Students ask me about nails early, usually because their sound is thin or scratchy and they can’t tell where it comes from. Before the nail, though, I look at the finger. If you don’t control each finger independently, the best…
Here’s something that happens in almost every first lesson with a new student. They play a piece at full tempo, and they’re proud of it, you can see it on their face, they feel like it’s basically finished. So I…
If you’ve been studying classical guitar for any amount of time, you’ve probably noticed something: the left hand gets most of the attention. Chord shapes, scales, finger independence, position shifts, it can feel like the left hand is where all…
So you want to learn classical guitar. Maybe you’ve just picked one up for the first time, or you’ve been playing for a few weeks and you’re starting to wonder: am I on track? Is this supposed to feel this…
Here’s a scenario that points straight at common interpretation mistakes: you’ve been practicing for months, the notes are mostly right, your fingering is cleaner than it used to be, and you can get through a piece from start to finish…
One classical guitar technique gets almost no attention, even though it changes everything: controlling silence. Most students focus on one thing instead: how to produce a better sound. Richer tone. More resonance. Cleaner arpeggios. And that makes sense, we’re musicians.…
Is AI classical guitar coaching actually useful, or just a gimmick? More and more guitarists are asking whether AI can teach classical guitar, or even replace a teacher, especially when you’re stuck at an intermediate level and you need real…
These are five common beginner classical guitar mistakes I see again and again, starting with something I once believed myself: that improvement was mostly about practicing for hours every single day. Over time, first as a student, and later as…
Understanding the biomechanics of the stroke changes everything about how you produce sound. Many classical guitar students make the mistake of thinking that a powerful tone comes from muscular strength in the fingers. In reality, the classical guitar is an…