Hi Mollie

Been a few years since I studied this piece. It is very challenging. In the instructional video does Simon recommend altering the balance between the 2 voices? I found maintaining a good balance between the voices with legato more than a sufficient challenge.

So it’s a piece for 2 voices the bass melody and upper melody. I don’t think…[Read more]

Mollie:

I think you are on the right track to play the voices separately and imagine that you are on separate instruments, or two singers. If the piece is contrapuntal, it may help to think of a voice introducing an idea and another one joining in response, or carrying the melody in a different direction. So, in this sense it is more musical if…[Read more]

Hi Ken,

I started here as an absolute beginner in February. Before that, I tried 15 different online courses. You found the right place to learn classical guitar!

When I was looking for a classical guitar, I did a lot of research online. I sold my steel strings and purchased a Saers S9. If I had a little more money, I would have purchased the…[Read more]

Yeah, after using a Hercules, I can’t imagine any other. The more traditional stands seem so unstable to me.