I have just discovered this video: Thank you for the stimulating exercises you have received from David Russell. These are great suggestions!!! Thanks for sharing. 😊
If you think of your technique as a collection of building blocks, if you work on the basic techniques, your playing as a whole improves immensely. If the foundations are shakey, the whole building will fall.
Thank you so much Evan. That was extremely helpful and will forever change how I begin my day with the guitar. I had the pleasure of hearing you play last May in Alicante at Lab 15. I and 16 of my fellow guitar aficionados were part of the Stringletter “Musical Journey Through Spain” tour, and we were told the concert you performed for us constituted your “final exam”. Needless to say, you passed with flying colors! Congratulations and best of luck with what is sure to be a wonderful career (and please don’t stop teaching - you’re exceptionally good at that too!). Warm regards, Mark
Thank you for that. I enjoyed that quite a bit and will use a lot of it. In my own experience, it really took me awhile to understand that trills and ornaments really sounded most beautiful when they were subtle and light. I find your video very much in line with that insight.
Hi Evan, I love these warm-up exercise techniques you showed us here from David Russell. This is something new to me and I will definitely do this as much as I can. I also like what you said that it’s your brain’s neurological function that’s coming from your brain to establish a reflex on your fingers to do the right things. Aloha, Evan🌺👍🏼🎼
I've been teaching CG for fifteen years and I'm one of those teachers who put a great amount of time and effort on practicing. that's been said I learned a lot from you today. this is a great video for every CG player and specifically get me motivated by new material in my daily routine. thanks and keep up the good work.
I'm recovering from a third stroke which has impacted my hands principally. I find you approach to warm-ups very useful. Thanks for this lesson/information sharing.
@@evantaucher I am fortunate to call Denis Azabagic my closest friend and my teacher. It's always great to get a look at the warm-up problem from alternate views. Thanks once more
Very good and useful lesson. Changing mind set from brute force to neurological control is certainly a help to try and overcome technical difficulties that often tend to discourage many learners.
I wonder if any of these exercises ( not just Russel's) have any evidence-based studies to show their efficacy, or are just someone's opinion of what would be good, when in fact they could be not relevant or even harmful. I A lot of research is done in the sports arena, due to the big money involved. A good example is in the tennis world, where you will see players practicing to keep a rally going as long as possible. It was only until someone analyzed matches (at all levels) and found the average point was 3.8 shots!
I think these warmups are rooted in warming up your mind rather than just your fingers and they go against the possibly harmful status-quo that says things like "just do scales, arpeggios, slurs, etc". (possibly, endurance-based training practice like your example). There will never be any studies to show its efficacy because of too many other factors being involved. For instance, maybe one study could show that a certain exercise everyday could produce scales to reach 140bpm, but that wouldn't be a great study because nowhere would it show that this specific guitarist also developed without creating excess tension, or how they developed musically, or if those scales even sound good. Those things are only up to the listeners ears. These exercises I feel are exceptional because it doesn't reinforce a "just do this" type of methodology, but one that supports relaxed and focused warmups and practice. Beyond that, these are just examples of a few warmups I learned from David. No one said "this is the way" but just something to learn from.
There likely are not studies on specific exercises, but there are certainly studies related to most productive practice and performance approaches. Sign up for emails at bulletproofmusician.com/ if you're interested. P.S. I have no affiliation with the website, just a fan.
Finger nails are far too long that’s why you are clicking. Look at old vids of Bream & Segovia and you will see the correct nail length and wrist potion.
I have just discovered this video: Thank you for the stimulating exercises you have received from David Russell. These are great suggestions!!! Thanks for sharing. 😊
If you think of your technique as a collection of building blocks, if you work on the basic techniques, your playing as a whole improves immensely. If the foundations are shakey, the whole building will fall.
Thank you very much
Thank you !!
Thank you so much Evan. That was extremely helpful and will forever change how I begin my day with the guitar. I had the pleasure of hearing you play last May in Alicante at Lab 15. I and 16 of my fellow guitar aficionados were part of the Stringletter “Musical Journey Through Spain” tour, and we were told the concert you performed for us constituted your “final exam”. Needless to say, you passed with flying colors! Congratulations and best of luck with what is sure to be a wonderful career (and please don’t stop teaching - you’re exceptionally good at that too!). Warm regards, Mark
Thank you for that. I enjoyed that quite a bit and will use a lot of it. In my own experience, it really took me awhile to understand that trills and ornaments really sounded most beautiful when they were subtle and light. I find your video very much in line with that insight.
