Archive for April, 2008

Reading music 2

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Accidentals

This is a “Sharp” symbol. When placed in front of any note, it increases the note’s pitch a half-step higher. In guitar terms, it raises a note up one fret.

This is a “Flat” symbol. When placed in front of any note, it decreases the note’s pitch a half-step lower. In guitar terms, it lowers a [...]

Behind the scenes

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes to make the videos and info on classicalguitarblogger.com available for you? No? Well, I’ll tell you anyway!

Pieces for videos are worked on for 1-2 weeks on average before I am satisfied with my playing of the piece and my fingerings. As I learn a piece, I start [...]

Sueno (Tarrega)

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

This is the Sueno Lessons page. The first video is of me playing the piece in it’s entirety, followed by the video lessons. There are links to the tabs of this song as well as to the sheet music/tab documents I make of all the pieces. When posting questions/comments, please mention which video your question [...]

Lagrima (Tarrega)

Friday, April 11th, 2008

This is the Lagrima Lessons page. The first video is a performance of the piece in it’s entirety, followed by the video lessons. There are links to the tabs of this song as well as to the sheet music/tab documents I make of all the pieces. When posting questions/comments, please mention which video your question [...]

Reading my tabs/sheet music

Friday, April 11th, 2008

There are a few things that I do in my tablature and sheet music documents that may throw some people off, and hope this page answers all your questions.
Tablature
My text tabs are pretty standard. On the top I write the name of the piece, the author, and below a legend of the special “tricks” [...]