Classical course please!

[mic2002]

I know this has been mentioned before,but I would love to see a classical guitar course in TF??

thanks

[herby]

Add me to that list!

[carminemarotta]

+1

Carmine

[Wolfboy1]

+2

I am all for nylon oriented courses. As I said in the other thread, I've been pushing for these for at least 3+ years. Well we have one coming "New World Flamenco." Try it, add comments, promote it where ever you can. If sales are decent we should see more!

[wvgman]

You know I am in on buying such a work from TrueFire.

[herby]

Wolf brings up a good point. The techniques involved in New World Flamenco are not exactly the same, but very similar to classical guitar. I didn't know the NWF was coming and was greatly surprised and happy to see it. The better it does, the better chance we have of getting a classical course. Perfectly understandable.

[DjangoTango]

I hope they decide to do a classical course regardless of how flamenco does. While some of the techniques may overlap, the musical styles are radically different.

I wonder if they've shied away from classical since it is a fairly straightforward style. That is, it's more based on practice and theory than instruction. And there aren't a lot of standard idiomatic licks in classical music -- each piece is unique. So I'm not sure what a classical course would look like.

[herby]

I hope they decide to do a classical course regardless of how flamenco does. While some of the techniques may overlap, the musical styles are radically different.

I wonder if they've shied away from classical since it is a fairly straightforward style. That is, it's more based on practice and theory than instruction. And there aren't a lot of standard idiomatic licks in classical music -- each piece is unique. So I'm not sure what a classical course would look like.

I really like a lot of your forum additions and have a lot of respect for you and them Django, but have to respectfully disagree that there aren't what you call idiomatic licks in classical guitar music. The methods by Carcassi, Aguado, Sor and others are chocked-full of the kinds of phrasings that you see time and again and build the kind of chops that lead to the ability to play more advanced pieces (where these "licks" still often occur).

I'm like you though in wondering how the course could be approached. It would definitely have start from a very rudimentary standpoint. But that could lead to a series of more advanced courses. I said it in another thread earlier, but I think it could be a real boon to TF.

[DjangoTango]

Thank you for the kind words, herby. With a bit more research I probably wouldn't disagree with you.When I wrote that I mostly had in mind older, pre-guitar classical music such as Bach and Mozart. Those guys may have had a couple of signature phrases that they used, but for the most part it's all unique to the tune (and sometimes just the act of translating it to the guitar eliminates what could otherwise become idiomatic phrases). But once you get into the guitar era, there are probably more consistent licks and phrases recurring in those pieces than I realize.

[herby]

Thank you for the kind words, herby. With a bit more research I probably wouldn't disagree with you.When I wrote that I mostly had in mind older, pre-guitar classical music such as Bach and Mozart. Those guys may have had a couple of signature phrases that they used, but for the most part it's all unique to the tune (and sometimes just the act of translating it to the guitar eliminates what could otherwise become idiomatic phrases). But once you get into the guitar era, there are probably more consistent licks and phrases recurring in those pieces than I realize.

I see exactly what you mean now Django. There's a lot of Bach played on the guitar of course and it was written at a time when the guitar as we know it didn't exist. So we hear many transcriptions from other instruments, like the cello. I agree 100% that that can't be compared to the stuff we hear from the "guitar era" that I was talking about. You make a good distinction here in a way I've never thought of before. Thanks for that!

[concerto]

I'm sitting in front of some Carulli and Sor studies atm - mainly to build up my sight reading 'skillz'...
Haven't touched the classical guitar for almost ten years now, but the sound is just beautiful.
So +1 for a Classical course from me.