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Nylon String Guitar Technique Symposium

Get the proper coaching for tons of awesome nylon string techniques to super charge your playing and take you to the next level. In this technique lesson library we dive into drills, studies and exercises for both hands as well as gain guidance for how and what to practice and "the finer things".

If you've seen my YouTube videos that focus on technique, chances are they're in this collection - with tabs!

 

Product Outline:

1. A Right Hand Technique Tour – PLUS Technique Combination Drills

A Right Hand Technique Tour

  • A Right Hand Technique Tour: ALL TECHNIQUES!

  • Improve Your Right Hand Techniques with This SIMPLE Trick

  • Evening Out Right Hand Techniques – Play-Along Video

Technique Combination Drills

  • 20 Technique Combination Drills

  • 20 Technique Combination Drills – Play-Along

2. A Nylon String Guitarist’s Fingernail Guide

Fingernail Workshop

  • Flamenco Guitarist’s Fingernails

  • P Shape – Flamenco Guitar

  • Guitarist’s Fingernails: 3 Most Important Steps

  • Fingernail Power Shapes

  • Straight Filing vs Contour Filing

  • How to File Fingernails (Short Video)

  • Fingernail Overview – Power & Control

  • 5 Fingernail Problems and How to Fix Them

  • What to Do About Thin Nails

  • Should Nails Be Long or Short?

  • Instant Nail Strengthening

  • Nail Ping – Fixing the Nail Catching String

  • Filing Your Nails: Re-shaping in Seconds

  • Rest Stroke vs Free Stroke

3. The Left Hand: Dexterity Drills and Independence Exercises

Left Hand Warmups & Dexterity

  • Left Hand Warmup #1

  • Left Hand Warmup #2

  • Left Hand Warmup #3

  • Left Hand Warmup #4

  • Left Hand Warmup #5

  • Hammer-On and Pull-Off Drill

  • Four-Finger Exercise

  • Guide Finger Exercise

  • Slurs and Left-Hand Coordination

  • Ring Finger/Index Finger Independence Drill

  • Pinky Strength Builder

  • Shifting Exercise – Half-Shifts and Whole-Shifts

  • Chromatic Drills

4. Arpeggio Technique

Arpeggio Basics

  • Classical vs Flamenco Arpeggios

  • The “Go-To” Arpeggio Pattern

  • Basic Arpeggio Coordination Drill

  • 4 Essential Arpeggio Patterns

Developing Arpeggio Control

  • Two-String Arpeggio Study

  • Three-String Arpeggio Study

  • Full-Hand Arpeggio Study

  • Rest Stroke in Arpeggios – Mini Lesson

Advanced Arpeggio Application

  • Triplet Arpeggios

  • Reverse Arpeggios

  • Continuous Arpeggio Flow

  • Arpeggio Speed Builder Exercise

Arpeggio Play-Along Videos

  • Arpeggio Study – Play-Along

  • Reverse Arpeggio Flow – Play-Along

  • Triplet Arpeggios – Play-Along

5. The Picado Technique

Introducing Picado

  • What Is Picado?

  • How to Play and Practice Picado

  • Top 5 Picado Mistakes and How to Fix Them

3 Famous Picado Runs

  • Picado Review and Preparatory Drills

  • Picado Run #1 – Soleares (Juan Serrano)

  • Picado Run #2 – Entre dos Aguas (Paco de LucĂ­a)

  • Picado Run #3 – Punta y TacĂłn (Sabicas)

3 Descending Picado Phrases

  • Descending Picado Tutorial #1 – Paco Peña

  • Descending Picado Tutorial #2 – Juan MartĂ­n

  • Descending Picado Tutorial #3 – MoraĂ­to

  • Descending Runs – Play-Along Video

Combining Picado and Arpeggio Techniques

  • Double Arpeggio + Picado in B Minor

  • 4-Note Arpeggios + Picado in B Minor

  • Play-Along 1: Double Arpeggios – Natural Minor

  • Play-Along 2: Double Arpeggios – Harmonic Minor

  • Play-Along 3: Reverse Arpeggios – Natural Minor

  • Play-Along 4: Reverse Arpeggios – Harmonic Minor

  • Play-Along 5: Forward Arpeggios – Natural Minor

  • Play-Along 6: Forward Arpeggios – Harmonic Minor

The “Slip Finger” Picado

  • Slip Finger Picado Lesson and Exercise in B Minor

  • Slip Finger B Minor Drill – Play-Along Video

More Picado Technique Drills

  • 3 Picado Studies

  • 4-Finger Exercise

  • 4-Finger Picado Variations

  • Picado String Crossing Exercise

  • String Crossing & Alternation Drills

6. The Tremolo Technique

Getting Started with Tremolo

  • The Flutter Tremolo: Entryway Into Flamenco Tremolo

  • The Beatles & the “Interrupted Tremolo”

  • Flutter Tremolo – Play-Along Video

  • Tremolo Technique – Introduction

  • Stairway to Heaven Intro (with TAB)

Understanding Tremolo

  • 3 Types of Tremolo

  • Triplet vs Classical vs Flamenco Tremolo

Practicing Tremolo

  • 3 Ways to Practice Tremolo

  • Using Chords

  • One-String Practice

  • Reverse Tremolo Exercise

Songs to Practice Tremolo

  • Malagueña

  • Stairway to Heaven

  • Con Salero y Garbo (Farruca)

Tremolo Wrap-Up

  • Conclusion

  • Why Play Tremolo?

7. Creating Percussive Effects

Percussive Technique Basics

  • Guitar as a Drum

  • Golpe Techniques

  • Combining Golpe + Rasgueo

  • Thumb Percussion

Percussive Exercises

  • Percussive Warmup

  • Golpe-Arpeggio Combo

  • Golpe-Picado Combo

8. Rasgueo Technique

Rasgueo Basics

  • What Is Rasgueo?

  • The 3-Finger Rasgueo

  • 4-Finger Rasgueo

  • Abanico Rasgueo

  • Triplet Rasgueo

Rasgueo Exercises

  • Rasgueo Warmup #1

  • Rasgueo Warmup #2

  • Rasgueo Practice Pattern

  • Rasgueo in Compás

9. The Thumb

Thumb Technique

  • Thumb Mechanics

  • apoyando vs tirando with Thumb

  • Thumb Warmup

  • AlzapĂşa Basics

Advanced Thumb

  • Thumb + Rasgueo Combinations

  • Thumb + Picado Patterns

  • AlzapĂşa Speed Drill

10. The Finer Things: Mindset, Musicality and Guitar Tips

Mindset & Musicianship

  • How to Practice Efficiently

  • Avoiding Tension

  • Developing Musical Phrasing

  • Playing With Confidence

Guitar Tips

  • Guitar Posture

  • Hand Relaxation

  • String Noise Control

  • Tone Production Ideas

 

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