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Play Leyenda, Canarios, and Bach on Classical Guitar (Udemy.com)

Learn how to make sense of scale practice, develop relaxed and efficient technique, and perform with confidence.

Created by: Brian Riggs

Last updated November 2015

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What you will learn

  • Play "Canarios" by Gasper Sanz, "Gavottes 1 and 2" by J.S. Bach, and "Leyenda" by Isaac Albeniz up to a performance standard
  • Improve your technique and play in a relaxed and efficient way as you play technical exercises that are unique to the course and prepare for every challenge in each of the pieces
  • Learn the point of practicing scales and how to make the most of your scale practice.

How it compares

Against the other 183 rated Udemy courses in Guitar on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 46% of them
  • Reviews45#152 of 184 by number of reviews
  • Length7.5 hourslonger than 81% of them
  • Last updatedNovember 2015earlier than 94% of them

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Course Description

This course is all about helping you realize your potential as a classical guitarist as you learn to play 3 great pieces from the classical guitar repertoire, Canarios, Gavottes 1 and 2, and Leyenda. You’ll follow a step-by-step course that shows you the most beneficial way to practice scales, how to use technical exercises, and how to play the 3 pieces at a performance standard.

What you can expect to get out of the course

  • You'll be able to see consistent progress as you follow an organized system
  • Practicing will be a pleasure as you improve your guitar skills, have more relaxed finger movements, and develop greater ability of musical expression
  • You'll feel the encouraging sense of accomplishment as you play pieces all the way through
  • You'll get answers to many of your questions about classical guitar playing

Your main goal for the course is to play 3 pieces from the classical guitar repertoire, Canarios, Gavottes 1 and 2, and Leyenda. The premise of the course is that you'll have much more success if you thoughtfully prepare before jumping into the pieces.

Playing the classical guitar is such a multi-sensory experience, and a video-based course is a great way to learn at your own pace. You know that there are no shortcuts, but by following a logical course that starts easy and gradually gets more challenging your experience will be much easier and rewarding.

Classical guitar is beautiful and complex, but that complexity can be intimidating, so in this course every musical phrase will be broken into a manageable piece that's easy to work with, and easy to put back into the whole of the piece.

The course starts with some brief introductory lectures that review the basics of the classical guitar approach, and then moves into scales. You'll customize your scale practice so that you're ready for each piece. It would be good to have some experience playing higher up on the fret-board, but you'll review the notes on the fret-board in the scales section, so you're prepared for everything that follows. Next, you'll start playing technical exercises that are unique to this course to prepare you for the piece that you'll be playing.

The lectures show the hands from a variety of angles, and in the lecture descriptions you can find the time where each camera angle changes. The lectures on the pieces start with a small chunk played up to speed, then a slow walk-through the notes, followed by a more in-depth lesson on each hand.

You'll also get downloadable PDF files of every scale, exercise, and piece, so not only will you receive a full score of "Leyenda" and the other pieces that are in the course, but you'll have a clear view of how to play every single note. This course doesn't contain any guitar tablature, but remember that you will be able to see and hear every last note in the course in the video lectures.

I hope you'll continue your journey with this course by clicking the button that says "Start Learning Now" and enrolling in the course and enjoying lifetime access to the lecture videos and sheet music files. Thanks for reading and I wish you the best with your guitar playing.

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Instructor Details

Brian Riggs

My name is Brian Riggs and I am a classical guitarist and guitar teacher from Chicago, IL. I have a degree in classical guitar performance from the Chicago College of Performing Arts, and I've played in master classes with some amazing guitarists, most notably Christopher Parkening at his class at Montana State University.

I want to share what I've learned from those experiences with as many people as possible; Some of my most satisfying musical experiences have been seeing students make progress and become musicians in their own right. I've taught thousands of lessons in person and I've had the great experience of helping people fulfill their musical goals and realizing their potential as guitarists.

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Reviews

4.6

45 ratings on Udemy

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By Martin Kirstein on 12/1/2024

His way is clear and to the point; speaking and demonstrating

By EMBERT-JAN van Uitregt on 6/1/2023

Brian is one off the best teachers for guitar only the pdf dont work.

By Norman Spencer on 5/1/2023

This part is a little basic for me, but I appreciate the review

By Wilson J Heredia on 7/25/2022

It's exactly what I what was looking for in a classical guitar course. He is very thorough and I'm looking forward to finishing the course.

By Guruprasad Nagarajan on 12/11/2018

I have a couple of courses by Brian. I've always wanted to learn Leyenda, and he makes what seems impossible seem doable. I'm half way through that exercise, obviously needs tons of practice, but with Brian's course, and the way he teaches even complex numbers in an easy-to-follow, step-by-step way, I'm sure I can play not just Leyenda but the other songs in the course too. Thanks Brian!

By Jacob Smith on 8/15/2018

Clear explanation, great demonstration, and enthusiastic teacher. What's not to love?

By Andrew Moles on 8/24/2017

very good tuition and direction very easy to keep up

By R P on 7/16/2017

Excellent clear instruction. Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you Brian.

By Rodrigo Gadea on 4/27/2017

(Partial Review, up to Canarios) Amazing! This course is very intense, lots of concepts or details in each lesson about everything you will face for playing the piece, so be prepared to watch each one several times for grasping them. Despite of being of intermediate level, the preparation chapter (sections 1-5) goes down to the basics so it makes sure that you have all the elements to aboard the piece smoothly and you enjoy it. I found the exercises excellent for that, they really start putting in your brain all the patterns you will encounter in the piece, you'll get into the piece "magically", Bravo for this! The arrangement of the piece is simple yet elegant and beautiful, the discussions of the measures are thoroughly and the path it traces gets you there: you will be able to perform Canarios while enjoying the ride and getting a really good foundation for start making your interpretation. So, Amazing! Just this piece justifies the course, I'm eager to finish it and study the others. As improvements, I may suggest adding the staff with the measures in discussion in the upper-left corner - which seems unused, both in the preparation and the piece, this way may be easier to learn as will all be contained in the video and I think it might help with your reading skills. Also, having subtitles may also make things "a little easier" for non-native English speakers, "a little" because as you end up watching each video several times and in detail, you end up understanding :)

By Alain George Smolcic on 11/11/2015

Teacher gives useful commentary on each measures in sections..This lesson is good for the intermediate player who has a good grasp on identifying the notes on the fretboard...

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Overall Score : 92 / 100