Thank you for the good advices. I learned this piece 50 years ago, probably with the same challenges you mentioned in this video. Playing it slow is probably not so well understood when you are young. So it is very good advice. What is helping me personally most is 1. play without music sheet 2. keep the ego under control. Do not try to be better than you are. Relax. 🤓😋🥰. Do not be too stubborn on fingering and melody. Make it your own piece.
@@GordonLF Dear Hector, I normally do also not learn by ear, although this is sometimes a good exercise. Only when I forgot a piece or part of it, I try to reconstruct it first by ear. Or if a piece does not sound perfect to my ear, often the beginning or end, I change it by ear. But what I mean with play without music sheet is, do not use music sheets WHILE playing. When I had to play the piano as a child I could only play if I had music sheets in front of me. So I could sort of play like a robot and „sleep“ during playing. In this way I could not really play from the heart. When I learned Chinese a few years ago, my brain was sort of reprogrammed. After that I could learn sort of „picture like“ and not using much music theory or intelligent sequencing. Now also my ego has vanished, so I am also not afraid to make failures anymore, I even enjoy it and find it funny sometimes. Hope this long clarification helps. It is sometimes difficult to explain things in one sentence 😋🤓🥰. Have fun.
i played banjo for 60 years. never followed good advice like yours, because there just wasn't so much advice (for banjo, anyway!) because i practiced all my bad habits, they 'sounded' okay until i started to really age. this turned out to be critical for my own musicianship. now, my physical limitations make my bad habits impossible to sustain... i practice employing proper hand position, wrist alignment, fretting everyday. progress is very slow, but it really doesn't matter if i 'run out of time'.
Beautiful? Ha! This is much more than just beautiful. It is a world class tone quality and exceptionally clean. But no matter how much this friendly woman explains - you will never get close to her playing. Never! Ana Vidovic is one of if not THE leading guitar player in the whole world. To be able to play similar to her you must begin at the age of 6 or 7 with a good teacher.
A slow pace with relaxed hands and curved fingers to minimize injury and develop muscle memory and a suggestion to avoid the development of personal nuance or the introduction of the written tonal variation until the piece is entirely under your fingers. A measured and careful meditation upon foundation and intent meant to blossom with time and practice. A scientific approach. So rare and worthy to hear advise from a master to a nascent student of the classical guitar!
Ana, I have watched you many times in amazement, earlier this evening, I saw you playing a piece from Fernando Sor, saw your expert hands doing things with such ease, that I cannot do, yet... I just think you are one of God's gifts to US, to the world of music, and I know your talent did not develop overnight but through years of hard work and sacrifice.. when I was 16, and my friends were calling me to come outside in the summertime, I had to stay in and practice, but I had such a LOVE for it then I didn't even mind!.. I just get pure JOY watching YOU, Ana... I LOVE You, and hope to see you perform live someday!.. ❤
hi Ana, I'm Brazilian, you could leave the legend activated with the option of the Portuguese language (with Portuguese) so we can take advantage of your tips. I'm a fan of yours!!!! thank you very much and success. Kisses.
Ana, I've L❤️ved your Extraordinary style n grace for 10 yrs plus!! You have inspired me to practice my guitar! Thank you for your suggestion and direction. You are Beyond: Gorgeous, Smart, Amazing and well spoken!! God's Blessings to you Always.
Asturias is a piece Im pretty sure I will never be able to play, not even wrong. But good advices are always welcome, specially from the one that play the piece so well. As a funny fact, not sure why when watching and hearing Ana (or any other classical master) talk about how to position your hands and elbows, the first thing that comes to my mind is the video from Tommy Emmanuel playing Classical Gas and doing all the things "wrong". I guess different types of music requires different skills.
Ana, so beautiful. Me a pensioner still learning to play the classical guitar over the years. Learned the hard way...self taught with all the mistakes built in. Enjoying playing the guitar, but I'll never ever play as well as you.
I quit playing years ago because I just wasn't happy with my progress. Now Im back at it just for the enjoyment and mental retreat. Now my playing is better than it ever was.
I learnt the beginning of this piece a long time ago because the 2 first sections are easy while being pretty impressive and rewarding. I tried to learn the 3rd, but I didn't had the level to play it properly, so I kind of adapt it by "reversing the tremolo" because it's so much more natural for me. So instead of playing the si string, then the mi string, I'm doing the contrary. Don't do that. It's a pain to change, and the speed you gained playing that way will be halfed because you're not uses to practice the correct one, and it's very frustrating.
