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Guitar Articles

• General Guitar Lesson Articles
  • Mindset and Lifestyle
    • Performance Anxiety: Overcoming the Fear of Performance
    • Performance Anxiety: From Fear to Delight
    • Diet and Exercise for the Guitarist
    • Use Your Kinesthetic Sense to Produce Fruitful Results
    • Letting Go of Negative Self-Talk and Mental Chatter
    • Transform Your Practice Through Detail
  • Technique Related Topics
    • Scales: The Building Blocks of Music
    • Guitar Finger Notation and Arpeggios for Beginners
    • Arpeggios
    • Right-hand Techniques: The Free Stroke
    • Right-hand Finger Alternation
    • Right-hand Techniques: The Rest Stroke
    • The Correct Position for Playing Your Guitar
    • Left-Hand Issues
    • Common Right-hand Problems
    • Guitar Posture Basics
    • Tension Points to Avoid
  • History
    • Guitars From the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century - Part 3
    • Guitars From the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century - Part 2
    • Guitars From the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century - Part 1
    • The Guitar's Heritage in Ancient History
  • Instrument
    • The Parts of the Guitar
• Classical Guitar Lesson Articles
  • Concepts and Routines
    • Striving For Perfection
    • Visualization - Part 2
    • Visualization- Part 1
    • Refine Your Artistry Through Tone Color
    • Right-hand Fingernails - Your Key to Quality Control
    • Produce Tones Like the Masters
  • Classical Guitar Technique
    • Make Your Music Live Through Vibrato - Part 2: Practicing Vibrato
    • Make Your Music Live Through Vibrato - Part 1
    • The Long and Short of Articulation
• Flamenco Guitar Lesson Articles
  • Flamenco Guitar Technique
    • Alzapua in Flamenco Guitar Music
    • The Tremolo Technique
    • Apagado: A Pizzicato Technique for the Flamenco Guitar
    • Changing Chords
    • The Barre
    • The Picado Technique for the Flamenco Guitar
    • Protecting and Strengthening Your Nails
    • Care for Your Fingernails
    • Apoyando and Tirando: Two Main Strokes
    • Left-hand Position in Flamenco Guitar Playing
    • Right-hand Position in Flamenco Guitar Playing
    • The Golpe
    • Rasgueo (Rasgueado) Practice
    • Rasgueos, the Flamenco Strumming Technique - Part 2
    • Rasgueos, the Flamenco Strumming Technique - Part 1
    • Flamenco Sitting Posture
    • Flamenco Notation
    • Flamenco Guitar Sitting Position
  • Flamenco Guitars and Other Equipment
    • Purchasing Your Guitar - Part 2
    • Purchasing Your Guitar - Part 1
    • The Cejilla (Capodastro, Capo)
    • Caring for Your Guitar
    • The Strings on Your Flamenco Guitar
    • The Flamenco Guitar: A Comparison
    • Flamenco Guitar Lessons: Basic Equipment
  • Elements of Flamenco Music
    • Improvisation in Flamenco Music
    • Palmas
    • The Personal 'Aire' - Part 2
    • The Personal 'Aire' - Part 1
    • Toques: the Rhythmic Forms of Flamenco
    • The Compas of Soleares
    • Soleares, the Heart of Flamenco Music
    • Compas: The Basic Element of Rhythm
  • Forms-Toques
    • Tarantos and Tarantas
    • Malaguenas
    • Zapateado
    • Tangos and Tientos
    • Granadinas
    • Farruca
    • Bulerias
    • Sevillanas
    • Fandangos
    • Alegrias
    • Seguiriyas
  • History of Flamenco
    • Modern Trends
    • The Flamenco Guitar as Accompaniment
    • The Evolving Art of the Flamenco Guitar
    • The Evolution of Modern Flamenco
    • The Early Roots of Flamenco Music
    • The Elusive Origins of Flamenco