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I've decided to create this page about your questions related to classical guitar playing. I really get mailed a lot of questions from you during any one month and I got to thinking rather than just answer those questions for one person at a time emailing back and forth, maybe everyone should be able to benefit from the shared knowledge.

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How often should one change strings? Hi Trevor.

I've had the same strings on my guitar for about 15 years (I'm still using my old friend I told you about in my last post, see : "Aug 17,...

Tremolo Study Hello! Mr. Maurice. I have picked up the tremolo technique for quite some time now but playing the Recuerdos de la Alhambra seems to be problematic.

One ...

Turkish March by Mozart Can somebody please tell me where I can locate the sheet music or tablature for this piece of music on guitar. I would like the sheet music/tablature for ...

Buying Guitar What size gutair do I need? I'm about 5' tall and about 15'' wide. Please answer!

A good "rule of thumb" way to check for the right size guitar is if ...

Screeching sound during chord changing How do you minimize screeching sound during chord changing?

Hi,

The best way to stop the screeching sound is to dis-engage from the strings. That ...

Is it time for my old guitar to retire? My guitar must be at least 30 years old (my dad bought it for me second-hand about 25 years ago).

I've no idea of the make or model as there are no ...

Thumb and finger picks Is it acceptable and practical in the classical world to use thumb picks and finger picks?

I love classical guitar and its sound, but I absolutely ...

Beginner Questions 1. What are the differences between classical and acoustic and also the other 4 types of guitar?

They have a different type of construction altogether....

Bad Habit Hi
I'm Adnan.

I'm having serious problems with my arpeggio technique. In pima,pami,pimami arpeggios when my "a" finger starts to play my "m" finger ...

reply to knowing scales Knowing all forms of major and minor scales (natural, melodic and harmonic) provides you with the building blocks of melodic and harmonic theory.

This ...

guitar positions Dear Sir,

I cannot keep my thumb on back of guitar neck, it keeps wandering . Can you suggest ANYTHING?

RON.

Hi Ron,

Initially,...

music theory Hello!

I've some difficulty in reading music.I can just read simple stave. How can I improve it?

Hi John,

Sounds to me like you really need to ...

.. Left Hand .. Hi..
.. I just want to ask you about the left hand..
.. I'm a begginer and l'm having a problem with my left hand ...
.. Is there any exercise I can ...

triplets This is not so much a question as (I hope) an answer. I had difficulty getting the three notes of a triplet to sound the same.

I live in France and ...

Is knowing as many scales as you can important? I know that all scales come from the major scale, so in reading sheet music would knowing the scale before hand be helpful or could I just pick up on the ...

Guitarist with hand tremors I took classic guitar lessons in high school but had to stop because of an inherited condition called BET, or benign essential tremor.

I had DBS, deep ...

chords and musical notation How can you translate chords from sheet music is there a pattern??

Hi,

I'm not sure how to do it from sheet music from a pattern but know you'd have ...

Spanish Style Playing Hi,

I just started playing classical guitar, i really enjoy it and i'm getting pretty good. I would like to know if there are any books or other teaching ...

What guitar do you use? I was just wondering what type of guitar you use in the videos? Is it an expensive one?

Hi Jeff,

I use a Yamaha "Grand Concert" classical guitar....

nails Is it a practical possibility to play classic style, with short nails on the right hand? I hate other than short nails.

Hi Mike,

Yes, it is possible ...

Right & Left Fingers "Identification" I would like to know the fingers' code identification. Hence I am able to read and to use rightly my left fingers to their corresponding code in the music ...

How to you remember which notes/key is for which string? Dear Sir,

I'm a new self taught beginner.

How to you remember which notes/key is for which string?

Is there a proper or the best method to read ...

How to choose the first classical guitar? Hi,

First of all let me thank you for the website and recommending the book "Pumping Nylon". You are quite right about it.

I am from India and am ...

Choice of classical guitar Hello,

I have a Fender Strat and Epi for blues and jazz stuff. I guess I am intermediate level. However, I should like to learn classical guitar.

