Make sure to hold the bass notes and the inner notes while playing the melodic line in order to sustain the chordal harmonies that they create. …
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C2.2.12. Study Op.31 by F. Sor – Close-up View
The fingers on the bass notes need to be somewhat perpendicular to the fingerboard in order to avoid touching the strings below, which could possibly interrupt the sustain. …
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C2.2.11. Study Op.60, No.2 by F. Sor – Main view
Make sure that your right arm (from wrist to elbow) is as stable as possible. Using the stabilizer muscles of the arm (shoulder, biceps, triceps), work on fixing the arm in one position. When you …
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C2.2.10. Study Op.60, No.2 by F. Sor – Spot Practice
Please pay attention to the places in the music at which you hold your finger on the note after you play it, as illustrated in these passages shown in the clip. …
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C2.2.09. Study Op.60, No.2 by F. Sor – Close-up View
Using the space bar on your keyboard, pause the video and review the fingering if necessary. …
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C2.2.08. Color Drills
The variety of the tone colors is one of the properties that make the guitar a unique instrument. Your choice, a range from metallic tones (ponticello, near the bridge) to soft (tasto, near the …