Classical Guitar Solo: Romanza - Part 2

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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Classical

Excerpt: Hey there and welcome to another lesson with me here at the web's coolest guitar instructional site! We will be looking at a very popular piece for classical guitar entitled 'Romanza'. There seems to be a variety of titles for this piece but in orde...

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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Classical

Excerpt: OK, what I think would be a great way of approaching this study would be to play each triplet pattern as a block chord, homophonically just to get those chord shapes under your belt. What I tend to do once I have those is to play each block chord but...

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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Classical

Excerpt: OK, let's take a look at the opening bars. The first thing that you should be aware of throughout the piece is to balance the bass movement, accompaniment, and melody. The use of rest strokes for the melody can be a very useful way to bring the melo...

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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Classical

Excerpt: Welcome! In today's lesson we will be studying the classical guitar solo written by Spanish composer/guitarist Francisco Tárrega (1852 - 1909). Tárrega is considered by many to have been responsible for the revival of interest in the ...

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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Classical

Excerpt: For section 2, we have changed key from E major to E minor. I feel that this parallel key change lends itself to emotive composition and can be extremely effective. Again, make sure you balance each individual part and be sure to achieve a clear, si...

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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Classical

Excerpt: Remember to apply the 4 techniques we discussed in the introductory lesson to each example. Take it nice and slowly, and be sure to observe any rests within the score as this will be an important part of building your technique. Clarity with these ex...

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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Classical

Excerpt: For section 2, we have changed key from E major to E minor. I feel that this parallel key change lends itself to emotive composition and can be extremely effective. Again, make sure you balance each individual part and be sure to achieve a clear, si...

Media Length: 0:51

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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Classical

Excerpt: Remember to apply the 4 techniques we discussed in the introductory lesson to each example. Take it nice and slowly, and be sure to observe any rests within the score as this will be an important part of building your technique. Clarity with these ex...

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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Classical

Excerpt: Alrighty then, lets get started with part one. This piece is significantly more difficult to play in comparison with the pieces that we have studied thus far. In actual fact, 'Gran Vals' has been included as an examination piece for the Associated B...

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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Classical

Excerpt: OK, final section now. For the C section, Tarrega creates some nice tension by outlining the Dominant of the original key with ascending lines played with pizzicato, which I feel really adds to the tension somewhat. It also adds a little color for t...

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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Classical

Excerpt: Remember to apply the 4 techniques we discussed in the introductory lesson to each example. Take it nice and slowly, and be sure to observe any rests within the score as this will be an important part of building your technique. Clarity with these ex...

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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Classical

Excerpt: Remember to apply the 4 techniques we discussed in the introductory lesson to each example. Take it nice and slowly, and be sure to observe any rests within the score as this will be an important part of building your technique. Clarity with these ex...

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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Classical

Excerpt: OK, what I think would be a great way of approaching this study would be to play each triplet pattern as a block chord, homophonically just to get those chord shapes under your belt. What I tend to do once I have those is to play each block chord but...

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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Exercises Style: Classical

Excerpt: This study is very simplistic harmonically, offering the briefest of excursions to the relative major in bars 11-12, while the remainder stays within the confines of E minor. From a technical standpoint, it is well within the reach of a beginner/inte...

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Instructor: Rick Graham Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Classical

Excerpt: A very warm welcome to you for this continuation of pieces by the Spanish master Francisco Tarrega. For today's installment, we will be taking a look at Tarrega's "Pavane", which is one of many charming 'miniatures' penned by this prolific composer....

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