Classical Guitar Lesson: Em Arpeggio

[Tomekspawn]

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[Tomekspawn]

wow! to complecate 0:00 to 0:22.

[xxczerxx]

grrr.... learning this over the internet is gonna take forever....!

[phuvan123]

i can't reach te speed ><

[Smwln]

@phuvan123 patience+practice!

[Lutemann]

Peter, I agree with what you are doing, but not with what you are saying. The P stroke has plenty of time to return in a four note arpeggio and does not have to bouunce back immediately. Notice that when you speed up in the side view, P actually appears to be moving in slow motion which is an efficient motion.

[MrFeri1991]

kren wak

[Mr1233556]

A7x - So far Away

[tchering]

U can also get artificial naile if u dont like to grow nails.

[diogo77777]

Nothing Else Matters - Metallica \m/

[RandomDude5656]

Guess we know what arpeggio metallica used for nothing else matters...o:

[VinCeXMS]

And nothing else matters...

[bboyShinsetsu]

wow your a good teacher!

[TheOjalaqueque]

i would like to translate this to spanish, what do you think beefcakejcc? if you agree i´ll send you it on text.

[Saesangism]

When increasing in speed , is it wrong to pluck the strings with a more..walking motion (as if you are, with your fingers, imitating a running man)?

[zakiyamani97]

thats like too easy i need something for me to learn like giving teaching about the alphabets and how to turn the 6 small rectangle thing the most back of the guitar , :( ... very hard to find that

[manthasagittarius]

@zakiyamani97 You will find help with the rectangular things at the back of the guitar if you call them by the right name: "tuning pegs". Search for video help with "standard or classical tuning." If you can find another player to tune with you the first time, it is better than a book or even a video. Good luck!

[SeaStormOP]

Really have to use coarse language don't you?

[googenshlagen]

While you don't need to have nails to play classical guitar, it really helps you get the best tone/dynamics out of your guitar. They do not have to be long at all, you just have to know how to shape/take care of them.

[FenderBENder0002]

i didnt come here to learn nothing else matters....

[pierolivier111]

Hi, what is the fingerpicking for a two octave major7 arppegio over 6 strings. I am doing TIMIMIMIM

[JfernandesTV]

I don't have nails :(

[matizzle32]

So, you NEED nails to play classical?

I'm a bassist, so I guess that's out of the question for me...

[e30m3drift]

Imagine going out to dinner with some hot girl, and your right hand has these werewolf claws, and your left hand is normal,

she be thinking WTF dude ?

and you explain, "Be chill girl I play the classical guitar, thats why I have these long monster claw nails"

then after dinner, you slash her neck and drink her virgin blood underneath the pail moon light !!!

"Yes my darling I am a werewolf that also plays the classical guitar" :)

[troglodyto]

@e30m3drift that is... such a random comment. LOl. and it got 30 thumbs up.

[mayoonbread2]

Having nails creates the best sound out of your guitar and projects the sound the most. It creates a ramp causing the string to be pushed down and makes a fuller sound. Unlike what most people think, the best tone on the guitar is produced by the string going down instead of side to side. This is because the sound board vibrates the most and it vibrates up and down. By having the string pushed down it creates more vibration of the sound board. anyways figernails allow you to do this.

[dadachip]

My fingers, and those of may others, work just fine without long nails. It is just a different but valid technique ...I like a softer sounding pluck anyway. Classical players don't use picks. Many Pop, Folk and Country players don't either...there are even a few rockers as well!

[traviscky2012]

Ill stick to a pick

I dont have nails .

[OldSchoolMetalHead1]

You can play with short nails but it sounds better with long nails. The strumming that is in some of the classical pieces sounds better with long nails. All of the greatest classical players have long nails. I haven't seen one yet with short nails. If you are just a casual player then short nails will work. If you are striving to make a career out of it, then I suggest you learn how to give yourself custom nail jobs...like the pros

[GUNZX3]

this is so easy...

[OmegaRed1993]

Great lesson but omg this Incredibly difficult.

[IdDuncan]

majority of classical guitar player play with nails because it more easier to control sound, and give a clear sound. but playing with the "pupe" (i don't know the english word) give a special sound which could be used.

In the past you've got 2 school : "pupe" player and "nails player"... now... long nails... short nails.. play from the right or the left?..., i think it's just a style and feeling question, flammenco, classical....

the important is the result and the play...

[aczeppelindc2908]

fuck! i have to stop eating my fucking nails!

