D01 Classical guitar lesson 03

[Christopher Langley]

Just how many guitars do you guys/girls have?

4 Nylon

5 Steel string

7 Electric

I want more gear. Lol. It all inspires me in different ways.

[Graham Gaya]

Here are my submissions for Lesson 3, thank you for taking the time to review

Jean-François Delcamp : SI SI RE | tripped up on the 14th bar


Anonyme : Good-morning to all | i didn't use a metronome on this one, slow tempo, almost missed a note


Dionisio Aguado : Leccion 5a | like everyone, this one was tough, on bar 5, 2nd note, i used the 4th left finger instead of the 3rd. 110 bpm


Anonyme : Lo, nous marchons sur un étroit chemin | recorded at 84bpm

[Ian Howe]

Nice work Graham, very good submissions.

[James A. Showalter]

Very smooth work Graham. Outside of a couple of fretting buzzing moments it's perfect.
James

[William Byrd]

Nice job Graham. My only comment would be on SI SI RE, the chair to your left was a bit out off tempo.

[Judy Verbeeten]

Here are my submissions for Lesson 3, thank you for taking the time to review

As the others have stated, well done Graham. I particularly enjoyed the mystery moving black chair, behind you, while you were playing SI SI RE. I may be wrong here, but I suspect it may have been one of your children, who did not get the memo, that dad is recording his piece. All the same, fun to watch.

Judy

[Ian Howe]

Below are my submissions for D01-S03

Took a while to get there, some difficult passages but it's starting to be easier now.
All Comments Wecome

SI SI RE



LECCION 5a




LO, NOUS MARCHONS SUR UN ETROIT CHEMIN



AUDIO Submission ( Patty & Mildred J. HILL GOOD-MORNING TO ALL )

[James A. Showalter]

Ian,
I kind of like the audio clip submission which you did very well on. It forces me to hear the music. Not that a video doesn't but it is a different effect that I cannot explain. Good job.

The rest of your submissions sounded very good as well. I was a bit disoriented with Leccion 5a as it seemed the audio and video were not in sync and especially with Lo Nous Marchans where you were rocking side-to-side in the chair. I found the rocking motion to be very distracting and could not understand how you were able to do it and keep up with the music as well as you did. Good job.

Left-hand thumb position is what I think you need to work on.
James

[Ian Howe]

Thanks James, Think i might need to resubmit the Audio, unless im going deaf i can hardly hear it
I'm still trying to get to grips with recording through a mic and getting volumes correct. all a learning experience

[Jeffrey Wijnans]

Just how many guitars do you guys/girls have?

4 Nylon

5 Steel string

7 Electric

I want more gear. Lol. It all inspires me in different ways.

GAS (gear acquisition syndrome) I can relate

[Jeffrey Wijnans]

Here are my submissions for Lesson 3, thank you for taking the time to review

Well done sir! Are you a "true" beginner of did you play some guitar before getting into these lessons?

[Graham Gaya]

Very smooth work Graham. Outside of a couple of fretting buzzing moments it's perfect.
James

Thank you James, will continue working on hitting the notes right to minimize the buzzing.

@Ian and Judy, yes that was 5yr old....funny thing is I told him to stay out of the camera view....i suppose he complied

@Jeff after seeing the progress I have made the last three lessons with reading music notation and technique that comes from structured and consistent practice, I consider myself a beginner previously stagnant. I started several years back with an acoustic with the Mel Bay book but couldn't ever get through it, tried a few lessons but did not put I the practice time, so really found myself doing the same chords over and over but never really making any progress. This past summer for father's day my family got me a 'Fingerpicking guitar camp for adults' gift and really enjoyed the experience (Interlochen, MI). That renewed my interest for the guitar and really exposed the need for proper technique and fundamentals about form and reading music. After numerous YouTube spiral sessions and reading online, I landed on the Delcamp site. I have really appreciated the structure and team spirit and hope I can at least finish the first year. The short answer, no I am not a true beginner .

[Robert Drechsler]

2 Weeks out of country and no guitar with me.... and after all there was leccion 5 after i saw all your submission, i was quit motivated to go on. I know there is much room to improve on my submissions but lets keep on

[William Byrd]

2 Weeks out of country and no guitar with me.... and after all there was leccion 5 after i saw all your submission, i was quit motivated to go on. I know there is much room to improve on my submissions but lets keep on

Fine effort Robert. Happy to see you are sticking around. My only observation would be on Lo Nous, your right hand thumb position is a bit off. If you google "right hand thumb position for classical guitar," you find an excellent YouTube video from Bradford Werner that explains this. Hopefully it helps.

Bill

[William Byrd]

Below are my submissions for D01-S03

Took a while to get there, some difficult passages but it's starting to be easier now.
All Comments Welcome

Well done Ian. You were particularly charismatic on Lo Nous.

Bill