The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast

In this week's episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon discusses three techniques on classical guitar that are constantly evolving and so will take time to develop: tone, musical line, and speed. Leave us a comment below and let us know how you are working to continue to develop these techniques. The post CGC 065 : Tone, musical line, and speed appeared first on Classical Guitar Corn...

In this week's episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon sits down for a conversation and a bit of Q&A with Academy member Roger Ramirez. They get into all sorts of things, like Roger's ensemble group Divergent Strings (which recently had its arena debut...no kidding!) and Ramirez guitars (no familial relation to Roger). We [...] The post CGC 064 : Member Q&A with Roger Ramirez appeare...

In this week's episode Simon sits down for an interview with Michael and Evita . . . only this time Simon's the one being interviewed! This is a great conversation about what is the true nature of musicality (and also how this applies to dance). Simon, Michael, and Evita talk about errors and how essential [...] The post CGC 063 : Musicality with Michael and Evita appeared first on Classical Guita...

Failure and Giving Up In this episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon shares some personal stories about failure and giving up on the classical guitar. You definitely won't want to miss this inspiring episode! Failure Story #1 Perseverance is one of my favorite words. I started out at a high school in Australia [...] The post Failure and Giving Up appeared first on Classical Guitar C...

In this week's episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon interviews Classical Guitar Corner Academy member Richard Kordel. Simon and Richard discuss the nature of etudes, differences in fingerings as they evolve over time, and some of Simon's own practice habits. Be sure to tune in and leave a comment to thank Richard for [...] The post CGC 061 : Member Q&A with Richard Kordel appeared...

In this episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon sits down for an interview with internationally renowned artist Sharon Isbin. Here Sharon shares many wonderful and engaging stories about her life in music and talks about many of her collaborations and projects with some of the most well-known figures in music around the world. [...] The post CGC 060 : Sharon Isbin: Her Life and Stori...

In this week's episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon sits down for a conversation with Bradford Werner, who runs the website This Is Classical Guitar, an excellent resource for classical guitarists, as well as a brand new site, Werner Guitar Editions, dedicated to providing high-quality pdfs of classical and fingerstyle guitar editions in [...] The post CGC 059 : Bradford Werner an...

In this episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon gives you tips on audio editing. Here Simon picks apart the editing process of classical guitar recordings and will change the way you listen to recordings of classical guitar music. (So, if you'd like not to know in-depth about that process, you might want to [...] The post CGC 058 : The Secrets of Audio Editing appeared first on Class...

In this episode of the Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon walks through five tips to help you better prepare and make it through live performance situations. You'll get advice on the long lead-up to the performance--preparation, which pieces to choose, and so on; the few weeks just before the performance; the day of the performance; [...] The post CGC 057 : Performance Advice for the Amateur C...

In this episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon kicks off a new series where he will sit down with members of Classical Guitar Corner Academy and do a Q&A session to help those members with various questions they have in their own playing but also to perhaps answer some questions you may have [...] The post CGC 056 : Member Q&A with Linda Tsardakas appeared first on Classical Guitar...

In this episode, Simon sits down with cellist Dr. Jacques Lee Wood to discuss J. S. Bach's Cello Suites. This is a fascinating discussion focusing on the importance of quality of voice, dynamics, Baroque style versus a flatter modern style of playing, and much, much more. J. S. Bach's Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello were [...] The post CGC 055 : Bach Cello Suites with Jacques Lee Wood appeared...

Its that time of year where we can reflect, plan, and toast to the new year. In this episode Evita and I discuss how to make the most of our new year resolutions. The post CGC 054 : New Year’s Guitar Goals and Resolutions appeared first on Classical Guitar Corner .

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Nathan Mills is the creator of Beyond the Guitar. He has come up with some creative ways to translate video game, movie, and television music, onto the classical guitar and in the process he is welcoming a completely new audience to the instrument. Here is [...] The post CGC 052 : Nathan Mills and Beyond the Guitar appeared first on Classical Guitar Corner .

How to Teach Yourself Classical Guitar In this article I am going to walk you through how to teach yourself classical guitar. It is important to acknowledge from the outset that: Nobody is really “self taught” A teacher does not make you a better player A self taught guitarist does not sit in a room [...] The post How To Teach Yourself Classical Guitar appeared first on Classical Guitar Corner .

Diana Castelnuovo-Tedesco is the granddaughter of composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. For several years now she has committed herself to making her grandfather's music more available especially to performers of the maestro's music. Along with Edizioni Curci she has organized to publish many of Castelnuovo-Tedesco's unpublished works and continues to champion his music and his legacy.   [...] The p...

If your learning has been sporadic and spanned several years (or decades) with multiple instructors, chances are that you will have a mixture of strengths and weaknesses in your technique. I find that prime suspects for technique issues are players that have transferred from other styles of guitar playing, players that have had a substantial [...] The post CGC 049 : How to change your technique ap...

CGC Summer School Class of 2017 The participants of the CGC Summer School came from far and wide. There were guitarists from India, Germany, Australia, Mexico, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Many of us had known each other through the Classical Guitar Corner forums, but this was the first time to meet [...] The post CGC LIVE : Summer School 2017 appeared first on Classical Guitar Corne...

Louis Trépanier is a Canadian guitarist (hailing from Ottawa) and a member of the Canadian Guitar Quartet who is the Coordinator of the Guitar Sector at the University of Ottawa School of Music. Trépanier did his formal studies with Patrick Roux, but he has also studied Jazz with the composer and guitarist Randy Ellias. He [...] The post CGC 047: Louis Trépanier appeared first on Classical Guitar...

How to develop speed in the right hand In this article we'll look at how to develop speed in the right hand. For whatever reason we always want things we can't have. The classical guitar excels in producing soft, dulcet tones. So, therefore what do players want to do? Play loud and fast! I have dealt with [...] The post How to develop speed in the right hand appeared first on Classical Guitar Corn...

Andrew York is one of today's most recognized and accomplished composers for the classical guitar and he is an internationally renowned concert performer. York is one of the founding members of the LA Guitar Quartet, with whom he received a Grammy award. He also received Grammy awards for his own compositions that appeared on Grammy-winning [...] The post CGC 045 : Andrew York appeared first on Cl...

Álvaro Pierri, born into a musical family in Montevideo, Uruguay, is one of the greatest and most accomplished guitarists of his generation. His early musical education was at the hands of his mother, Ada Estades, on piano and his aunt, Olga Pierri, on guitar (Olga was well known in Uruguay and recorded with a group [...] The post CGC 044 : Alvaro Pierri appeared first on Classical Guitar Corner .

Richard Charlton is one of Australia's leading guitarists/composers. (Though he was originally born in the UK, he has been an Aussie since about the age of seven.) In this podcast Simon discusses many of Richard's works for guitar, guitar ensemble, and more—several of which are featured listening here—but also what it's like to compose for [...] The post CGC 042 : Richard Charlton appeared first o...

The Classical Guitar Corner Summer School is coming up fast, and June 15 seems like just around the corner! In this episode we hear performances from all of the teachers that will be coming to the 2017 Summer School. To learn more about the Summer School and register visit: CGC 2017 Summer School Information Page [...] The post CGC 041 : 2017 Summer School Concert appeared first on Classical Guita...

Janet Agostino helped a lot of people with her podcast (CGC 019) on learning classical guitar and she is back to discuss ensemble work with classical guitar. Janet and I were both teaching at the Sydney Summer School and we will both be working with similar ensembles at the Classical Guitar Corner Summer School in [...] The post CGC 040 : Guitar Ensemble Basics appeared first on Classical Guitar C...