[Francisco9934891]

@aczeppelindc2908 me toooo!!!!

[toxications]

@aczeppelindc2908

He's using acrylic nails, the same that women wear, so his nails don't get shredded by the guitarstrings. You can also use the flesh on the fingertips for arpeggio picking.

[TheKsatriabijihitam]

@aczeppelindc2908 you so god damn right dude LOL

[ooosteve]

It is interesting to hear someone explain how the fingers should be used. I am not the best on guitar by any means, but I find whatever feels best is the best way to play. If a song requires your fingers to move a certain way to be able to play it quick enough, eventually you will naturally form a technique to be able to do so.

I am just starting to get into classical style guitar. I find it to be the most complex of all styles I have heard, and therefore the most intriguing

[Adrianzorz]

guitar picking for retards ^

[urmomandad]

First technique I ever really got down was tremolo, now going for arpeggio. I just wanna be good alll around, but of course by then I think most of my hair will be gone.........but at least i'll rock.

[AkiraSamuray]

There are things easier to do with a pick & things easier do to with fingers. Some classical pieces can only be played wiht fingers because do more than one melody an the same time. Fo exmaples, "recuerdos del alhambra"

[Chon12490]

@AkiraSamuray hear this old recording "Guitar played without nails played in c.a.1961" on youtube

[AkiraSamuray]

@Chon12490 I dont know if are playing without nails because there is no video. Assuming they did, due the poor sound quality of an old recording, so is hard to know if any “bad” sound is product being and old recording or not using the nails.

The fact is the best CLASSICAL guitar players use long nails. Take virtuoso of any continent Segovia & De Lucia Spain, Barruecos & Barrios Latin America, Williams Australia, Bream UK, Boyd USA). Can you show a VIRTUOSO that dont?

[liberator279]

what if you have really short nails? :(

[DrShankums]

@liberator279 grow them

[MrEdgeofchaos]

nails to me r unneccesary on any guitar. they do help to give the strings extra attack, but i find it easier to play w/o nails.

[DrShankums]

@MrEdgeofchaos if you are a serious classical guitarist and not a bedroom player, than nails are necessary.

[marcelbethancourt]

this is not a nails beauty contest lesson, nerds

[kheyravz]

nice

[Dryo88]

Growing your nails out is weird! I learned all my arp's without nails, now im trying to grow them out and they keep breaking and getting in the way!

[strabbs1]

me too, i dont understand the use of nails to strike the string, iam a rock blues guy whos been learning classical for a year and just use my finger tips.oh and i am a carpenter so long nals wouldnt last long on a construction site

[DrShankums]

@strabbs1 Wee that's what I thought too, until I actually grew them. The finger tips dull and too much nail sounds too sharp. You don't need, and are not supposed to have, super long nails, only the thumb nail. When you strike the string you are supposed to hit it with 50% nail and 50% skin.

[DrShankums]

@Dryo88 Take vitamins and put nail hardener/strengthener on them. Eat Jello and take gelatin capsules 3 times a day.

[crankycactus]

creepy finger nails worth it, or not?? i dont think so...

[countblobula]

@crankycactus ur an idiot

[crankycactus]

wow! what a well crafted point...

[gtrrobster]

@crankycactus

indeed!

Bob Dylan would be proud

[barjtom]

if you would play classical guitar it is worth it.

[crankycactus]

i do, and learned with my fingertips...sure he may get a better sound... still too creepy for me...

[RufusDawkins]

Very true :)

[dgardner93]

@barjtom fcaf, who cares

[mitekphoto]

Sor had no claws, he played on flesh. That might be the answer to the debate.

[thomgrub]

lovely lovely lovely

[tan987]

interesting futuroarduo, show video of what u mean... im learning the acoustic and watching this guy is worth it

[futuroarduo]

The class is good, but i noticed that his right hand does not use a good tecnique. To do it, you must put the knuckle at the height of the string you want to play, after the attack of it must be directed to the palm of the hand, without moving the position and doing the attack from the last phalanx of the finger. If you use this tecnique your sound will be more clean.

[AkiraSamuray]

classical guitar players must have long nails so they can plug the strings, is a rule

[Chon12490]

@AkiraSamuray its not a rule..it just takes less effort to play...there used to be some great classical guitarists that played without nails

[AkiraSamuray]

@Chon12490 There R things U just can't do with a pick. Tremolo melody with fingers 1,2,3,4 while palying bass strings with thumb, Play chords with fingers 1 to 4 while playing accompainment with thumb,etc. You just CANT do that with pick.

