by Jay | Oct 9, 2021 | Blog, Classical Guitar Basics, Classical Guitar Technique, Teaching Blog Post
10th Year Anniversary Edition:I’m revisiting some of my best old posts on playing guitar. Enjoy! Playing classical guitar is technically demanding. There are a lot of hurdles even if you want to play a relatively simple piece well enough for it to be...
by Jay | Jan 7, 2021 | Blog, Classical Guitar Basics, Classical Guitar Lessons, Classical Guitar Technique, Teaching Blog Post
10th Year Anniversary Edition:I’m revisiting some of my best old posts on playing guitar. Enjoy! I’ve been thinking about about the difference between what I say here on this blog, and how I actually teach most of the time. In a guitar lesson, we’re...
by Jay | Jun 24, 2011 | Blog, Guitar Lessons, Teaching Blog Post
I have been getting some really interesting questions in response to my poll from those who’ve joined my list recently. Right now I’m in Amish Country for my Kauffman family reunion, driving past quilt shops and horse-and-buggies, but wanted to answer a...
by Jay | Dec 29, 2010 | Classical Guitar Basics, Classical Guitar Lessons, Classical Guitar Technique, Teaching Blog Post
I my last post I sort of left you hanging: Here’s how it ended: There’s one basic polarity that seems to yield such a huge effect and has so many repercussions that one of my students sent me a long email about how much her experience of practicing had changed...