Thank you, Hannah Mae, for the kind words! I'm so glad you like my expression! These pieces are little gems that my students are working on and I hope they find as much joy playing them as I do! :) All the best! -jason
This is a very helpful video. I am teaching this piece to a student, and it was great to see the different angles of the hands. We are stealing ideas from your interpretation, like the cresc./decresc. in the D section.
Thank you so much! I'm glad this is helpful to you and your student! Keep up the great work in passing along the love of music to the next generation! All the best to you, Amanda!
Very well played, I'm going to try & learn this one whilst we're all locked down, I found a great tutorial from Joshua Roger's TH-cam channel but needed to hear a play through before I attempted it & yours was great so I'll refer to yours whilst the tutoring comes from him. Much obliged.✌️😷🖖😜
Jason, great job in giving the lead notes (the melody notes) more emphasis, as this is the whole key to making this guitar piece, or any piece, sound professional verses just "beginner". (BTW, my wife loves it when I play this waltz for her as she is drifting off to sleep!)
I wanted to make the same comment as Guitagious. I have been playing wrong the first half of this piece in my whole life. Thanks so much for showing how to put the right emphasis on the melody, it sounds so different to what I used to play.
It is always a pleasure to listen to someone playing music in an expressive way with ease rather than just listening to others simply bashing out the notes without any regard to phrasing, intonation, dynamics or any of the other things that make music good.
Thanks for your video! Do you know other good songs to learn to help develop right hand technique? My left hand is far more advanced than my right hand due to electric guitar experience.
Hey Diego -thanks for watching and for your question. Here are some right hand suggestions to build right hand technique: -Etude #1 by Villa Lobos (difficult) -Snowflight by Andrew York (easy) -Tremolo pieces by Tarrega or Barrios (difficult) -Matteo Carcassi studies are GREAT! (intermediate) -BWV 999 by J.S. Bach (intermediate) I hope these get you pointed in the right direction with the right hand. Also check out my website and go to Classical Guitar Resources -Right Hand Exercises -these should help a ton! Blessings, -jason
+Soumyadipta Ray Thanks for your comment and question! I think it is completely fine to use your "a" (ring) finger to play some of the upper strings on this piece. I prefer using my thumb, index, and middle fingers on my right hand to pluck the strings. You might find this easier, but perhaps your fingering works just as well! All the best to you and thanks for watching! -jason
+Jason Werkema thank you so much for such helpful reply. one more Question. I use Yamaha CG142S Guitar and D'Addario strings of high tension.. but suddenly the string height went high.. so upset with it.. is there any suggestion for betterment please?
+Soumyadipta Ray This is a common problem with "string action" on classical guitars without truss rods. I am sorry to hear that this issue has affected your guitar and your playing ability as a result. I would consider the following options to lower the strings: 1) use lighter gauge (normal gauge D'Addario strings) 2) take off the strings and sand the under side of the saddle down using a cushioned file and 600-grit sand paper. 3) If necessary, you may need to re-humidify your instrument without strings on to straighten the neck. You might want to take it to a luthier to heat/pressure treat the neck in order to straighten the neck. Hopefully there are no other issues with the guitar body warping, etc. that are affecting the string height. All the best to you! -jason
I love the expression you add to these simpler classical guitar pieces that makes them so beautiful!
Thank you, Hannah Mae, for the kind words! I'm so glad you like my expression!
These pieces are little gems that my students are working on and I hope they find as much joy playing them as I do! :) All the best! -jason
Played at the perfect tempo. Beautiful expression.
Thank you for watching and commenting! All the best to you!
Thank you Elizabeth! I appreciate your kind words! I am glad my video was helpful to you! :) -jason
It has helped me a lot to learn this piece...thanks a lot ❤ 🙏
Awesome! I'm so glad my video helped you! All the best to you! Jason
This is a very helpful video. I am teaching this piece to a student, and it was great to see the different angles of the hands. We are stealing ideas from your interpretation, like the cresc./decresc. in the D section.
Thank you so much! I'm glad this is helpful to you and your student! Keep up the great work in passing along the love of music to the next generation! All the best to you, Amanda!