[Chon12490]

@AkiraSamuray I meant like playing with all fingers and not using nails.

[AkiraSamuray]

@Chon12490 Thats different. A person could play with all fingers. but 1) will NOT sound as bright, strong and clear as with nails. Did you tried playing a nylon guit and play 1st with long nail in one finger and then with other finger without nail, if haven’t, just try it several times & compare the difference

2) With out nails you cant play fast or difficult techniques. Try to do tremolo piece like Recuerdos del Alhambra with out the nails. Or try playing the arpegios of El Colibri

[AkiraSamuray]

@Chon12490 Using finger nails for CLASSICAL (nylon) guitar music (not country or blues) is not an invention of mine, is the norm among CLASSICAL players all over the world. Is the way is taught in ANY music conservatory in ANY part of the world.

Also just see ANY CLASSICAL guit virtuoso of any continent: Segovia, De Lucia, Barruecos, Barrios, William, Bream, Boyd, play with the nails.

With respect I ask, did you study classical guitar formally or, are you a CLASSICAL guitar player?

[Chon12490]

@AkiraSamuray i play classical and study it. I also use nails to play...the great guitarists that i referring to earlier were Fernando Sor and Francisco Tarrega they use more of a lute technique without nails and were classical masters. By the way Francisco Tarrega composed Recuerdos del Alhambra without the nails. I was just informing you that its not a rule and a person should play using the sound they desire.

[AkiraSamuray]

@Chon12490 1) Im too a classical player. I didn know that about Sor. I knew that about Tarrega. For that reason I said the disadvantage of not nails. Because is well known in Tarregas case, at least 2 limitations as a consequence of not nails: one objective, a second subjective. The objective is volume. He is known

[AkiraSamuray]

@Chon12490 2) to need to play in small halls, because his short nail doesn allow him to play too loud. Subjectively is tone not so bright as with long nails. Subjectively not because is not a fact the tone is not as bright as with nails, is a fact, but “subjectively” because some argue that the different tone is a matter of taste and not of that one is better that the other

[AkiraSamuray]

@Chon12490 3) Obviously nails make it easy, but that is not the point. The point is nails make possible things not possible with out nails: Loud volume (Tarregas case), bright tone, speed &stamina (short nails tend to cause fatigue due extra effort needed to play). Probably playing well with short nails is reserved for a person with big hands, but still with the 4 mentioned limitations. Positioning nails technique as a better one. Would be interesting to know if Sor and Tarrega had big hands.

[AkiraSamuray]

@Chon12490 Of course U can be a virtuoso like Al Dimeola & play classical wiht a pick like him. But the thing about classical guitar is that you can play more than one thing (melody or rythym) at the same time. You just CANT do that with a pick, even if you are the great Al Dimeola. For example, you cant play recuerdos del Alhambra with a pick

[LTDGuitars420]

@AkiraSamuray What about finger picks?

[AkiraSamuray]

@LTDGuitars420 I dont understad what you mean with your question "What about finger picks?"

Did you mean the one pick that you hold with thumb and index finger?

Did you mean the 5 metal picks that country music players use as "artificial" nails on eahc finger and look like claws?

Did you mena if is possible to play classical music with a pick?

As soon as you tel me I will answer you

[LTDGuitars420]

@AkiraSamuray Hmmm, I dont really remember posting this comment.

[amar54]

@AkiraSamuray fck the rule >:(

[AkiraSamuray]

@amar54

If you wish you can f ck the rule like you said. But then you will never be a real good guitar player.

Musicians will be as good as they want. If just want to play guitar, will be average. If is serious and want to be exellent, then need to follow some rules about theory, technique and practicing. As simple as that.

[amar54]

@AkiraSamuray But than if i grow my nails i can't play tap tap -.-

[AkiraSamuray]

@amar54 Ou mean that you fear you cant play tapping with your rigjht hand long nails?

You still can. Maybe not as confortable, not as fast, buyt you still can. Just tryi it.

[amar54]

@AkiraSamuray HAHA thanks for the tip bro!

[AkiraSamuray]

@amar54 You welcome. I play both, Classical and electric. Of course long nails affect tapping, specially if you tap with all the right hand 4 fingers. ICANT HAVE IT ALL from both world all the time. Then I sacrifice tapping 100% conformtable and fast, in order to be able to play a better classical guitar. After all, I dont need to tap for a recording or a show. If I ever need to tap at my 100% (or perfect my tap techinque), I cut my nails temporaly.

