


- page 158 increasing the number of notes played while keeping a constant tempo (n° 105 and 106 page 158)