Lesson: Left Hand Stretches on Guitar (Beginner to Intermediate)

Dealing with left hand stretches on the classical guitar for beginner to intermediate level students. Vertical and horizontal stretches and the connection to guitar position and technique practice. The books I mention are my full technique book: Classical Guitar Technique, or if you need tab you can check out my shorter TAB book: 20 Favorite Exercises.

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Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 94,000 subscribers and 13 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.

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Mike S

May 30, 2022 / 9:16 pm Reply

Thanks very much for this, I’m just getting to the end of your first Volume 1 book, this is good for me to know and practice now so it becomes solid habit.