I heard David Russell on the radio yesterday playing some impoisible arrangment with that powerful tone. It saddens me that he didn’t play a note of music.

@SoullessOpeth good players have a good sound even without nails

Kent,I’m glad that you posted video’s demonstrating Mr.Shearer’s guitar techniques.
In regards to many of the newer generation of concert guitarists,they may be fast & play with excellent technique,but many are way too concerned with speed and not
with the interpretation of the music.That’s my 2 cents.

very good lessons! i can play tremolo only because of you! thanks!

@gimpybo
You are right. My hand shouldn’t be bouncing. the reason it is is that I haven’t played the guitar for years.

@Lutemann
Ana Vidovic Estudio 11 Villa-Lobos @ youtube
look at the little finger when ana vidovic is playing “p i m a m i” @ 1,39
The hand is static again.

@Lutemann
( Isn’t i possible to post links ? ) Look at Ana Vidovic – Asturias here at youtube
I don’t like the way she is playing asturias ( Look I’m the fastest even if it sounds ugly, I’m the best. )
@ 0:30 ONLY ” p i m ” move! The rest of the hand is static.
In your video @ 2:36 I have seen your hand jumping up and down every time you play a string. I think this is the most important movement you should focus on and get rid of it!!! This costs speed and gets your hand nervous

@Lutemann
What do you mean by short nails? Do you mean he played with his skin only and not with the nail?

@Lutemann
I know that there is free motion in my hand. For example if I play “p i m a m i” or “p i m a” my little finger goes with a. But this is just a natural movement. There is no need to ever focus on this movment. Just let a beginner’s little finger go as he wishes.
But you say you should take a and the little finger together with m if playing ” p i m “. I’m sure this will cost you speed and will get your play worth. I do not do that and great guitar players don’t do that either:

@gimpyboy1
What you don’t realize is that there is freedom in motion. Watch the good players and you will see that this is how they do it.

@dscutsinger
If you have a Masters Degree in Classical Guitar well then I am Mickey Mouse. It is real easy for one to lay claim that they are a master in something, yet have no proof to show for it. If you are so qualified, well then let me ask you how come you have no videos of your own and went out of your way to look for online guitar lessons? ….That is the beauty of the anonymity provided by the internet, people like you can lay claims to things that they are not….
-Mickey the Mouse

It’s great that you are teaching details because later its gona be more easy to play it
But you need to teach that one lesson would be one way and another otherwise

What an ugly technic. You are teaching unneeded movments which only cost you time …

u didnt answer back,,loser!!! lol

I think the video is very useful! Could you please tell me what should bo going on with “m” finger in “p i a” combination?

Very useful. much more confidence in my right hand now!

wow you told him

I mean people who play with absolutely NO nails. Segovia had his nails just a bit passing his finger tips, but what am I arguing. Every teacher at my institute has long nails and they play absolutely well. Waste of time

Segovia had short nails.

I hate people who play without long nails, they don’t know all the sound quality they’re missing.

The right technique?

Hmmm….

Thanks for posting this. Great video. What kind of motion would you do for an i-m-a-m-i (lets say on the top three strings or on just one string)? I think the interesting point is the a-m where the fingers reverse their order of play.

I would say that a full sequential planting is usefully for any level of player. But you’re right, for the beginner, it’s just too much to think about. If they can get the “close to the string” preparation (what you’re showing here) down, that’s easy to refine into planting technique later as needed. It’s certainly better to do it this way vs. trying to plant fingers on the strings and make a huge tension ball of a right hand.

Very well put. There are certainly several schools of guitar teaching that are quite successful. Some do not like the concept of working on motion (as I suggest) preferring the motion to happen naturally if they work slowly. Others use the planting method to get essentially the same effect.

dscutsinger: there are many, MANY different methods of learning as the user “lutemann” right. People learn in many different ways audio or visual learning are just some of the examples. A piece of paper does not mean much to me. I to have learnt arppegio through this method and by slowing things down and breaking it into step by step praciticing day by day. This method helps people and there is nothing wrong with that. Your attitude is very puretannical.