For classical dont need nails so long.

[amar54]

@AkiraSamuray Oh..... lols that what i only can say

[LogicalPhallusy]

@AkiraSamuray Good point. If you want to be mediocre and be washed around with the masses, then do things your own way. But if you truly want to be extraordinary, then do things the way everyone else does them!

[aethefox7]

@LogicalPhallusy i think you mean the exact opposite

[XDXMIK]

@AkiraSamuray i can play perfect without long nails ? you only need them if your doing the rest stroke and this isnt even necessary if you can do a powerful free stroke

[system1993]

@AkiraSamuray

you are wrong bro ; ) Im playing only with my fingers, the rule is, when you are using your nails, the sound is louder, cleaner. They DONT need to have nails to play on a classical guitar; )

[TheRealrocker74]

@AkiraSamuray I think you mean Pluck***

and it's only to get a brighter sound. I'm majoring in guitar and growing my nails out for that purpose, but it's not necessary. I know you're joking, but people legitimately think you can't play classical guitar without having monster nails. It just helps for sound and better technique.

[rrgert4]

@AkiraSamuray

or get Fender Finger picks

[XxBFMV24xX]

@AkiraSamuray dont you mean pluck the strings not plug them

[661Ruezga]

@AkiraSamuray I cant stand letting my nails get long!

[chabon89]

@AkiraSamuray No.

[Bouchon211]

@AkiraSamuray Its not a RULE even Tarrega used his fingertips but it helps with certain arpeggios.

[SEXYYAMCHA]

@AkiraSamuray why cant we use picks

[euyooo]

can u please sht his video 4m other angles??!! am having a big problem with the ring finger !!! :(

[josh4380]

Just practice practice practice!

Soon it will become fairly easy, and youll wonder why you even watched this vid :)

Good luck.

[blackjackcannibal]

im already wondering....ha

[chum1002]

Dude, why? Your only playing one string with the ring.

[maxartist3d]

Em huh, all are open strings mate, hehehe.

[3rdDegree144]

thats Em man, hes just not playing the A and D strings, which would be 2nd fret.

[MISTERWONKA7]

I need to learn classical for left handed guitarists

[blackerjack123]

its the same as right handed, same notes same strings, just you use your left hand where they use there right

[artidinarti]

okay

step 1: do the same thing in this and every other guitar lesson video, except with you left hand strumming

step 2: repeat step 1

TA-DAHHH!!!! i just saved your brain from having to think

[MISTERWONKA7]

Look someone already replied. Just because someone asked a stupid question does not mean you you have to make a sarcastic answer. Besides I already play left handed guitar I just strum up when you strum down on right handed guitar.

[gavbag1234]

you mean your right hand?

[donottawaguitar]

can anyone give me advice search n 004 and youl see donottawaguitar i thank you

[ugamayne]

223sleepy - Long nails are essential for volume with this type of playing. Not to long though and they must be shaped at an angle so the string will glide off without catching an edge of your nail (too trebley), it takes experimentation to get what is right for you.

[223Sleepy]

Does it matter whether you have long nails or not? I see alot of that. Just wonderin if its somethin that is for classical players. Cant you just use the finger and not the nail? (also im for the "if it sounds good, then its right" side of playing).

[adamgenesis]

for acoustic guitar you kind of need long nails, for accuracy and it sounds way better.

[trini4lyfe]

great video. i have had my guitar for several weeks now and the strings seem to vibrate excessively when they are strummed. can anyone explain a possible cause for this and/or a solution?

[Jamet999]

this strings vibrate because they are creating sound. a possible solution is to stop playing, or take the strings off your guitar. however, you'll be sacrificing playability

[joe07304]

Make sure the guitar is properly tuned. If the tuning is too "low" you will get excessive vibration.

[matth4900]

either your saddle or neck it too low. the vibration you hear is a string (s) making contact with the fret board. Lower one or raise the other and the vibration will subside or lessen. Hard strums tend to carry lots of vibration regardless

[Lutemann]

One other thing, there are many ways to play a P stroke successfully. You can have an active P tip and one way of thinking of it is to extend from all three P joints together and then flex from all three joints. Your demo is quite good, but notice that you do not snap (extend) the the P back quickly, but quite slowly. In even the most rapid arpeggios the individual fingers/thumb do not have to move rapidly.

