How to read classical guitar notes (so they sound good)

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www.ClassicalGuitarShed.com/ Discover how to decipher sheet music so that it sounds good when you play it. Great music doesn't just play itself. You've got to understand it and bring it to life. This video shares how to start on that process.
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@ClassicalGuitarShed 2 жыл бұрын

If you’re looking for some more resources on this, please follow this link: www.classicalguitarshed.com/interpret-classic-guitar-music/

@BHAKTIBROPHY 6 жыл бұрын

I started playing guitar 40 years ago (not classical). Just want to say that you are a terrific teacher. I wish more teachers incorporated the holistic approach to playing you employ. Great teacher.

@billyvsbilly1 4 жыл бұрын

It's weird how not obvious this is. This has blown my mind. I've definitely pulled baselines out and got the feel of them when having trouble in a certain section/piece. But nothing like this. Wish I could afford lessons or had the time. To have that feedback would be wonderful. But I play in the middle of the night. But your channel has been invaluable to me. Just wanted to say thank you very much for your effort.

@Rookblunder 6 жыл бұрын

That's the difference between saying I play guitar and I know how to play guitar :)

@bertaga41 7 жыл бұрын

A real gem. The end bit is a lovely bit of inspiration!

@angushuynh3654 9 жыл бұрын

Hi Mr Mathews,just want to say thanks for an excellent video.As an adult beginner in classical guitar, I find these videos very very helpful,these videos teaching&educated me alot in a finer art of classical guitar.Even as a listener now I can enjoy& identified a good piece of music when it played.Thanks again for taking time to upload these videos,I think it's not just helping me but alot more people like me,cheers.

@lespaulphoenix5179 8 жыл бұрын

I often hear people say that reading notation is like reading a script, and that music is living and doesn't live on a page it's a tragic misunderstanding, I think. there is life in the understanding of what is written! It's like the difference in Keanu Reeves reading Shakespeare as compared to Patrick Stewart. One might feel monotone, weak, and lifeless, whereas the other speaks the words so sweetly and beautifully, the words drip of their lips like honey, and take on life from the speaker. The same goes for reading music. Last semester, I had a teacher who found such meaning from a 16 measure Andantino from Ferdinando Carulli, he kept finding new things for me to practice in something I couldn't percieve by myself. It's a huge topic you've tackled here, man. it's impressive you explained what you could in the time you had with this video!

@ClassicalGuitarShed 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks Christian! I agree: it's amazing how much you can find if you how/where to look. Cheers, Allen

@jackloganbill605 7 жыл бұрын

Great lesson. My difficulty with reading notes is deciding on fingerings and where to play it on the fretboard...

@MrCally101 7 жыл бұрын

- Yes, very nice lesson from "the shed". - And yes, what you say is the problem of a lot of people. Almost every musician is having that problem. Even high level professionals. It is basically because the standard notation system is not specifically made for the guitar and specially the guitar finger board, which in fact demands another notation system. - At the moment I am writing a book on a didactic method and a new notation system just to adress this problem for people. A method to really internalize the guitar finger board. So that you kow exactly where the notes are on the fingerboard by heart and even know the sounds of these notes even before you play them. - If guitar shed is interested in this special didactic method they can contact me. /- -

@Jgheiler 6 жыл бұрын

Arthur Calbo can u message me. Im interested.

@MrCally1 6 жыл бұрын

How can I message you? I dont think it is possible to message people anymore here on youtube. Are you a teacher? Performing artist? Or just interested?

@Jgheiler 6 жыл бұрын

MrCally1 interested in learning. My email is my user name, with no space, at gmail.

@kyoyinshirui7523 6 жыл бұрын

for me it helped to visualize it in my mind how I will play it

@Dizinii 4 жыл бұрын

Great lesson on voices and bringing out the melody! I wish I learned this much earlier. Better late than never.

@captainheinie6355 7 жыл бұрын

WOW, You are ever so professional. If more people looked at what you teach, the world would be a better place. Thank you. 'RESPECT'

@mdk_millenial 4 жыл бұрын

I always wanted to write music for classical guitar. This video really helped me understand the notation spectrum of the instrument. Thanks.

@SmoothRuffian 4 жыл бұрын

I loved this lesson. Thank you!

@oldmanandthesea7039 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for clearing one misunderstanding that I had. I used to think that two or three notes sounding simultaneously means playing a chord, and therefore all notes should be equally loud. That was completely wrong! Thanks again!

@r_palmeri 4 жыл бұрын

Outstanding. One of your best, and that’s saying a LOT!! Thanks.

@adoptmeeverything 3 жыл бұрын

Allen really gives me a new to think about music here. Thank you.

@evan3657 2 жыл бұрын

I am a big fan of all your work for a very long time, thanks

@harveyfreed6342 9 жыл бұрын

Really nice lesson. Especially as this a piece I have been working on. Thanks for the extra dimension.

@ClassicalGuitarShed 9 жыл бұрын

Harvey Freed Thanks Harvey, thanks for the note!

@cmoreno12345 10 ай бұрын

Really clear instruction. Thank you!

@saidivya2622 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for doing an amazing video on an important topic that many people ignore🤗

@asadeeshprabhakar 11 ай бұрын

Am sadeesh from india .....You are really a great master also a great motivator...you gave a very use ful info ....thanks a lot 🙏🙏🙏God bless you

@sorindobra7370 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir.

