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Neoclassical Etude

Instructor: Pavel Denisjuk
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style
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    Neoclassical Etude - Performance Pavel Denisjuk
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    Instructor: Pavel Denisjuk Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: Welcome to my neoclassical lesson! If you have read my profile page than you probably know that I'm a huge fan of classical music and everything that goes with orchestra so I very often write music with orchestra. If you like what you see and hear here, move onto the next part where we will start learning this piece. :)

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    Neoclassical Etude - Part 1 Pavel Denisjuk
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    Instructor: Pavel Denisjuk Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: Alright! Here we are at the first part of this piece! The whole exercise is played 100% alternate picking so you won't have to worry about some fancy picking patterns. Instead we'll concentrate on left hand fingering and the tricky areas. So the first problem is barring 2 strings but playing one note at a time. The way to play it is described in the video. ...

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    Neoclassical Etude - Part 2 Pavel Denisjuk
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    Instructor: Pavel Denisjuk Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: Here comes part 2! To me the most difficult part to play because we have a lot of movement going on here and also some string skipping. When you first start practicing it you might want to overdo the lifting of fingers to feel each note for itself as it is vital for this part to only play one note at a time to avoid unwanted intervals from kicking in and mak...

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    Neoclassical Etude - Part 3 Pavel Denisjuk
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    Instructor: Pavel Denisjuk Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: The last part is mostly based on movement between 2 strings so a lot of control and muting is required to play this cleanly. Besides that, nothing spectacular is going on here so just learn the notes and than practice this slowly. Make sure each note stands for itself and no extra noises are getting in. Don't worry if it's not going fast - this is not a sim...

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    Neoclassical Etude - Backing Track Pavel Denisjuk
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    Instructor: Pavel Denisjuk Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: Now that you have learned the whole piece you can have fun with the backing track! Enjoy it and rock on! Any questions about this lesson are welcome at our Infinite Guitar forum so feel free to post questions and comments!

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