Play and Read Music in the Higher Positions on Guitar
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It IS “the unknown, the dark area” indeed. It’s discouraging to take lots of time reading new music. That’s what brought me here. Thanks for your insights.
you really hit the subjects that no one else does. hats off and thank you for another great video!
If your videos help one person to overcome their difficulties in sight reading & the 'black hole' as you humorously referred to the upper positions, then they have fulfilled a good purpose though I imagine they'll help many more than one person.
I was truly fortunate, in that my first teacher put great stock in both sight reading & learning the 'entire' fretboard. You can accomplish much, he would say, without the instrument. On the bus, for example, pick a fret in your mind, then a string & identify the note as quicklyas possible. Read through the music & finger it in your minds eye & it will be much more friendly to you when the guitar is there....etc etc etc
You're right about sight reading being a 'one way, no mulligans endeavour'. It should be like performance in that once you start you just keep going, come what may. And like performance it can only be improved on by doing. If one's time allows it should be part of daily practice - we guitarists are notoriously poor at it yet it's how we musicians communicate. It isn't just important, it's imperative.
I enjoy your videos & your drive to promote the guitar to all. You do a great service to the instrument & it's continued struggle with it's glamorous electronic brethren.
Thanks so much, Mark! I agree that mental practice is very beneficial.
Thanks again, Allen
I love this channel.
Great lesson. What I am finding useful is a random note generator. The one I use is this one: www.randomsheetmusic.com .You can print them out too. I do this string by string using the notes within the range of a particular string.I also set all notes to quarter notes so I only focus on pitches and not rhythms. Then I mix the strings together with string numbers written in . It is definitely not fun but I think it is really helping a lot. Just thought I would share what is helping me.
Thanks, Francesco! That looks like a wonderful tool.
Hey! Do you have any videos on how to have good technique while playing past the neck heel? My hand always ends up arching and I find that my knuckles actually pass the string and my fingers curl back to hit the notes. How do you keep a flat hand position while getting around the lower bout?
lol with your introduction . i find it funny.
Thanks!
my problem when I play up there is that the notes sound absolutely horrible. Tinny, scratchy, shrieking, no resonance. Makes me want to quit guitar and jump off a bridge.
what’s that song you played at the beginning
Saucy Noodles the song is called “un día en noviembre” by leo Brouwer
Hey, Zak here
Yes! It is "Un Dia en Noviembre" by Leo Brouwer
You can check out a complete performance by Allen here th-cam.com/video/1q5yMZxQ2YU/w-d-xo.html&list=PLE32FpNcePwMiBUcxHa66l5neG0bvjgpt&index=4
thank you
Many thanks, I have been researching "classical sheet music free" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you ever come across - Jonwen Doniden Rule - (search on google ) ? Ive heard some interesting things about it and my partner got excellent results with it.
Practicing for 14 years, still terrible, no chops.