The practice journal

Practice guides

• How to Practise Giuliani’s 120 Arpeggios

  Choose one pattern, prepare its fingers and build an even sound before increasing speed. Start with our first 40 transcribed Giuliani patterns.

• Classical Guitar Tremolo: A Step-by-Step Practice Guide

  Build a regular p-a-m-i pattern across four strings and then on one string, with listening checks that prepare you for Recuerdos de la Alhambra.

• Classical Guitar Nails: Find a Clear, Comfortable Tone

  Compare your contact point, nail edge and playing angle through short listening tests. Find a tone you can reproduce without forcing the fingers.

• Learn Tárrega Without Reading Standard Notation

  Learn to read guitar strings, frets and durations in tablature, then use a short Tárrega phrase to connect the written notes with what you hear.

• How Long Should You Practise Classical Guitar?

  Choose a realistic practice length, a useful checkpoint and time for music as well as breaks. Make a short session specific enough to help.

• Seven Common Self-Taught Classical Guitar Mistakes

  Use a short recording to identify what limits a phrase. Adjust one movement, listen again and build a more useful practice habit.

• How to Fix Buzzing Notes on Classical Guitar

  Isolate the string and fret, check finger placement and attack, and distinguish a technique problem from an instrument that needs attention.

• How to Practise Lágrima: A Phrase-by-Phrase Guide

  Bring out Lágrima’s melody, prepare position changes and connect the phrases while keeping the accompaniment quiet and the musical line clear.