Classical Guitar Lesson #3: Rest stroke

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Video desription: I demonstrate the rest stroke on the guitar. To see all ten lessons, do a search for: classical guitar lessons murdick. To hear Kent Murdick play, go to http://members.aol.com/lutemann/NO.mp3

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[Lutemann]

P is thumb, i is index, m is middle and a is 3rd finger.

[EF14Z]

HI how can i watch all your videos? only yours...what should i do? thx

[Lutemann]

Do a search for: murdick classical guitar lessons

[sadicool15]

i`ve notested that you`re doing this picado, apoyando, rest stroke(whatever), i saw this at spanish guitar players but at classical the hand is supposed to be a bit angled to the nut...contact me if you cand give answers or arguments please

[Lutemann]

There is no "supposed to" about it. There is more than one way to play the classical guitar effectively; I demonstrate one of them.

[Lutemann]

Alternation is not necessary unless the tempo calls for it. However, you should do a lot of alternation practice so you can cross the strings smoothly. Try three times on each string, up and back.

[Alaskanpianist]

is there a certain "type" of guitar for this because in the past two days i have learned the notes on all the strings and yet the tone of the guitar doesnt sound right on any of them.i have a stargazer acoustic guitar.

[DungHo51]

classical guitar, not the same as steel string, that why it not sound the same

[DealMartClassical]

@Lutemann c is pinky.. just in case you need to know

[tieuho1192]

The quanlity of video is very bad!!

[xstohl]

@Enayjay16 I believe it's used for accents in classical pieces, and plus it sounds cleaner.

(E.G. watch?v=ZyX71BrsCHY )

"Andres Segovia - Fandanguillo - Moreno-Torroba" about the 0:50s mark.

[UsmcRangerr]

@Enayjay16 it gives a bigger sound when you push through your notes

[lamReptar]

@Alaskanpianist Classical guitars have a warmer sound.

[sephiroth87932]

i think it changes the quality of the sound produced by plucking and it would be used when playing longer notes sometimes i think it's mostly used in beginner lessons to have more control over the hands but this is only an assumption

[Dlaeoqls]

such a good guitar

[albatross111]

pretty good, I'd also mention planting, and a bit more emphasis on pushing into the string, rather than just plucking it.