Level 3 - List Of Pieces (+ Discussion Space)
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What to expect:
In Level 3 lessons will feature more frequent use the first through fifth position, as well as an increased focus on playing multiple voices simultaneously with more rhythmic divisions.
Description:
Level 3 begins to introduce intermediate repertoire, but focuses on incorporating more than one voice at a time and longer arpeggio patterns in positions one through five. These lessons will allow you to focus on solidifying your foundational right and left hand technique and learning the lower positions on the guitar without too many complex techniques.
Skills covered:
- positions I-V (left hand)
- up and down arpeggios (right hand)
- stretching (left hand)
- voice separation
- double stops
Selection of tonebase Level 3 Courses:
(In alphabetical order)
- Bahar Ossareh teaches: Giuliani's Andantino Mosso Op. 1, Part 4, No. 3 [TABS!]
- Emmanuel Sowicz teaches: Sor's Study Op. 35, No. 2 [TABS!]
- Peter Graneis teaches: Krieger's Minuet in A minor [TABS!]
- Rene Izquierdo teaches: Pujol's Etude No. 6
- Rene Izquierdo teaches: Brouwer's Etude No. 2
- Mircea Gogoncea teaches: Reading Music on the Guitar
- Gulli Bjornsson teaches: Bjornsson's Landslag III (from "Landslög", or Landscapes) Commissioned by tonebase
- Daniel De Arakal teaches: Beginning Guitar Course
- Sergio Assad teaches: Assad's Sketch No. 2 (from 10 Sketches) [TABS!]
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Questions:
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M y question is concerning artificial nails. Are there any recommotion about material, thickness , form etc ??
I have to do it Tommorrow morning, if any please kindly soon!
thanks
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David Bruce Tran Dietmar Fischer Just to offer a contrarian opinion, I suggest anyone having trouble with their nails try playing without them, as I do. Unless one plays professionally, I don't really see any 'downside' to playing with flesh only. I know most guitarists view this as some kind of heresy, but plucked instruments of various sorts have been played in this manner for hundreds of years!
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David Krupka I currently play without nails, but my teacher wondered if I might not benefit from short nails for reducing the effort required to develop certain techniques (perhaps tremolo, for example). I was hoping not to have to work on and preserve good nails, but perhaps if I’m serious about advancing, I might have to go there.
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David I used to play with nails, but I gave them up after taking up the lute about ten years ago. I did have to adjust my right hand position and attack to play guitar in a satisfactory manner, but once I got used to this, I found I could play well enough. I should say that I also changed the kind of repertoire I focused on, from mostly modern to mostly early 19th c. - a period when many players (Sor in particular) played without nails. I have to concede I can no longer produce a decent tremolo, but I so rarely try that this may be down to a lack of practice rather than a question of nails. (There is a famous piece for lute that calls for tremolo (Dowlands 'Tremolo' Fantasia) so the technique certainly existed before the advent of nails.) Also bear in mind that there are some very good modern players (Virginia Luque is probably the best known) who don't use nails. And her teacher was none other than the great Andres Segovia himself! According to Ms. Luque, not only did Segovia encourage her non-use of nails, he actually was quite knowledgeable about the approach, which presumably had still been reasonably common in his youth. Personally, I think the current prevailing wisdom concerning nails is the reflection of a modern idea, namely that there should be a single, uniform ('best') approach to playing the guitar (or any instrument, for that matter). I don't see that this is necessarily a good thing.
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David Krupka Your response is such a relief to read since I struggle to grow, much less keep undamaged, a decent RH set of nails. Funny thing is that I'm signed up for the flamenco intro course on TB. Should be interesting to see how that goes sans nails!
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David I've also wondered whether nails are 'needed' for Flamenco. I gather they're the norm today, but I wouldn't be surprised if things were different in the past. I'd love to hear what you discover in the course!
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David Krupka Thanks.
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Same concern.
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Same here, too, but the original question is now 7 months old and there are no responses. I might try Reddit’s classical guitar group. The only thing I was told in a private lesson was that it’s helpful the first time to have a manicurist do the installation so you can see it done properly, but to make sure you tell them NOT to shape them. Then go to an experienced classical guitarist for a lesson on shaping to optimize your playing technique.
