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Canadian guitarist Drew Henderson and violinist Dr. Clara Haneul Yoon perform Cafe 1930 and Nightclub 1960 from L’Histoire du Tango by Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992). This comes via 

Theory Lesson No.5a: Grand Staff, Middle C, and Octave Indications. Middle C is important mainly because it serves as a common reference point in music, notation, and instrument orientation and visually connects the treble and bass clefs. The grand staff allows us to analyze music containing a large range of pitches in the two most common staffs used to...

Petra Poláčková performs Sonata Romántica by Manuel Ponce (1882–1948) on a vintage 1926 Domingo Esteso guitar with video/audio by Drew Henderson. This com...

Question: Is it acceptable to hit an adjacent string during slurs? For example, when playing a pull-off on the 2nd string is it okay to make contact with the 1st string with the left hand slur finger?

Answer Summary: The answer is based on the context of the desired musical result of your descending slurs (pull-offs). When ...

Left Hand String Clearance Exercise – This exercise helps students play with curved fingers on their fingertips which helps with all left hand techniques. It also creates a situation where the student becomes aware of bad technique habits by listening to the open string sustain. It’s so simple and effective that I assign it to all my classical guitar st...