The Perfect 20-Minute Practice on Classical Guitar
https://classicalguitarshed.com/short-guitar-practice-routine/ Here’s how to get steady progress from short practice times. In 20 minutes, you can touch on many areas and nudge your skills forward. This video also mentions interleaved practice, which has a great track record for physical skill improvement.
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To play classical guitar well, you need to know:
* how to hold and touch the guitar – form and positioning
* how to move your fingers and hands – efficient, clean, and fluid
* how to learn pieces – reading music, understanding what you see, ingraining, polishing
* how to craft the music so it is beautiful – swells and fades, rhythm, touch
* how to practice so all these skills improve over time and don’t go away
At the root of beautiful playing is a solid technique (aka “the way your hands move”). You may have beautiful music in your head, but if your hands can’t play it, it won’t come out of the guitar.
But bad technique puts a limit on your playing. Speed, tone quality, and control can suffer.
Good technique gets stronger and more instinctive with every practice. It forms the bedrock foundation for your music.
And you may want to understand music so you learn it more easily and it makes more sense. This can help you avoid the excess frustration and dismay that comes with shoddy practice and prolonged confusion.
But playing the notes is not enough. Like an actor bring words to life, we breathe life into our pieces.
And we can do this in an organized way, day in and day out, reliably. Great musicians can play wonderfully in any mood. They do not rely on emotions. Instead, they create music that affects our emotions. This is a trained skill, not an inborn talent.
Playing classical guitar is a long-term study. It’s something we do in our homes as part of our days. We play for ourselves, for the quality it adds to life. We may enjoy playing guitar for others, but most of the time we are alone with our work.
There are methods and formulas for great practice. We can use our time well so that see more progress.
We can fix the problems and erase the mistakes. And we can enjoy conquering the plentiful challenges that classical guitar music offers.
If you plan to play classical guitar for any length of time, it is worth it to get help. It’s not something we can do on our own, like folk music.
I have a structured and organized course to help you play classical guitar. If you like, you can learn more here: https://classicalguitarshed.com/membership/
If you would like to hear me (Allen Mathews) playing, visit my other YouTube channel:
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Or check out these other YouTube videos:
11 lessons for beginners: https://youtu.be/vEau0pJdgqc
Guitar basics: https://youtu.be/e51Z-50GzDo
Classical guitar nails: https://youtu.be/z0jz1ms_AlM
How to change classical guitar strings: https://youtu.be/AKsVF72Tsdg
Most common errors: https://youtu.be/kPBqjgF9-l8
How to practice sight-reading on guitar: https://youtu.be/IZU3BZBRq2A
Note-perfect playing: https://youtu.be/GbCQr1_v_9w
How long does it take to learn guitar?: https://youtu.be/MJhSCXzwqCI
Right-hand guitar exercises: https://youtu.be/lYv0fwHIU_w
The perfect left hand on guitar: https://youtu.be/GwUsWeIyhkg
Slow practice: https://youtu.be/fZTKRxtMwyU
Classical guitar scales (5 shapes): https://youtu.be/cAFbEYqvYSU
Guitar tremolo technique: https://youtu.be/nV2HUMx1su0
I/M alternation technique: https://youtu.be/8Jat_Bxme5c
Scale variations: https://youtu.be/ukF5ukFjKS0
How chords and scales are related: https://youtu.be/j9K01pYwIRY
Guitar squeaks: https://youtu.be/8wd9tsnNSLM
How to hold a guitar: https://youtu.be/fxDoRaRoiUQ
Classical guitar without fingernails: https://youtu.be/FAPB1aGdka0
Classical on acoustic: https://youtu.be/wGDVuRw7RGE
Rasgueado technique: https://youtu.be/YL-5EhkZVck
Avoid rest strokes: https://youtu.be/ahurGVdOA5E
Sergio Assad left-hand workout: https://youtu.be/24vOFOOtVgk
Focal dystonia: https://youtu.be/-2MeXB6LxQ4uu
Bar chord tips: https://youtu.be/PWroXMukbjI
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Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you.
