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Dejan Farkas11th April 2008Thanks
al christie11th April 2008Great lesson
- Dejan Farkas26th March 2008
Thanks Carlos
Carlos Carrillo26th March 2008good job and nice lesson Dejan!!!
- Dejan Farkas29th February 2008
thank you
Danilo Capezzuto26th February 2008nice lesson.
- Dejan Farkas11th December 2007
Thanks guys
_ninja_
I don't usually plant my thumb prior to playing the string, I hit the string with the thumb (together with nail) and produce the sound, but when you plant the thumb you have to use another technique of plucking by use of thumb joints (you don't move the whole thumb)
but what I usually do is to rest the thumb on 6th string when convenient, especially when playing apoyando 
GrowingDown110th December 2007Great lesson Dejan! This is an awesome lesson for people who want to learn fingerstyle. I think classical and Spanish style, and especially Flamenco is just awesome! Great first lesson!
_ninja_10th December 2007Hi Dejan, great piece! I was wondering, do you plant any fingers of the right hand on the string in preparation for playing that string? Like the thumb when you play the open A string or the seconde fret on the D string?
- Dejan Farkas9th December 2007
Great to hear that
It would be good if you can record it and upload it to check how you're going
Hemlok9th December 2007I love this!!! Thanks Dejan, I have almost finished learning it, I will just speed it up over time like the other classical lessons i have learnt
- Dejan Farkas8th December 2007
Thank you all
Guernseyman - the tip for the right hand is patience, just don't rush with the speed, take your time and practice the speed that suits you the most, so you can really feel the each tone. Some more classical etudes for right hand practicing will come soon 
Kosei Kubota8th December 2007Welcome to GMC. Nice lesson and choice of music!
Guernseyman7th December 2007Wow Dejan you make it look so easy. It is great that you took the time to film 4 differing views of what is going on. I think that really helps.
Do you have any exercises or tips for speeding up the right hand technique?
Jerry Arcidiacono6th December 2007Good job Dejan and welcome to GMC.
Ivan Milenkovic6th December 2007THis is great stuff Dejan. Keep sending classical lessons, they are very interesting
Marcus Lavendell6th December 2007Awesome lesson Dejan, and great tip about the mirror!
- Dejan Farkas6th December 2007
Thanks guys
If anyone has any questions on right hand technique, I'm available
Juan M. Valero6th December 2007Yeah !!! that's cool my friend
Great right hand technique !!
Ben N6th December 2007welcome to gmc great 1st lessons
- Dejan Farkas6th December 2007
Thank you all guys, I'm glad you like it
Kizaze44 - if you learn to control the movement of the left hand, you can do the same with the right hand as well 
Muris Varajic5th December 2007Nice first one Dejo,welcome to GMC!!
Xranthoius5th December 2007awesome!! i love it
cant wait to see more great job!!!
Hisham Al-Sanea5th December 2007good work dejan
Nick3255th December 2007very nice
welcome to gmc
Layzer5th December 2007Wow! Great technique Dejan!
botoxfox5th December 2007Cool first lesson dude...
Kizaze445th December 2007Great lesson! I will learn this one! I was always intimidated by fingerpicking until I found GMC. With great doubt, I tried Kosei's Spanish Romance and it came to me pretty quickly. If anyone's in the same boat - give it a go - you might surprise yourself.
Kiz
ezravdb5th December 2007I like playing acoustic/classic very much, great stuff!
- inertia5th December 2007
Great lesson Dejan, my dad used to play this song on his classical when I was little, it's a beautiful piece.
Cheers - Dejan Farkas5th December 2007
thank you
coffeeman - great observation, Asturias is one of my favorite pieces 
coffeeman5th December 2007Very nice lesson Dejan. This song has a Isaac Albeniz feeling , is the same style? Reminds me of Asturias.
- Maximus5th December 2007
Very Cool.
- TheClansmanDK5th December 2007
Very nice lesson Dejan. Love classical music alot. I might start playing it again soon
- Dejan Farkas5th December 2007
Thank you very much!
If you have any questions or constructive critics, I'm here 
Vinod Saranga5th December 2007Great first lesson Dejan.
Nice to have another classical guitar instructor in GMC.
Bogdan Radovic5th December 2007Welcome to GMC Dejan! This is a great acoustic lesson! I once played acustic guitar, its so fun..We should have more of these here
Kristofer Dahl5th December 2007Very nice Dejan - welcome to GMC!
GMC:ers - be sure to provide constructive feedback to the new instructors so they can provide best possible lessons for you!
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- My notes
Hi everyone and welcome to my first lesson! :) It's the classical 'Etude in A Minor' by Dionisio Aguado (1978-1849) a Spanish classical guitarist and composer, which I play almost everyday to warm up the right hand fingers.
Throughout the piece we have the identical right hand fingerings, middle finger is playing the 1st string, index finger the 2nd string, while the thumb is taking care of all other strings.
The piece is fairly easy to play in slow tempo and I don't think you'll have a problem to learn it, but the challenge is to play it at 120 bpm (and even faster), but expressively being aware of each note (not just holding your breath and trying to play as fast as possible). The speed will develop through practice, so don't rush with the speed and focus on clear picking of the strings at a slow tempo.
My arrangement of the piece is that I accent in 3 levels, the thumb plays the melody so it has the strongest accent, the middle finger has a medium accent and the index finger is without accent.
And the most important part, relax as possible while playing the guitar, it helps if you put the mirror in front of you to observe the way you sit, your shoulders, arms, fingers while you play and than you can notice if you are tense (sometimes it is hard to feel the tension, but it is different when you see it) and then let the tension go, don't fight it because you may become more tense :)
key signature: A Minor
time signature 2/4
notes: 16th
tempo: 120 bpm
Have fun :)
Dejan
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