Thank you for sharing your learning techniques. I hope to learn Asturias, Recuerdos d Alhambra, Farruca, and Por una Cabeza, asap, but as you mention...dont rush! I agree fingering should be comfortable, otherwise its not good for your hands.
I can play Tarrega’s Capricho Arabe, but the learning of Asturias is being hampered by my darn short fingers and the digital gymnastics of the second section of the first theme, when the triplets begin.
all i know about guitar i learned by my own , never had teachers never gone to conservatory, i´ve just started as a child learning mayor and minor chords first, i learned my first scale like 5 years later to beging playing, then i bouth my own electric guitar where i learned more scales and improved mi tecninc cos i wanted to play fast as steve vay or Ynwien Malsteem , but i learned all that way the hard way but i think it was more beautifull becouse i discovered all by myself, i feel like a blind man, when i think in a sound my fingers just know where to be . The hard challenge about this song is not how fast it is or how complex chords are, but the pain on my tumb jajaja thats the challenge, beside i just play for fun, so something i just want to play a song before go to college or to work i know the full song but never warm up because dont have time jajajaja but wen i have the time to play more songs before asturias then i can play this very fast.
1. Warm up beforehand, making sure that your wrist is straight, you’re playing with your fingertips, and your right hand is positioned straight 2. Play very slowly at the beginning 3. Practice with a metronome (don’t change the tempo while playing) 4. When practicing, don’t play with “Colors” 5. Practice by sections 6. You don’t have to follow exactly the indications (ex: fingerings) 7. Don’t get discouraged, it takes time but slow practice always pays off
I am so new to learning guitar my fingers aren’t even hurting yet. I see she says to use the tips of your fingers to push down the strings. This is the first time I see anyone say that, but I have been watching videos on steel string guitar. Does her advice apply to steel strings as well?
Advices from Ana Vidovic are very interesting of course. But why showing the same section twice ? Why is everybody doing that today ? Why not showing the same section 3 times then ?
2:05 I usually play guitar for like 5-7 minutes at a time so I guess I'll just have to practice for -13 - -15 minutes so I can practice scales for 20 minutes.
A bit strange to hear beginner tips for people working on Asturias. In my experience you’re much better off learning the basics with simpler pieces and gradually increase difficulty. For what it’s worth, Asturias is something most people would start playing after several years of practice. You should not try to take shortcuts because they’ll be limiting you whether you realise it or not. Wrong technique (hand/wrist positions, your posture etc. ) can even cause physical harm.
@ziba so you just made a judgmental statement about me - tell me why I have to keep my statements to myself and you get to go ahead or is it just ok for you? Or is it you only want people who agree with you to express themselves ie the ultimate snobbery… now I see why u like her so much.
Excellent advice, however the main motivation in learning is enjoyment. If you want to let it rip and play full speed, do it. If you don't want to do 30 minutes of scales before playing, don't bother. By all means learn the correct techniques and practice them as much as you can - you will need them. But don't let dogma paralyse you into never picking up the instrument.
100% Agree with that but we should warm up at least 5 minutes otherwise we could risk injury. Maybe warm up with an easy piece one enjoys instead of doing scales?
@@MultiBadboy666 do you warm up before doing the warmup though? 😁 Seriously though, there's no need to warmup to practice. Before a performance definitely but for practice it can just be part of the practice. Have been playing 40 years and never had an injury from not warming up.
What kind of preview is that? The video title says "watch this before playing ASTURIAS" not "watch before picking up the guitar and playing your FIRST CHORD"! If I wanna learn this piece then I probably know how to practice and even (surprise-surprise!) what a metronome is! 10 wasted minutes out of 10
I absolutely love Ana. Her's playing is so elegant.
Where is she from? She looks like could be Serbian?
@@sotirzvanidjubre4109 ....she is serbian, a beautiful woman😍
@@jachauru794 actually she is croatian
would have liked to hear her play
@@notsure5840 She’s great in concert. I’ve seen her play live twice.
Thank you for the good advices. I learned this piece 50 years ago, probably with the same challenges you mentioned in this video. Playing it slow is probably not so well understood when you are young. So it is very good advice. What is helping me personally most is 1. play without music sheet 2. keep the ego under control. Do not try to be better than you are. Relax. 🤓😋🥰. Do not be too stubborn on fingering and melody. Make it your own piece.
