DAY 2: RIGHT HAND

Finger Independence (Level I)

Why it’s Important Areas of Focus

Developing finger independence will enable you to As guitarists we arpeggiate a lot of things, and we

have complete control over your right hand tone need independence in order to navigate this. The

and volume for maximum musicality! Having right fingers must be in control of that strings tone and

hand independence invloves playing chords, volume. Be mindful of the tone and volume while

arpeggios, and the different ways of playing with playing these exercises. Be sure to hear if

the fingers and thumb together.

resonance of the notes are being cut short by

planting done with the right hand.

Start first with the simple arpeggio exercise below.

While playing this exercise, prepare each finger by

Exercise Variation
planting it on the string before it needs to play.
Once you begin to feel comfortable with this, we

suggest you try out Giuliani’s 120 Studies for the

right hand. This takes this same idea further with

extensive exercises for the right hand.

Next try this exercise using block chords to help

balance the hand! Prepare your fingers just before

the next chord so you don’t stop the resonance.

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Pinky Exercise (Level II)

Why it’s Important Areas of Focus

I know what you’re thinking, an exercise for the When performing this exercise (below), make sure

right hand pinky, why? As classicaly guitarists, we all the movements are controlled and relaxed.

don’t traditionally use this finger. However, Start by using a in-and-out motion with the pinky

developing the finger can help with balancing and and playing the high e-string. It doesn’t need to be

strengthening the whole hand. Rapheal Aguirre loud, just enough to make sure the note rings with

came up with this exercise because he felt that each movement. If you want to increase speed,

developing the pinky finger (c) in the right-hand, the movements need to be small. Do this exercise

made his overall hand felt alot stronger. Since this every day, but make sure it’s not for too long. As

discovery, he has devised several exercises to classical guitarists, our muscles are used to the in

develop this forgotten finger. movement and not the out.

Exercise Variation

Try the same in-and-out motion described earlier

but with each finger consecutively. This is a good

way of getting yourself used to the fan motion of

rasguedos all while strengthening your right hand.

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Accented Arpeggios (Level III)

Why it’s Important Areas of Focus

Arpeggios is an excellent workout for the When performing this exercise (above), make sure

right-hand and what better arpeggio peice to try all the movements are controlled and relaxed. The

this accenting exercise on than Villa-Lobos’ Study most important thing when we do something fast,

No. 1! It is clear while playing this fast arpeggio is maintain control. The thumb (p) is usually the

study that control is everything. Accenting easiest to accent due to it being a bigger/stronger

different fingers in each repetition may sound finger. You may find it difficult to not accent this

simple enough, but it feels quite difficult on the I finger. Next is the index (i) finger and this will be

finger.This exercise develops our abaility to stress more difficult, so be sure to set a tempo on your

the notes which we decide to stress, and create metronome that is manageable. Lastly, we are

the mircrodynamics we are hearing, bridging the going to do this accenting exercise with the

gap between interpretation and technique. middle (m) and ring (a) fingers.

Our goal here is to gain control over the dynamics

with each finger. This frees us up to have the

right-hand control to play the dynamics we

imagine while developing our own interpretations

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