I ...

aim of classical music At last I've got a website which may help me a lot I think. But my question is that, why we learn or practice classical music?

I have some friends who ...

seated position Whilst I practice classical guitar in the classical position sometimes, I do find it more comfortable resting the guitar horizontally across my knees. As ...

Artificial Harmonics Hi Trevor,

I have been quite keen on learning how to play artificial harmonics. I have observed John Williams' style of playing them but my guitar teacher ...

Short Video Lessons How about posting some short videos on techinique. (LH, RH, Slurs, Tremolo, Trills,)

Hi Andy,

I already have provided some of the drills you mentioned ...

playing the string versus hitting the string My teacher keeps telling me to fix my right hand tone. He says that my free stroke tone doesn't match my rest stroke tone.

He says that I am hitting ...

Tone The sound of my guitar is just not right. How do I know what the sound should be like? (I am a beginner).

Hi,

I'm not sure what you mean when you ...

barre chord problem Dear Trevor,

I can hold the full bar on fret No.5 but when I try to reach bar 8 the full bar goes to pot to say the least. Can you please help?
Ron
...

music style G'Day mate!
I was wondering what styles of music the classical guitar played?

Obviously classical music, but are there any other styles it can play?...

Beyond first position I am newly learning to play guitar, and read standard music notation. So far I've come to understand all of the notes within the first three frets fairly ...

foot stool How important is the foot stool besides maintaining the postion of the guitar?

Hi Qays,

That is really the only function of the foot stool. There ...

3rd position onwards I am trying to find out what bass string changes from 3rd position onwards. My books only deal with the first three strings.

Hi Derek,

If it's the ...

slurs All the books that I have none give a a good idea of how to, or show how to, play slurs.
Thank you,
RON

Hi Ron,

Slurs take a good deal of accuracy ...

Two notes played at once on the same string Looking at a church hymnal, I see two notes on top of one another and they are on the same string? Can you explain that?

How can you play 5th string ...

reply to sitting posture The high footstool can certainly have a lot to do with back pain. This type of position throws your hips out of alignment, and can lead to lower back discomfort....

Paganini Caprice No. 24 I'm having trouble with the first three measures of Var.1 . I know its arranged for the violin but i was wondering if you can help me out with the position ...

Do you need nails? I am a grade 10 piano student and am just now trying to learn classical guitar. Your site looks fabulous; I look forward to learning the songs on it.

Just ...

guitar strings How do you replace guitar strings?

This page should help...

Guitar Stringing

Kind regards,
Trevor M.

Hand and finger size For a male, my hands seem to be on the small size. Especially, the fourth finger is a whole inch smaller than the third.

This makes for some difficult ...

Fingers stretching I have difficulty to stretch and hold a note further down a fret without straining the fingers. I have been playing guitar for more than 10 yrs. (but not ...

Question about how to play Siciliano Hi, I am starting to study classical guitar and I had a question about how to play the free music for May 2008, Siciliano.

I am currently studying ...

Classical Guitar Exercises Hi, thank you very much.

If you do not mind can you tell me some exercises to improve my classical guitar ability. I am playing finger-style guitar....

chord changing It's difficult to change chords one from each other. Please advise me on the best way.

Hi Kelum,

Yes, it can be difficult to do chord changes especially ...

Sitting posture. Why is it that when I use a foot stool my lower back starts to hurt but when I play using regular sitting posture or rock style posture my back doesn't ...

chords can you tell me how to do these chords

C9

Gsus4

Dm7

Hi Miranda,

These are fairly easy chords if you want to play them in the first position ...

Syllabus for guitar students It would be useful to have a kind of graded syllabus or road map for learning guitar and music.

There are so many aspects of technique, theory, ear ...

Upgrading to a higher quality student guitar I have been taking classical guitar lessons for about a year and a half and I currently own a Antonio Picado model 53 guitar that I have had for about ...

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