Should You Grow Your Fingernails to Play Classical Guitar?

Mon, 08/26/2019 - 6:43am
Written by ArtistWorks
Topics: classical guitar fingernails, guitarist, music, tips for classical guitar

You’ve probably seen at least one. The classical guitarist with longer nails on the right and short ones on the left. It seems a bit complicated and a true commitment to keeping those nails at optimum length, and it certainly can be a point of curiosity for the casual observer. Are classical guitar fingernails right for you? At what point should you grow them? Here are some things to consider.

Should You Grow Your Fingernails to Play Classical Guitar?

Mon, 08/26/2019 - 5:53am
Written by ArtistWorks
Topics: classical guitar fingernails, guitarist, music, tips for classical guitar

You’ve probably seen at least one. The classical guitarist with longer nails on the right and short ones on the left. It seems a bit complicated and a true commitment to keeping those nails at optimum length, and it certainly can be a point of curiosity for the casual observer. Are classical guitar fingernails right for you? At what point should you grow them? Here are some things to consider.

5 great piano tracks to get your year off with a bang!

Fri, 01/11/2019 - 1:56pm
Written by GeorgeWhitty
Topics: jazz, music, Piano, tracks

   One of the very best ways to improve your playing is LISTENING to great jazz as much as you can!  Jazz, particularly, is like getting a nice, soulful massage for your ears;  I’d bet that if they hooked us up to some machine to measure what happens when we listen to good jazz all the indicators would start flashing GREEN.  Tower of Power has that great tune “Soul Vaccination”, and if we ever needed such a vaccination, the time is definitely NOW!  

 

So, to help fill your phone/pod/watch/cassette deck/8-track with some great music, here are 5 suggestions for some tracks of great piano music, all different, but all great!  And the albums from which these tunes are derived are well worth owning in their entirety as well!