What do you mean by ¨play without music sheet¨? I can't learn it by ear.
@@GordonLF Dear Hector, I normally do also not learn by ear, although this is sometimes a good exercise. Only when I forgot a piece or part of it, I try to reconstruct it first by ear. Or if a piece does not sound perfect to my ear, often the beginning or end, I change it by ear. But what I mean with play without music sheet is, do not use music sheets WHILE playing. When I had to play the piano as a child I could only play if I had music sheets in front of me. So I could sort of play like a robot and „sleep“ during playing. In this way I could not really play from the heart. When I learned Chinese a few years ago, my brain was sort of reprogrammed. After that I could learn sort of „picture like“ and not using much music theory or intelligent sequencing. Now also my ego has vanished, so I am also not afraid to make failures anymore, I even enjoy it and find it funny sometimes. Hope this long clarification helps. It is sometimes difficult to explain things in one sentence 😋🤓🥰. Have fun.
@@UFO6600 I'll keep reading the music. Thank you.
Your comment is more worth then the whole video, thank you:)
@@duobare8749 Wao! Thank you. 🤓
🇧🇷We Brazilians appreciate you very much, you convey a lot of peace. 🇧🇷🤗🤗🤗👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Ana is an absolute treasure! I hope to see her play live one day!
i played banjo for 60 years. never followed good advice like yours, because there just wasn't so much advice (for banjo, anyway!) because i practiced all my bad habits, they 'sounded' okay until i started to really age. this turned out to be critical for my own musicianship. now, my physical limitations make my bad habits impossible to sustain... i practice employing proper hand position, wrist alignment, fretting everyday. progress is very slow, but it really doesn't matter if i 'run out of time'.
Ana Vidović' is absolutely AMAZING!!!!
She is absolutely amazing.
I like your playing on Asturias Leyenda. It flows perfectly with a very nice phrasing. The greatest interpretation ever.
Love the tips coming from the individual that set the bar on multiple pieces on a performance level!
*Much ❤ for this exceptional woman.*
Thank you as an older man, your lessons will help.
I would love to hear Ana play this piece at that slower tempo! Even her practice is beautiful to hear.
Beautiful? Ha! This is much more than just beautiful. It is a world class tone quality and exceptionally clean. But no matter how much this friendly woman explains - you will never get close to her playing. Never! Ana Vidovic is one of if not THE leading guitar player in the whole world. To be able to play similar to her you must begin at the age of 6 or 7 with a good teacher.
Fabulous I wish I could have listened to this years ago great advice
Always as elegant as the pieces you play Ana.
Dank je Ana. Duidelijke uitleg. Ben hier heel blij mee. Top
Spreekt ze Nederlands?
Ana is THE reference in guitar of the 21st century like Segovia was in the 20th merci Ana!
A slow pace with relaxed hands and curved fingers to minimize injury and develop muscle memory and a suggestion to avoid the development of personal nuance or the introduction of the written tonal variation until the piece is entirely under your fingers. A measured and careful meditation upon foundation and intent meant to blossom with time and practice. A scientific approach. So rare and worthy to hear advise from a master to a nascent student of the classical guitar!
YOu can tell how disciplined she is and really emphasises first principles/basics
Ana, I have watched you many times in amazement, earlier this evening, I saw you playing a piece from Fernando Sor, saw your expert hands doing things with such ease, that I cannot do, yet... I just think you are one of God's gifts to US, to the world of music, and I know your talent did not develop overnight but through years of hard work and sacrifice.. when I was 16, and my friends were calling me to come outside in the summertime, I had to stay in and practice, but I had such a LOVE for it then I didn't even mind!.. I just get pure JOY watching YOU, Ana...
I LOVE You, and hope to see you perform live someday!.. ❤
5:57 great point
It is not an equation and it can be changed.
La mejor guitarrista de la actualidad
Eso es una opinión personal
hi Ana, I'm Brazilian, you could leave the legend activated with the option of the Portuguese language (with Portuguese) so we can take advantage of your tips. I'm a fan of yours!!!! thank you very much and success. Kisses.
Ana is amazing! I love her concerts. A great lesson in this video by a master.
Ana, I've L❤️ved your Extraordinary style n grace for 10 yrs plus!! You have inspired me to practice my guitar!
