What does PIMA mean?
Learn your guitar finger numbers and names Do you know your guitar finger numbers and names? On classical guitar we use letter names for our right-hand fingers, and numbers for our left-hand fingers. Left-Hand Guitar [...]
Legendary Spanish Guitar Players
Spanish Guitar Players Who are the most legendary Spanish guitar players of all time? Classical guitar is sometimes called "the Spanish guitar" because of its history and its most important players. Spanish classical guitar music [...]
Guitar for Small Hands
Can you play guitar with small hands? How do you deal with having small hands on classical guitar? This is just one of many physical limitations you might struggle with while learning the guitar. In [...]
Renaissance Lesson: Branle Gay
Renaissance Lesson: Branle Gay In this video CGC Team member Nicoletta Todesco gives you a lesson on a fun Renaissance dance, Branle Gay by Jean-Baptiste Besard. This piece comes from our book [...]
Prelude by Matteo Carcassi
Prelude by Matteo Carcassi In this video we'll look at the Prelude by Matteo Carcassi (Op.59, No.1). This brooding piece is excellent for the beginner classical guitarist and features an arpeggio texture with [...]
Do you know these guitarists?
Do you know these guitarists? Here at CGC you all know Simon Powis. He is the founder and director of Classical Guitar Corner and he is the reason we are all here! He provides the [...]