Beginner

Your first melody!

I use this for many beginners, it is especially great for little kids because they love working on melodies that they recognize. For complete beginners I ask that they play the melody only [...]

On Making Mistakes

Wouldn’t life be boring if everything were perfect?   I am not going to waste my time preaching that making mistakes is OK and that too many classical musicians are obsessed with perfection. Honestly, I [...]

Right Hand Arpeggios

Right Hand Arpeggios In this article we'll look at right-hand arpeggios. Now that you have learned the right hand position for the classical guitar, lets put it to use. To start off with, lets set up [...]