by Jay | Dec 31, 2025 | Blog, Classical Guitar Basics, Front Page, Front Page Slider, Teaching Blog Post, Videos
This is my first post in over six months. The time away wasn’t planned, but it turned out to be necessary. This essay is my way of explaining what happened, what I learned, and why I’m returning to writing and teaching with a slightly different focus. I’m also...
by Jay | Dec 23, 2023 | Classical Guitar Basics
A New Live Session of Positively Dangerous is now open for Enrollment Last summer’s pilot course was a wonderful time! Students experienced huge improvements and breakthroughs, while I learned a great deal about what worked well and what needed improvement. I’m...
by Jay | Aug 3, 2023 | Blog, Classical Guitar Basics, Guitar Lessons
This is a follow-up to last week’s video on “finishing” learning a challenging piece of music. In this video I run through Jarabi, the arrangement by South African guitarist and composer Derek Gripper of Toumani Diabate’s amazing Kora version....
by Jay | Jul 6, 2023 | Blog, Classical Guitar Basics, Classical Guitar Lessons, Teaching Videos
Once you can play something well enough that it’s fun to run through, the temptation is to stop practicing it and just play it over and over. Here is one method I use to keep myself focused on mastering repertoire up until the time it’s actually ready to...
