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Classical Guitar Lesson: Em Arpeggio

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25 Responses to “Classical Guitar Lesson: Em Arpeggio”

1. teleman233 Says:
   December 25th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

   Why should the hand …
   Why should the hand be at a different angle when playing a rest stroke scale? If you are playing rest stroke the finger is striking the string below it. If playing free stroke i.e arpeggio you are not. Rest stroke requires a slight deviation to facilitate the different stroke. The smaller the change the better but there is a change. There are many small changes in hand position required. Changing tone colors for example. What about a tremelo?

2. teleman233 Says:
   December 25th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

   It is you that is …
   It is you that is using the word snap. The point is the finger must return to a playing position and the sooner it does the faster you can play. Much like a punch. To throw a quick jab it is useful to think about how fast you return the hand rather than how fast you extend it.

3. teleman233 Says:
   December 25th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

   The thumb is not …
   The thumb is not held up. It is simply prepared to play again. Any finger must execute two motions. The striking of the string and the return. Otherwise they are at the finish point of playing and not ready to play again. The Thumb is the most independent “finger” in the hand. a and m the least. Once again I ask what tension are you talking about? I am all about relaxation in playing so please enlighten me.

4. Lutemann Says:
   December 25th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

   Why should the hand …
   Why should the hand be at a different angle when playing scales? Why should the thumb be held up at all?

5. Lutemann Says:
   December 25th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

   The thumb is not …
   The thumb is not independent from the other fingers. Also, for any finger, the default stroke should be flex and then release. This is not always possible with P (in very fast P stroke passages), but most of the time it is.
   You even demostrate this in that you don’t snap (immediately extend) P back after flexion.

6. teleman233 Says:
   December 25th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

   If you are speaking …
   If you are speaking of when playing scales the hand is at a different angle and the thumb won’t appear as high. If you held it up then you would be changing the relationship between the thumb and hand and that would in fact be wrong. But this video is about arpeggios not rest stroke scales.

7. teleman233 Says:
   December 25th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

   Is the thumb not …
   Is the thumb not independent from the other fingers? Unless you are saying the thumb is now tense returning to where it started from I don’t know what you mean. It’s not being held up high and causing a contraction of muscle. What exactly is tense?

8. teleman233 Says:
   December 25th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

   If the thumb is …
   If the thumb is independent from the other fingers, how could bringing the thumb back cause tension? Once the finger has returned is it not resting? What exactly are you saying is tense? In this case returning any finger quickly would be “tense”. How then would one ever play quickly?

9. cshape Says:
   December 25th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

   great video.
   great video.

10. Lutemann Says:
    December 25th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

    You actually do …
    You actually do want to leave P in a flexed position while the other fingers play. It is very tense to snap the P back to playing position, in fact you actually do not do this when you play fast. Even in very fast arpeggios P (and the other fingers) should apear to be moving is slow motion because they only have to play one note per repetition of the arpeggio.

11. svenkluth Says:
    December 25th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

    tpcardoso: Yes, it …
    tpcardoso: Yes, it rings a bell but it´s played different than what is played in this video.

12. lascelles8493 Says:
    December 25th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

    nice playing and …
    nice playing and nails

13. DXRider Says:
    December 25th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

    Classical Metal ftw …
    Classical Metal ftw, sweeping owns :p

14. tpcardoso Says:
    December 25th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

    Nothing else …
    Nothing else matters! does that ring a bell?

15. neptupno Says:
    December 25th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

    putos videos la …
    putos videos la cagan de que alegan y alegaos hijos de p puta

16. cal8116 Says:
    December 25th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

    thats ace! ive only …
    thats ace! ive only learned about arpeggio today and this vid answered all my questions cheers dude

17. MynZnusz Says:
    December 25th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

    Peter Vogl looks …
    Peter Vogl looks different and sounds different at this video from his other videos I’ve been watching.
    How long ago was this?

18. Azn69Knight Says:
    December 25th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

    now pick sweep it …
    now pick sweep it fool! >=P

19. DaDarkstar Says:
    December 25th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

    nice nails
    nice nails

20. mystikal2012 Says:
    December 25th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

    great lesson
    great lesson

21. lprk24 Says:
    December 25th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

    if you practice how …
    if you practice how to play tremolo, it improves your arpeggio technique, seriously

22. hpept Says:
    December 25th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

    eheheheh.. i guess …
    eheheheh.. i guess he spent some time on it. I can´t do that fast yet without doing mistakes. Very informative lesson.

23. richardrufo Says:
    December 25th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

    thanks for that …
    thanks for that lesson

24. LordVlader Says:
    December 25th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

    thank u great lesson
    thank u great lesson

25. proteinbar1234 Says:
    December 25th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

    excellent. Just a …
    excellent. Just a question, how much training and practice did it take you to get your arpegio that fast?

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