In this video Jason Vieaux identifies some common trouble spots when learning how to play the famous Spanish guitar song "Leyenda". Many people often get confused by the distinction between classical guitar and Spanish guitar. Since Jason is an expert, we had him explain the difference:
I find that my travels now are great opportunities to tell people I meet in airports, planes and hotels about my online classical guitar lessons at ArtistWorks. Whenever I'm asked, "do you play in a band?" whilst on the road, I often respond that I play "Spanish Guitar", only because it's an easy answer in a busy world. Even though "Classical Guitarist" is a better umbrella description of what I do, "Spanish Guitar" puts the image into most people's minds of a guy or gal sitting, unamplified playing Spanish guitar songs or Latin American music - alone. And yes, I do that… kinda.
What I really do is play music by "Classical" composers from Spain and Latin America, with the requisite classical technique and musical study that is required to play it. I also play Bach, modern, pop and jazz arrangements, 19th century, lots of concertos with orchestra and chamber music, but that's not the point.
If you want to follow the action, you can see videos and updates on twitter.com/artistworks . We'll have Jason here for three days filling out the curriculum. Day 2 includes more "studies" and "exercises" as well as more advanced pieces. Jason will also talk about important concepts to classical guitar playing along with issues encountered when switching to classical from other genres of music. Stay tuned!
In conjunction with the launch of our classical music lessons, we are collaborating with Classical Music Magazine to host an online, interactive video roundtable discussion that will address issues of access to classical music education and the role technology can play in the democratization of classical music education. The event will go live on October 2nd at 5:00 PM and will be viewable from www.artistworksclassical.com or at www.artistworks.com/googleplus.
In conjunction with the launch of our classical music lessons, we are collaborating with Classical Music Magazine to host an online, interactive video roundtable discussion that will address issues of access to classical music education and the role technology can play in the democratization of classical music education. The event will go live on October 2nd at 5:00 PM and will be viewable from www.artistworksclassical.com or at www.artistworks.com/googleplus.
Jason Vieaux recently played a few classical guitar pieces in a session recorded for Houston Public Radio. He played some Bach on guitar, which you can watch here, as well as his own guitar arrangement of Duke Ellington's "In a Sentimental Mood", which is just beautiful. But my personal favorite is hearing him play Jorge Morel's classical guitar arrangement of Fernando Bustamente's "Misionera".