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I was just wondering if anyone can help me out here. I sometimes get to a certain point in my playing where it just seems like there is nowhere to go from where I am... so i don't seem to progress, don't know what to play, and don't really have anything to play even though i have been playing for 4 or 5 years.....
I play electric and classical. I am in a classical phase at the moment and i just learned some pieces by albeniz (asturias) and a few by tarrega. Does anyone know any more pieces I could learn in that style? or what I can do to improve my classical playing. I tried to learn Recuerdos de la alhambra but the constant trill seems impossible to me.
Any direction, suggestions, help would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
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That brick wall we sometimes hit!
my playing has nowhere to go...help!
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Posted 09 February 2005 - 01:21 PM
Recuerdos has a pretty hard tremolo (not trill) I'm probably gonna take it to my instructor for help. Another good one is Joropo and Prelude in C Minor.
Or just leave classical behind for a little bit and try some Chet Atkins, he's better than a lot of classical players, you may learn alot from his style.
Or just leave classical behind for a little bit and try some Chet Atkins, he's better than a lot of classical players, you may learn alot from his style.
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Posted 09 February 2005 - 03:34 PM
How about taking a break from guitar for a day or two. Sometimes you can over-saturate your brain with info and you hit a mental wall.
take a break, relax, watch a movie, etc.
take a break, relax, watch a movie, etc.
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Posted 11 March 2005 - 03:27 PM
QUOTE (chambaQ @ Feb 9 2005, 12:41 PM)
How's it going everyone?
I was just wondering if anyone can help me out here. I sometimes get to a certain point in my playing where it just seems like there is nowhere to go from where I am... so i don't seem to progress, don't know what to play, and don't really have anything to play even though i have been playing for 4 or 5 years.....
I play electric and classical. I am in a classical phase at the moment and i just learned some pieces by albeniz (asturias) and a few by tarrega. Does anyone know any more pieces I could learn in that style? or what I can do to improve my classical playing. I tried to learn Recuerdos de la alhambra but the constant trill seems impossible to me.
Any direction, suggestions, help would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
I was just wondering if anyone can help me out here. I sometimes get to a certain point in my playing where it just seems like there is nowhere to go from where I am... so i don't seem to progress, don't know what to play, and don't really have anything to play even though i have been playing for 4 or 5 years.....
I play electric and classical. I am in a classical phase at the moment and i just learned some pieces by albeniz (asturias) and a few by tarrega. Does anyone know any more pieces I could learn in that style? or what I can do to improve my classical playing. I tried to learn Recuerdos de la alhambra but the constant trill seems impossible to me.
Any direction, suggestions, help would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
Playing classical guitar is great ! ,, But it takes so much practice!!!!
Don't get me wrong, I would rather learn how to play 3 easy songs (beatles)
than to learn 1 hard classical song .
Learn some strumming pattern's,,, but really learn them, prefect the timming.
then mix your classical with the strumming ........ then it really become's fun!!!!!!!
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Posted 12 March 2005 - 03:59 AM
tarrega:
marieta (beautiful. if done properly)
lagrima (preludio) <-- very popular piece, you probably already know it. not that hard really.
preludio "endecha" followed by preludio. (endecha in D minor, preludio in D major. beautiful.)
adelita (again, very popular piece.)
yradier's la paloma is good too.
however, if you're at that stage where you're playing recuerdos de la alhambra those pieces are going to be easy for you. the tremolos on that piece are insane. i've been working on it on and off for ages.
marieta (beautiful. if done properly)
lagrima (preludio) <-- very popular piece, you probably already know it. not that hard really.
preludio "endecha" followed by preludio. (endecha in D minor, preludio in D major. beautiful.)
adelita (again, very popular piece.)
yradier's la paloma is good too.
however, if you're at that stage where you're playing recuerdos de la alhambra those pieces are going to be easy for you. the tremolos on that piece are insane. i've been working on it on and off for ages.
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Posted 12 March 2005 - 09:51 PM
QUOTE (tapelator @ Mar 12 2005, 03:04 AM)
how about some esteban?
Esteban is frickin' brilliant
Don't fool yourself, she was heartache from the moment that you met her.
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Posted 15 March 2005 - 12:48 AM
I saw an advert for Esteban's learner guitars recently. I wasn't impressed by what he had to offer in his style of playing. Her sounded very stilted and uninspired. I know he's studied with some masters of guitar, and maybe it was just a bad day but still...
I used to beat the blues the threadstarter has by becoming a voracious purchaser of sheetmusic. Go through the melbay catalogue of fingerpicking guitar songs, or just get some nice looking classical tab books.
As I've said in another thread though.. have you recorded yourself and had a good listen? Are you playing cleanly and clearly? I remember in high school when I played electric guitar, people were so impressed when I whipped out a metallica solo or somesuch.. thing is, without distortion I wasn't worth shit. Make sure your chords ring neatly and that the whole ensemble is up to a concert standard.
I do this often with my Tommy Emmanuel pieces, there's something really satisfying in hearing yourself at the start with the main theme intact but rather sloppy and then practising it for a few days until you play it and whoever else is in the house thinks they're listening to one of Tommy's albums.
I used to beat the blues the threadstarter has by becoming a voracious purchaser of sheetmusic. Go through the melbay catalogue of fingerpicking guitar songs, or just get some nice looking classical tab books.
As I've said in another thread though.. have you recorded yourself and had a good listen? Are you playing cleanly and clearly? I remember in high school when I played electric guitar, people were so impressed when I whipped out a metallica solo or somesuch.. thing is, without distortion I wasn't worth shit. Make sure your chords ring neatly and that the whole ensemble is up to a concert standard.
I do this often with my Tommy Emmanuel pieces, there's something really satisfying in hearing yourself at the start with the main theme intact but rather sloppy and then practising it for a few days until you play it and whoever else is in the house thinks they're listening to one of Tommy's albums.
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