[unknownkingdom]

This guy holds his guitar wrong. You're not supposed to hold a classical guitar on your lap like that. You hold it more upright in classical, kind of the same position you'd play a cello in

[lancego30]

for me any hand positioning will do as long as it will sound right and correct.

[ollymcguirk]

correct :)

[cshape]

great video.

[Lutemann]

Why should the hand be at a different angle when playing scales? Why should the thumb be held up at all?

[Lutemann]

You actually do want to leave P in a flexed position while the other fingers play. It is very tense to snap the P back to playing position, in fact you actually do not do this when you play fast. Even in very fast arpeggios P (and the other fingers) should apear to be moving is slow motion because they only have to play one note per repetition of the arpeggio.

[teleman233]

If the thumb is independent from the other fingers, how could bringing the thumb back cause tension? Once the finger has returned is it not resting? What exactly are you saying is tense? In this case returning any finger quickly would be "tense". How then would one ever play quickly?

[Lutemann]

The thumb is not independent from the other fingers. Also, for any finger, the default stroke should be flex and then release. This is not always possible with P (in very fast P stroke passages), but most of the time it is.

You even demostrate this in that you don't snap (immediately extend) P back after flexion.

[harleybenedict]

The thumb is not even a finger, genius. Its technically an appendage. Don't try to argue semantics ether, as you use the word "other". Biomechanically it is very separate. You can absolutely move your hand all around while keeping your thumb perfectly stationary through minor adjustments. After a while it becomes pure instinct. Or have you never heard of the piano? That skill transitioned easily when I started learning to play guitar. And helps quite a bit I might add.

[Lutemann]

The thumb is connected to the other fingers, not independent. Also, genius, how come you say one thing and demonstrate another. YOU DO NOT IMMEDIATELY RETURN YOUR THUMB IN THE VIDEO WHEN YOU PLAY THE ARPEGGIO, in fact, you do it correctly. Also, genius, you talk about the thumb doing one thing and then you say the OTHER FINGERS do this too implying that the thumb is a finger. Tsk, Tsk.

[teleman233]

Is the thumb not independent from the other fingers? Unless you are saying the thumb is now tense returning to where it started from I don't know what you mean. It's not being held up high and causing a contraction of muscle. What exactly is tense?

[teleman233]

If you are speaking of when playing scales the hand is at a different angle and the thumb won't appear as high. If you held it up then you would be changing the relationship between the thumb and hand and that would in fact be wrong. But this video is about arpeggios not rest stroke scales.

[lascelles8493]

nice playing and nails

[DXRider]

Classical Metal ftw, sweeping owns :p

[tpcardoso]

Nothing else matters! does that ring a bell?

[svenkluth]

tpcardoso: Yes, it rings a bell but it´s played different than what is played in this video.

[neptupno]

putos videos la cagan de que alegan y alegaos hijos de p puta

[cal8116]

thats ace! ive only learned about arpeggio today and this vid answered all my questions cheers dude

[MynZnusz]

Peter Vogl looks different and sounds different at this video from his other videos I've been watching.

How long ago was this?

[Azn69Knight]

now pick sweep it fool! >=P

[DaDarkstar]

nice nails

[mystikal2012]

great lesson

[richardrufo]

thanks for that lesson

[LordVlader]

thank u great lesson

[proteinbar1234]

excellent. Just a question, how much training and practice did it take you to get your arpegio that fast?

[hpept]

eheheheh.. i guess he spent some time on it. I can´t do that fast yet without doing mistakes. Very informative lesson.

[lprk24]

if you practice how to play tremolo, it improves your arpeggio technique, seriously

[THESONARIAN]

Always great lessons ... thank you ...

[teleman233]

The thumb is not held up. It is simply prepared to play again. Any finger must execute two motions. The striking of the string and the return. Otherwise they are at the finish point of playing and not ready to play again. The Thumb is the most independent "finger" in the hand. a and m the least. Once again I ask what tension are you talking about? I am all about relaxation in playing so please enlighten me.

[teleman233]

It is you that is using the word snap. The point is the finger must return to a playing position and the sooner it does the faster you can play. Much like a punch. To throw a quick jab it is useful to think about how fast you return the hand rather than how fast you extend it.

[teleman233]

Why should the hand be at a different angle when playing a rest stroke scale? If you are playing rest stroke the finger is striking the string below it. If playing free stroke i.e arpeggio you are not. Rest stroke requires a slight deviation to facilitate the different stroke. The smaller the change the better but there is a change. There are many small changes in hand position required. Changing tone colors for example. What about a tremelo?