First of all, thank you. But it's hard to say without knowing where you're at currently. I've been doing this a fairly long time, so there's that. Along the way, there was a lot of technique practice (scales, arpeggios, slurs, planting, dynamic control, reading, you name it), a lot of studying and learning pieces, a lot of recitals and other performances, theory, history...
@@alexrockwellmusic I'm like a middle beginner, my fingers freak out when the music gets too complex. What exercise would you recommend to get me more comfortable with complex fretting and fingering?
When music gets complex, it's naturally more difficult to get it up to tempo even if the final tempo isn't remarkably fast. Just go extremely slow and focus on accuracy and consistency above all else. Speed is a product of accuracy. If you can't do something slowly, you can't do it fast. As far as specific exercises, there are loads of finger independence exercises you can do. Pumping Nylon by Scott Tennant has lots. The chromatic octave exercise is another tried and true one - not sure if that one is in Scott's book. In any case, the more music you play that demands more from the left hand, the more your dexterity will develop over time.
Quite a nice sound from a nylon electric! I've been looking at one myself, 8 string :)
Thank you!
Loving these etudes! They are so unique and I can’t wait to add them into my rep! How are you recoding the cordoba stage? Just direct and some eq?
Thanks! Yeah, direct with some EQ, parallel comp, and reverb.
What do I need to practice to get to this level of skill?
First of all, thank you.
But it's hard to say without knowing where you're at currently. I've been doing this a fairly long time, so there's that. Along the way, there was a lot of technique practice (scales, arpeggios, slurs, planting, dynamic control, reading, you name it), a lot of studying and learning pieces, a lot of recitals and other performances, theory, history...
@@alexrockwellmusic I'm like a middle beginner, my fingers freak out when the music gets too complex. What exercise would you recommend to get me more comfortable with complex fretting and fingering?
When music gets complex, it's naturally more difficult to get it up to tempo even if the final tempo isn't remarkably fast. Just go extremely slow and focus on accuracy and consistency above all else. Speed is a product of accuracy. If you can't do something slowly, you can't do it fast.
As far as specific exercises, there are loads of finger independence exercises you can do. Pumping Nylon by Scott Tennant has lots. The chromatic octave exercise is another tried and true one - not sure if that one is in Scott's book. In any case, the more music you play that demands more from the left hand, the more your dexterity will develop over time.