Hi Evan, I love these warm-up exercise techniques you showed us here from David Russell. This is something new to me and I will definitely do this as much as I can. I also like what you said that it’s your brain’s neurological function that’s coming from your brain to establish a reflex on your fingers to do the right things. Aloha, Evan🌺👍🏼🎼
Thank you so much for the series with David Russel. Really valuable and helpful content
Glad you enjoy it! Thanks for taking the time to say so too
Thank you!
I've been teaching CG for fifteen years and I'm one of those teachers who put a great amount of time and effort on practicing. that's been said I learned a lot from you today. this is a great video for every CG player and specifically get me motivated by new material in my daily routine. thanks and keep up the good work.
Wow, what a kind message Payam, I'm so glad you found this useful in some way. Thank you!
Thank you so much Evan!
I'm recovering from a third stroke which has impacted my hands principally. I find you approach to warm-ups very useful. Thanks for this lesson/information sharing.
Tom, I am so glad this helps you in any way!! Cheers, and please let me know if I can be of any help!
@@evantaucher I am fortunate to call Denis Azabagic my closest friend and my teacher. It's always great to get a look at the warm-up problem from alternate views. Thanks once more
Thanks for revealing your technique and warm-up routine.
Very good and useful lesson. Changing mind set from brute force to neurological control is certainly a help to try and overcome technical difficulties that often tend to discourage many learners.
Thank you! I really like the videos in which the exercises are shown entirely and without taking the information for granted.
Thanks Evan...this was (is) very helpful and a very relaxing and fundamental way to start...a guitar routine. Please keep doing this ...!!
Virtuoso gracias por compartir
lovely, thanks
This is very helpful. Thank you.
Thank you Evan your explanation is FANTASTIC, will put it on practice exactly as you explained every step make sense
Again, thank you for sharing
So glad you enjoyed! Let me know if you have any questions!
@@evantaucher thank you for your offer I will use it
All the best to you
I love strumming chords for warm up. Play chromatic scale from 1st fret to 15th fret.
Thanks for sharing... 😊
Thanks
Thank you for your video!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you Evan. Just starting out, and this was very helpful!
cogmission1 so glad you enjoyed! Love to hear this!
Now, I start my practice with getting the right sound by getting the nails right. Thanks, Evan 👍🏽
tnx 💪👍😍
good video for me thanhks
how about tremolo
B7? ...seems to me, that's a V7 chord (G7, first inversion).
Yes!! I misspoke! You got me ;)
those wild strings are giving me anxiety, dude lol
haha. We will persevere (that's the strings talking!!)
I wonder if any of these exercises ( not just Russel's) have any evidence-based studies to show their efficacy, or are just someone's opinion of what would be good, when in fact they could be not relevant or even harmful. I A lot of research is done in the sports arena, due to the big money involved. A good example is in the tennis world, where you will see players practicing to keep a rally going as long as possible. It was only until someone analyzed matches (at all levels) and found the average point was 3.8 shots!
I think these warmups are rooted in warming up your mind rather than just your fingers and they go against the possibly harmful status-quo that says things like "just do scales, arpeggios, slurs, etc". (possibly, endurance-based training practice like your example).
There will never be any studies to show its efficacy because of too many other factors being involved. For instance, maybe one study could show that a certain exercise everyday could produce scales to reach 140bpm, but that wouldn't be a great study because nowhere would it show that this specific guitarist also developed without creating excess tension, or how they developed musically, or if those scales even sound good. Those things are only up to the listeners ears. These exercises I feel are exceptional because it doesn't reinforce a "just do this" type of methodology, but one that supports relaxed and focused warmups and practice. Beyond that, these are just examples of a few warmups I learned from David. No one said "this is the way" but just something to learn from.
There likely are not studies on specific exercises, but there are certainly studies related to most productive practice and performance approaches. Sign up for emails at bulletproofmusician.com/ if you're interested. P.S. I have no affiliation with the website, just a fan.
Finger nails are far too long that’s why you are clicking. Look at old vids of Bream & Segovia and you will see the correct nail length and wrist potion.
Thumbnail is grossly long.