1. Learn
- Chunking
2. Practice
- Divide and Conquer, Looping, etc.
3. Interpret
- Form, Melody, Harmony, Dynamics
4. Polish
- Memorize, Record, Orchestrate, etc.
- Chunking
2. Practice
- Divide and Conquer, Looping, etc.
3. Interpret
- Form, Melody, Harmony, Dynamics
4. Polish
- Memorize, Record, Orchestrate, etc.
1. Learn
a) Chunking
Lagrima is made up of notes that can be played together as chords (you don't need to know the names of the chords or the theory behind them).
The process of seeing notes this way is called chunking and can make reading + understanding music much faster.
Chunking is like going from reading individual letters (i.e. one note at a time) to seeing and interpreting words (chords and progressions).
By chunking the first section of Lagrima, you go from reading around 60 individual notes to just 17 chords - about 1/3rd the amount of information to process!
a) Chunking
Lagrima is made up of notes that can be played together as chords (you don't need to know the names of the chords or the theory behind them).
The process of seeing notes this way is called chunking and can make reading + understanding music much faster.
Chunking is like going from reading individual letters (i.e. one note at a time) to seeing and interpreting words (chords and progressions).
By chunking the first section of Lagrima, you go from reading around 60 individual notes to just 17 chords - about 1/3rd the amount of information to process!
Can you chunk the measures indicated in the second section?
- Try it first and then watch the video for the answers
- Try it first and then watch the video for the answers
b) Positions
And what about the remaining bars that can't be chunked?
This is where working out positions will help. The fretboard is hard to navigate without knowing what position you're in.
Basically you want to be able to play as many notes as possible in the same position before moving position. That's what Tarrega has suggested by the fingerings marked in Lagrima. Many other guitarists from the 19th century added in detailed fingerings that included three things:
1) Position
2) String
3) Fingers
And what about the remaining bars that can't be chunked?
This is where working out positions will help. The fretboard is hard to navigate without knowing what position you're in.
Basically you want to be able to play as many notes as possible in the same position before moving position. That's what Tarrega has suggested by the fingerings marked in Lagrima. Many other guitarists from the 19th century added in detailed fingerings that included three things:
1) Position
2) String
3) Fingers
Here are two exercises for you - choose one or do both if you're daring:
1) Say the position you're in at every point in Lagrima while playing through
2) Write in every position that you play in into the score
1) Say the position you're in at every point in Lagrima while playing through
2) Write in every position that you play in into the score