Hello my teacher ❤
I really like an appreciate your video. It feels good to be reminded of the basics of good practice. Thank you very much Allen and have a great day.
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Thankyouu very much
Wonderful. Thank you ????.
You are the best!
Too much talk and not enough playing
nice tips! thank you for this video 🙂 I would never guess de "playing fast" mistake
You are the teacher / coach every guitar student needs .. in my opinion .
3:01. I'm cracking up.
Alen is a very good teatcher.
Advice is what you need to learn
I start with Giuliani's thirds in c to 8th position. Then alternate pages of left hand exercises each day, so all the pages on the left one day, & all the pages on the right the next day…then a radom ten exercises for the right hand. I never play scales any more, but perhaps I should…????
To much talk too little show how to do it, do you actually play the guitar or ??
Wow, this might be the best video on practice I've seen in years. Really strong advice
U are a great mentor ????
Merci.
I don't have long nails in my right hand .What can I do?
You are an amazing teacher. I need one to one practice .Do you offer this?
My advice is way different. I'd replace the technique exercises and the scales with a challenging four minute piece – which has scales in it – and use that to improve my technique. Play it two and a half times. The first time play it slow. Then review the problematic passages. Then play at expected tempo – which could be fast. Playing slow is required for working out technique – but playing fast has it's own challenges. You have to have fast practice to perform fast. So that's 12 minutes. Then I sight read new music for 4 minutes. (up to 16 now) Then spend the next 4 minutes: either 1: Play along with a CD, 2 Listen to recordings of music I'm learning, 3 do strength exercises (for example inner-outer) 4. play with beauty 5. play with extra volume. I'm not as focused on playing slow like he is, so long as I'm monitoring my rushing while playing. Like a mantra, it's relax. relax. His routine is introverted. If you practice slow all the time the result will be that your playing is slow and boring (and lacking intensity) The problem with exercises is that you can't perform them. Exercises are a form of doodling. Although, granted often a great deliverable for a guitar lesson. My practice routine is mostly constructive playing. Another thing – I recommend is streaming one's practice to get used to performing and recording. Actual performing should be one of your highest priorities.
Switching Chords. C to F
Left Hand Thumb has no need to move….Sorry, not meaning to be picky!…..
1. Warm-up exercises (3-4 mins)
2. Technique building
3. Memorization/Sight-reading
4. Polishing pieces
Habla mucho
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Thank you -great advice.
I play flamenco guitar for a living and I think this video is brilliant
I can't believe you do all this and we can watch it for free. Thank you!
Excellent advice that can be applied to any instrument. Thank you so much for distilling this for students.
Fruitful. Everyone always talks about what to practice and rarely how to practice. I've been looking for this video for a long time. Please do a video about a longer practice session.Thank you.
I've never considered the fact that we learn while we sleep.
Excellent insight.
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Brilliant as ever. Really useful advice that I can put to use straight away. Thank you Allen.
excellent ideas – many thanks
Hi Allen, brilliant as ever, cut to the quick, no time wasted and all the essential info. I Just want to add that Joining the Wood Shed programme has to be the best few dollars I ever invested, I couldn't really see what more I could get out of paying some as there is already so much tuition you give out, but boy! the programme, the personal tuition possibilities, the community, the events not to mention all the optional courses and the library of material! It is inspiringly brilliant value. I was wary of an 'online platform' thought I'd never-the-less give it ago and it has totally exceeded my expectations. Bravo to you all. Peter (from Paris)
This is brilliant, thank you!
Thanks for the content!
CGS and your videos help me a great deal. This kind of practice is good for guitar playing… but also good for understanding how learning works and how the brain works. awesome!
20 minutes to practice? That's just enough time to convince myself that I shall never be Julian Bream.
Great video!! Thanks!!
Amazing