classical guitar practice routine

Welcome back! Today I wanna share with you a great classical guitar practice routine.
Classical guitar is definitely a challenging instrument, mainly because if you wanna get a great
sound out of it, you have to play the strings using your fingers and not a pick. Sometimes
classical guitar players will grow their thumb nail and other nails to obtain a particular type of
sound that definitely represents the music of the era in which this instrument was first crafted.
When I think about classical guitar, the first thing that comes to my mind is the Tremolo
technique. Tremolo is such an iconic technique from classical guitar; even when I first started I
remember I wanted to learn how to play the tremolo technique because, hey, I had a classical
guitar and I totally related it to this technique. Classical guitar are a very popular instrument in
my home country, I would even say that it is more popular than electric guitar. It is very common
for beginners to start off with a classical guitar, as opposed to an electric one.
So I wanna show you a very easy exercise you can practice everyday to strengthen your
tremolo technique. The exercise is composed using the A Minor Scale and it uses an open fifth
string. Here it goes:

It sounds very interesting right? The key is to follow the right hand fingering just like I stated.
Also your hand position is very important; make sure you feel very comfortable going from the
ring finger to the middle and index. It has to feel natural to you; there is no right position. The
right position will be the one that feels the most comfortable to you. If someone tells you that
you are doing it wrong because your hand position is wrong, well they are wrong. Whatever
feels natural to you, is what will be the best for you. Rules are for losers and you are not one.
The next exercise I wanna show you basically combines a lower bass with a higher pitch. This
type of melody/bass compositions are very common among classical guitar players. Let’s check
it out:

You should try using your thumb for the lower note; just give it a try and you will see that it feels
more natural to do it that way. If it doesn’t, well! You already know; do whatever feels natural to
you.
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