Thank you for your suggestion and direction.
You are Beyond: Gorgeous, Smart, Amazing and well spoken!! God's Blessings to you Always.
Asturias is a piece Im pretty sure I will never be able to play, not even wrong. But good advices are always welcome, specially from the one that play the piece so well.
As a funny fact, not sure why when watching and hearing Ana (or any other classical master) talk about how to position your hands and elbows, the first thing that comes to my mind is the video from Tommy Emmanuel playing Classical Gas and doing all the things "wrong". I guess different types of music requires different skills.
I wish I could have a teacher like you
She is amazing!
Thanks Ana! The first time I saw someone playing this peace was you, long time ago!
It was to difficult this time, but perhaps I can fix it now! 🙏
A chance at learning from the master herself! Thanks tonebase and Ms Ana
Thank you very much for such brillant lesson. God bless you. Amen
Ana, so beautiful.
Me a pensioner still learning to play the classical guitar over the years.
Learned the hard way...self taught with all the mistakes built in.
Enjoying playing the guitar, but I'll never ever play as well as you.
I quit playing years ago because I just wasn't happy with my progress. Now Im back at it just for the enjoyment and mental retreat. Now my playing is better than it ever was.
Thanks Ana for existing
I learnt the beginning of this piece a long time ago because the 2 first sections are easy while being pretty impressive and rewarding. I tried to learn the 3rd, but I didn't had the level to play it properly, so I kind of adapt it by "reversing the tremolo" because it's so much more natural for me. So instead of playing the si string, then the mi string, I'm doing the contrary. Don't do that. It's a pain to change, and the speed you gained playing that way will be halfed because you're not uses to practice the correct one, and it's very frustrating.
Thank you for sharing your learning techniques. I hope to learn Asturias, Recuerdos d Alhambra, Farruca, and Por una Cabeza, asap, but as you mention...dont rush! I agree fingering should be comfortable, otherwise its not good for your hands.
Entre os melhores do mundo. Sem erro!
Thank you so much Ana ! 🥰
I can play Tarrega’s Capricho Arabe, but the learning of Asturias is being hampered by my darn short fingers and the digital gymnastics of the second section of the first theme, when the triplets begin.
Literally what i am going through after months of mastering Capricho Arabe
Thanks for posting this!!
Thank you for your good advices. Very much useful ✨
Ana ...eres la reina
First time to hear it wonderful peice by an amazing teacher , thanks for the advice will sure try to learn and post on my channel
aaaaaaaaand you killed me, thank you, now i have to accept that im a begginer and have to train A LOT to play this piece, even when i love it 😭
Wonderful !
Ana is beautyfull finger for playing guitar.. I love yours talent..!!
That’s why she had come to be one of the most popular guitar player in the world.
That's good advice ! This is a wonderful spanish song and very interesting when play by classical guitar..
This new generation of classical players are doing a fantastic job.
Thankfully so much is being put on TH-cam
First time here , great teaching thank you 🙏,
Totally agree, good advice.
thank you so much for these advices
Thank you!!
This gave me some serious flashback to when I was in my guitar classes....
Gratitude 🙏🏻
thank you so much
Would you consider a short, entry Right & Left Hand close-up Tutorial slowed-down (for Correct Fingerings) to "Sevilla" by Ibeniz? Thanks.
❤ beautiful and talented
Well said!
Great advice for people who do not have small fingers.
Você toca muito! You play so much!
all i know about guitar i learned by my own , never had teachers never gone to conservatory, i´ve just started as a child learning mayor and minor chords first, i learned my first scale like 5 years later to beging playing, then i bouth my own electric guitar where i learned more scales and improved mi tecninc cos i wanted to play fast as steve vay or Ynwien Malsteem , but i learned all that way the hard way but i think it was more beautifull becouse i discovered all by myself, i feel like a blind man, when i think in a sound my fingers just know where to be .
The hard challenge about this song is not how fast it is or how complex chords are, but the pain on my tumb jajaja thats the challenge, beside i just play for fun, so something i just want to play a song before go to college or to work i know the full song but never warm up because dont have time jajajaja but wen i have the time to play more songs before asturias then i can play this very fast.
Awesome advice..
