Group 1
Breaking Your Scale Speed Limits with Eduardo Inestal!
Virtuosity and speed go hand in hand when it comes to freeing your musical expressiveness from technical limitations. One key element in classical guitar performance is the ability to play fast scales with ease. Together, we will explore exercises that will enable you to push your speed limits and improve your scale skills while retaining relaxation in both hands and gaining a richer tool set to express your musical ideas.
- Sign-Up Period: August 11 - 14
- Course Period: August 15 - 26
- Class Size: 4 Groups á 10 Participants
- Optional check-In via Zoom: August 23, 11 am PST
Assignment for the first week:
Play the first exercise (Slow) while paying attention to the following:
- Keep the tempo
- Always alternate i-m
- Be "lazy” (move your fingers, both right and left hand, and yourself as less as possible) to keep the relaxation
Do the same with the 2nd exercise (Faster tempo)
Once you control this exercise, you can gradually choose your tempo, increasing the bpm. Pay attention not to lose your relaxation!
Have fun!
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EX 4 @ 50/100 bpm
just realized I started with i instead of m
mea culpa - will correct as I continue to practice
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Mark Not a problem at all. There is going to be negative changes always. So you can practice it both, starting with I and then with M.
I have to say, as usually, just great job. You are more than ready for speeding it up!! a little bit more!! and again i will say what I said to Nick:
Eduardo Inestal said:
It sounds very good!. Great tempo and Sync. Your LH is fantastic! You are ready for an improvement in this exercise. Lets practise it with the accents! and you can also add dynamic in order to build direcction Try both, cresc and decres. Try diferent possibilities! It may be challenging but it is going to give you great results!
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Eduardo, did I misunderstand what you said in your EX #4 video? I thought you said there would be one more exercise to finish up the workshop. Es posible qué no lo entendí bien. Si eso es el caso, siento haberlo mencionado. ¡Muchas gracias por todo!
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Eduardo, Thanks for doing this. Part of the problem with technical exercises is that there are sooo many of them it's overwhelming so they get forgotten about. These make for a nice short set with proven results that I can keep in my daily routine. Thanks to you and also Martin and the TB team for putting this together.
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