This post is going to show you how to effectively play a half barre chord: the classical guitar technique for playing chord shapes higher up the fretboard, but across a smaller set of strings. And hopefully reduce that annoying buzzing sound when you use the half barre chord. To half Barre or Not 1/2 Barre?Read More…
This post is going to show you how to effectively play a barre chord: the classical guitar technique for playing chord shapes higher up the fretboard. And hopefully reduce that annoying buzzing sound when you use barre chords. To Barre or Not Barre? A barre chord is the guitar’s answer to shifting key center harmony.Read More…
Have you got the Fall 2016 edition of the all new Classical Guitar Magazine? It has a great article learning on Francisco Tarrega’s Recuerdos de la Alhambra in it. It has the up and coming talented guitarist Laura Snowden on the cover, along with articles on Cuba’s music scene, Carlos Barbosa- Lima and free musicRead More…
This post will cover a basic guitar warm up routine for the left hand; a rapid warm up that is guaranteed to get your fingers moving fluidly across the strings. How many of us bother to warm up our hands before picking up a guitar to play? Is it in your top five thingsRead More…