1. Warm up beforehand, making sure that your wrist is straight, you’re playing with your fingertips, and your right hand is positioned straight
2. Play very slowly at the beginning
3. Practice with a metronome (don’t change the tempo while playing)
4. When practicing, don’t play with “Colors”
5. Practice by sections
6. You don’t have to follow exactly the indications (ex: fingerings)
7. Don’t get discouraged, it takes time but slow practice always pays off
Beautiful advice, love your guidance 🙏 ❤️
Perfection requires work, a lot of work
Lady of the guitar.
Ой, какой у Анечки акцент прикольный! :)
Спасибо за толковый урок. С любовью, из России!
Can you please give tuning advice. Standard or equal temper. Will tunning half-step down be recommended.
these are all really important tips, not just for learning Asturias but also in general for anyone looking into playing guitar!
Nice
This was 7 minutes of my life that I will never get back. Everyone studying any instrument for a time knows all of this, super basic.
What is color?
Thank you for this vlog.
Choosing the right fingering for oneself is important. I can't play with p i as Ana and I use alternate i + m that's less stressful for me.
I am so new to learning guitar my fingers aren’t even hurting yet. I see she says to use the tips of your fingers to push down the strings. This is the first time I see anyone say that, but I have been watching videos on steel string guitar. Does her advice apply to steel strings as well?
Guitar goddess 🥰😌😇😇
Advices from Ana Vidovic are very interesting of course.
But why showing the same section twice ?
Why is everybody doing that today ?
Why not showing the same section 3 times then ?
After 1 year of infrequent guitar-playing,I would like to play this piece.
sharing thanks
Hi miss.
What size@fret of this guitar?
Flamenco.or.classical guitar for.this piece?
Yes, this piece is very hard 😀
What do you think about Flamenco guitarist? Do you think their technique are bad?
Applying lotion to the hands ✋ helps a lot. Especially during colder temps.
04:26
2:05 I usually play guitar for like 5-7 minutes at a time so I guess I'll just have to practice for -13 - -15 minutes so I can practice scales for 20 minutes.
❤❤❤❤❤❤
saya beli gitar nya bu ana brp
what is your guitar??
Sometimes I wonder if Slash isn’t playing a form of Asturias on some of his solos
Анюта, было бы здорово, если бы Вы записали Астурио в медленном темпе, чтобы можно было рассмотреть расположение пальцев.
And here I am trying to hybrid pick the whole piece ....ooops
A bit strange to hear beginner tips for people working on Asturias. In my experience you’re much better off learning the basics with simpler pieces and gradually increase difficulty. For what it’s worth, Asturias is something most people would start playing after several years of practice. You should not try to take shortcuts because they’ll be limiting you whether you realise it or not. Wrong technique (hand/wrist positions, your posture etc. ) can even cause physical harm.
All good until bar 37, the C chord, doing the trill on the G and E. Argh!
My right hand is crap...first it will take some time to grow nails and second the apoyando and tyrando is still in infancy. Long way to go..
This is exactly the kind of talk that put so many people off playing guitar. Pick one up get on with it listen learn ignore the snobs entertain people
@ziba so you just made a judgmental statement about me - tell me why I have to keep my statements to myself and you get to go ahead or is it just ok for you? Or is it you only want people who agree with you to express themselves ie the ultimate snobbery… now I see why u like her so much.
Excellent advice, however the main motivation in learning is enjoyment. If you want to let it rip and play full speed, do it. If you don't want to do 30 minutes of scales before playing, don't bother. By all means learn the correct techniques and practice them as much as you can - you will need them. But don't let dogma paralyse you into never picking up the instrument.
100% Agree with that but we should warm up at least 5 minutes otherwise we could risk injury. Maybe warm up with an easy piece one enjoys instead of doing scales?
@@MultiBadboy666 do you warm up before doing the warmup though? 😁 Seriously though, there's no need to warmup to practice. Before a performance definitely but for practice it can just be part of the practice. Have been playing 40 years and never had an injury from not warming up.
Wonder how many people in the world can play this piece...
What kind of preview is that? The video title says "watch this before playing ASTURIAS" not "watch before picking up the guitar and playing your FIRST CHORD"! If I wanna learn this piece then I probably know how to practice and even (surprise-surprise!) what a metronome is!
10 wasted minutes out of 10
Thought this was going to be a Asturias lesson. Not a beginner tutorial?
"before" playing Asturias, they didnt say they will teach you the piece itself
You,re the best ana remember this comment my name is ryan areias de jesus in 10 or 30 years you will hear this persons name