Very well played, I'm going to try & learn this one whilst we're all locked down, I found a great tutorial from Joshua Roger's TH-cam channel but needed to hear a play through before I attempted it & yours was great so I'll refer to yours whilst the tutoring comes from him. Much obliged.✌️😷🖖😜
Thank you for watching and commenting! Glad you liked my performance! All the best to you.
Thank you, I am learning this piece and you have helped me very much.
Wonderful, so different from his guitar concertos... which I love by the way
Thanks for watching and commenting! All the best to you! Jason
Beautifully Expressive. I wish I had this on a an mp3 so I could loop this and fall asleep to it at night.
+Dusty Large Thank you for the very encouraging words, Dusty! All the best to you -jason
To you as well. Keep up the good work.
TH-cam converter will get you this onto mp3
Jason, great job in giving the lead notes (the melody notes) more emphasis, as this is the whole key to making this guitar piece, or any piece, sound professional verses just "beginner". (BTW, my wife loves it when I play this waltz for her as she is drifting off to sleep!)
Thank you, Barry! I greatly appreciate you watching and commenting on my video! All the best to you -jason
I wanted to make the same comment as Guitagious. I have been playing wrong the first half of this piece in my whole life. Thanks so much for showing how to put the right emphasis on the melody, it sounds so different to what I used to play.
This is beautifully played and I am looking forward to visiting your website with immense anticipation.
Thanks for the kind comments, Stevan! Greatly appreciated! -Jason
It is always a pleasure to listen to someone playing music in an expressive way with ease rather than just listening to others simply bashing out the notes without any regard to phrasing, intonation, dynamics or any of the other things that make music good.
Thanks again, Stevan! I agree that expressing music should include all of those musical components you mentioned! All the best to you -jason
Beautifully played - thank you.
Jilly Funnell Thank you for the encouraging words, Jilly! All the best to you! -jason
I like this piece :-)
Thank you❤
Thank you for watching and commenting! All the best to you! Jason
Wow!
@@OKEOKEOKKE0 Thanks again!
Some playful phrasing I must say.
Thank you for watching and commenting!
Thanks for your video! Do you know other good songs to learn to help develop right hand technique? My left hand is far more advanced than my right hand due to electric guitar experience.
Hey Diego -thanks for watching and for your question. Here are some right hand suggestions to build right hand technique:
-Etude #1 by Villa Lobos (difficult)
-Snowflight by Andrew York (easy)
-Tremolo pieces by Tarrega or Barrios (difficult)
-Matteo Carcassi studies are GREAT! (intermediate)
-BWV 999 by J.S. Bach (intermediate)
I hope these get you pointed in the right direction with the right hand. Also check out my website and go to Classical Guitar Resources -Right Hand Exercises -these should help a ton!
Blessings,
-jason
Ах ты дьявол! душу бередишь)
Thanks for watching and commenting! Jason
i use my 'a' finger vigorously playing this piece.. is it okay as i haven't noticed you doing so....so asking...
+Soumyadipta Ray Thanks for your comment and question! I think it is completely fine to use your "a" (ring) finger to play some of the upper strings on this piece. I prefer using my thumb, index, and middle fingers on my right hand to pluck the strings. You might find this easier, but perhaps your fingering works just as well! All the best to you and thanks for watching! -jason
+Jason Werkema thank you so much for such helpful reply. one more Question. I use Yamaha CG142S Guitar and D'Addario strings of high tension.. but suddenly the string height went high.. so upset with it.. is there any suggestion for betterment please?
+Soumyadipta Ray This is a common problem with "string action" on classical guitars without truss rods. I am sorry to hear that this issue has affected your guitar and your playing ability as a result. I would consider the following options to lower the strings: 1) use lighter gauge (normal gauge D'Addario strings) 2) take off the strings and sand the under side of the saddle down using a cushioned file and 600-grit sand paper. 3) If necessary, you may need to re-humidify your instrument without strings on to straighten the neck. You might want to take it to a luthier to heat/pressure treat the neck in order to straighten the neck. Hopefully there are no other issues with the guitar body warping, etc. that are affecting the string height. All the best to you! -jason
+Jason Werkema Thak you so much Sir...