Left Hand Foundations: Building Technique from the Ground Up

Your left hand is the engine behind everything you play — so let's build it right, from the ground up. In this live stream, we'll start with position basics and the key insight that proper hand position is best solidified through correct slur technique. From there, we'll work through a complete left hand workout: slurs (isolated, combined, and with fixed fingers), vertical stretches inspired by Odair Assad's Pumping Nylon exercises, and Ricardo Gallen's elegant approach to chord shape memory. We'll also point you to essential complementary materials on horizontal stretches and shifts, and finish by applying everything to etudes by Leo Brouwer and Villa-Lobos. Whether you're building your technique for the first time or refining what you already have, this session will give you a complete left hand foundation.