@Roknbluze 4 жыл бұрын

Thank You!

@kevinpatrick4670 3 жыл бұрын

EXCELLENT ADVISE!!!!Play Beautifully!!! Control ALL the voices!!! Playing in 3D!!! This is a video that everyone should check out. Anyone can play black dots on a page, but to bring the music to life and give it character, means we as musicians must be conductor, performer, and listener all at the same time!!! And it separates those who can play, from those who "CAN" play!! Thanks for this golden nugget...it was right on time!!💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

@G1napap 7 жыл бұрын

Nice video!

@mcewanschampion 8 жыл бұрын

Superb lesson thanks!

@ClassicalGuitarShed 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lee!

@22okansezer22 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 💕🙏🏼🎶

@summerbreezeau 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@csalazarfull 5 жыл бұрын

The note 'E' for example has the lower line connecting the note and the "C' line starts on the top and end on the note

@javierh.d.9626 9 жыл бұрын

Gracias por tus clases de guitarra.

@ClassicalGuitarShed 9 жыл бұрын

J.H. D. Gracias por ver mis videos! Disfrute de su guitarra practicando , Allen

@engelsanchez 7 жыл бұрын

Great lesson. It really opened my eyes (or ears?). Thanks!

@TheKeyToMusicOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

underrated

@manuelgonzales6483 11 ай бұрын

I wish I had you as my instructor 😞

@oldponytail 6 жыл бұрын

The middle line has a couple of rests. You didn't stop the string on these. Is there a reason why? But thanks for the help. Helps me think through.

@georgebushy 4 жыл бұрын

I'd like to mention that your audio track probably has a gate effect on that cuts off some of the transients on the guitar sound and it makes it sound a bit weird.

@glennlubomirskynovitch3254 3 жыл бұрын

Yes this is an easy song. With Bach the melody changes all the time, going up and down in the base. Could you show an invention with three voices by Bach? It would be interesting to show how to interpret it. Thanks

@rjlchristie 5 жыл бұрын

It irritates me that many (most) guitarists are often blind to reading and executing rests, as you unknowingly demonstrate at 11:50 - 11:58 . In this case, whether to observe (by enforcing silence) the quaver rest of the middle voice in bars consequent to the first is likely to be open to interpretation. But this is not always the case, so when identifying the parts, rests should always be considered carefully, they are not just a means of marking time before an entry.

@WesWaagenaar 9 жыл бұрын

Awesome lesson. And by chance, would be able to give me the link to where I would purchase the guitar lap stand you are using? I have looked at various styles but I am not sure which is a good choice. I have lower back pain from playing so I think I'd benefit from one. Thanks!

@ClassicalGuitarShed 9 жыл бұрын

Wes Waagenaar Hi Wes, thanks! I am using the Gitano Guitar Support, which you can get from stringsbymail.com and other places. But the best I have seen is the Barnett Guitar Support, which uses magnets and is much nicer and more reliable in performance than anything with suction cups. I don't have a link for the Barnett, but Stringsbymail.com probably has it as well. Hope that helps! Cheers, Allen

@csalazarfull 5 жыл бұрын

i think you are missin to explain that generally the melody has the vertical note line going down from the top, and the base have the note lines gping up from the bottom.

@devar7502 4 жыл бұрын

I've been trying to read a piece in which there are a bunch of numbers, I'm guessing they are referring to the string. Not quite sure though

@dodobolwari6020 3 жыл бұрын

Good 👍👍👍👍😘😘❤️❤️👈

@sevaalisevaali3643 4 жыл бұрын

hollo hollo hollo sir goodmorning sir i understood your message thankyou sir better and best like guitar my residance tamilnadu india so i like flug,trip and taping are bending practice then expense are compared very poor how will passible sir thankyou

@raymundbesacruz8226 3 жыл бұрын

Please give me easy classic or melodious pc, I can read not much complicated notes, tnk you sir.

@perseohernandez755 7 жыл бұрын

Hello guys, what´s the name of the melody, I really would like to learn it ?- Where can I get the sheet ?

@davidkelly1507 7 жыл бұрын

Perseo Hernandez he says it at the start - brouwer, una dia de novembre (a day in November)

@yasmineryan1740 4 жыл бұрын

im so so confused i know all the notes but there are so many i have no idea where hes playing those notes there are like 10 middle c's like ....

@richardpaulus9823 5 жыл бұрын

Ok. I can't read sheet music but my question is, how do you know which note on the fretboard? Or is all sheet music just subject to transposing using whichever voicings you choose? Can read tablature but I think it would be awesome to just pull out some sheet music and start shredding out some vivaldi ass shit without ever having heard it... or does this not work like this?

@ClassicalGuitarShed 5 жыл бұрын

Hey, Zak here. If you are very serious about learning how to read proper music notation, I'd really suggest taking our course on Learning how to Read Guitar music. You can find it here www.classicalguitarshed.com/courses/how-to-read-music-for-guitar/

@ricmel8008 4 жыл бұрын

What is the best classical song to learn and practice to improve my guitar soloing?

@brumm3653 4 жыл бұрын

15:13 I've just learned that I play everything like a Neanderthal. ;(

@bestaudio7315 8 жыл бұрын

All of your audio is very quiet.

@didierdepardieur4470 5 жыл бұрын

You make it too complicated for beginners. If everyone breaks the piece down by melody, bass and interior voice, they would give up after a few days. Just get the melody down first, then add the bass.