Well I’m happy to hear, I like reading your stuff. So I would be seriously unhappy if it stopped maybe I could write a guest article some time on what it’s like just starting out playing. Just an idea if you wanted a hand.
I have had quite a few guest contributions - and there's more planned. Feel free to let me know and we'll work something out. I'm sure it'll be interesting to read - and I'm really curious as to how you're going to react when you try to make your fingers do what they're supposed to do. I expect to find it very amusing. ;-)
The good news is that, once you manage to get them to mostly behave, they learn the patterns. It becomes mostly muscle memory. Learning good form from the beginning is highly recommended. It's easier to learn good form than it is to unlearn bad form.
I'll warn you I'd be happy to do it but I'm not a proffesional writer. Sure I can create a wall of text on poal but you would probably need to edit an article quite a bit. It could be fun though. How would I go about making sure I learn good form from the beginning(other than just youtube and the lessons that come with the guitar)
I'd actually suggest that you read a lot - and that you take 1 to 6 months of professional lessons, preferably from someone who specializes in classical guitar. However, that seems unlikely to happen.
So, read a lot... Watch a lot of videos. Pay VERY close attention to what you're doing. What you want, more than anything else, is a clean tone. In other words, you want to avoid muting strings by accident and not fretting properly - so that you end up with a buzz. Practice until you're clean - then worry about speed.
Don't worry about speed - it'll happen on its own. Instead, slow and metered.
It's really not easy to convey this stuff in plain text.
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