Lesson: Slur Scales for Classical Guitar

ByBradford Werner
2019

This exercise is from my new book Classical Guitar Technique: Essential Exercises, Scales, and Arpeggios. The 122 page book includes: Practice Routines, Tips, 100 Open String Exercises, 120 Giuliani Arpeggios, Scales, Slur Exercises, Shifts, Finger Independence, Barre, Tremolo, Common Harmonics, and much more.

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There are hundreds of slur exercises but slur scales cover many combinations and place them in a more musical context. Certain keys will involve a degree of stretching and shifting to accommodate the notes. I’ve ordered the below scales from easy to more complex. Alternate i-m or use any logical right hand fingering. You can play any scale with slurs and I encourage you to discover more keys on your own.

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.