Please pay attention to the places in the music at which you hold your finger on the note after you play it, as illustrated in these passages shown in the clip. …
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C2.2.11. Study Op.60, No.2 by F. Sor – Main view
Make sure that your right arm (from wrist to elbow) is as stable as possible. Using the stabilizer muscles of the arm (shoulder, biceps, triceps), work on fixing the arm in one position. When you …
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C2.2.12. Study Op.31 by F. Sor – Close-up View
The fingers on the bass notes need to be somewhat perpendicular to the fingerboard in order to avoid touching the strings below, which could possibly interrupt the sustain. …
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C2.2.13. Study Op.31 by F. Sor – Main view
Make sure to hold the bass notes and the inner notes while playing the melodic line in order to sustain the chordal harmonies that they create. …
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C2.2.14. Study in A minor by D. Aguado – Close-up View
This piece combines a simple ('p'-'i'-'m'-'i') arpeggio with partial chord structures on the left hand. …
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C2.2.15. Study by D. Aguado – Spot Practice
As difficult as some of these transitions may seem to you as a beginner, you can master them. Try to place your fingers one by one when getting into a chord that requires two, three, or sometimes four …
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