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Advice Centre

Welcome to the Advice Centre. Our mission is to help you improve your playing with it your overall enjoyment of playing the classical guitar.

You'll discover a wealth of new ideas regarding technique and other classical guitar related aspects from scale, arpeggio and tremolo playing through to nail care and much more besides.

Just select one of the options here to get you on your way!

 
What should I do?
 

Here are some commonly voiced problems with quick hints to resolve them...
Scale-playing
Practise right hand only. Many problems surrounding scales are caused by faulty string crossing practice
Arpeggios
Uneven or inconsistent? Ensure you're using appropriate planting techniques & a metronome and start slow
Nails
Weak nails? Try a cube of jelly daily


 

KEY TECHNIQUES
Here you'll find articles and suggestions covering the following areas of classical guitar technique
Scales
Want to improve your scales? Look here
Arpeggios
Don't suffer, read our hints and tips on arpeggio playing now
Barrees
There's no escaping them, we offer advice on improving them
Nails
 Weak nails or raspy tone, improve your playing with our nail "tips"

Tremolos
Make you tremble? Overcome your fears with our advice here

 
 
 

Our Recommendations

For further advice on classical guitar technique, check out the following:
Pumping Nylon (Book and DVD)-Scott Tenant
Developing Classical Guitar Technique (DVD) by Denis Azabagic
Classical Guitar Technique & Musicianship (DVD)-Fred Hand
Solo Guitar Playing (Books)-by Frederick Noad
Effortless Classical Guitar (DVDs)-by Bill Kanengiser


 


What do the pros do?

Check out the latest advice from David Russell with his series of quarterly playing tips right here. Find out more

Scott Tenant reveals his secrets for great classical guitar in his method book and DVD. Check it out now.