Knowledge & Accuracy for the Guitarist

Your Weekly Technique Session

And Dexterity and Stamina Exercises

UPDATED December 31, 2007

The recital repertoire is wonderful for demonstrating one's technique. However, finding precisely what piece and which measures are required to master or reinforce a particular technical ability, well, that can be a hit or miss proposition. The exercises on this page will pinpoint specific areas where all guitarists find difficulty at one time or another. Of course, some players may have less problems in certain areas than others, but there is something here for every player at any level of proficiency.

Left hand exercises are useful for any player performing in any genre. Right hand exercises will be targeted towards the classical player. There are pages for the Rock and Blues guitarist and all those who play the electric guitar.

Each week a new exercise or technique building session will be added to this page. Please click the link for the most current date for the latest session. Please check back every Thursday, that's when the new pages are added!

Pieces and Transcriptions

El Noi De La Mare arranged in the style of Llobet

Nacht Tanz original composition by H. Pellegrin

El Testament D'Amelia arranged in the style of Llobet

YEAR 2004 ARCHIVE

YEAR 2005 ARCHIVE

YEAR 2006 ARCHIVE

Guitar Technique Session One Hundred Two: January 4, 2007 Continuing the Complete Pascual Roch Volume 2 (part 15)

Guitar Technique Session One Hundred Three: January 11, 2007 Continuing the Complete Pascual Roch Volume 2 (part 16)

Guitar Technique Session One Hundred Four: January 18, 2007 Continuing the Complete Pascual Roch Volume 2 (part 17)

Guitar Technique Session One Hundred Five: January 31, 2007 Continuing the Complete Pascual Roch Volume 2 (part 18)

Guitar Technique Session One Hundred Six: February 8, 2007 Stretches

Guitar Technique Session One Hundred Seven: February 14, 2007 A Little Waltz

Guitar Technique Session One Hundred Five: February 21, 2007 Continuing the Complete Pascual Roch Volume 2 (part 20)

Guitar Technique Session One Hundred Five: February 26, 2007 Continuing the Complete Pascual Roch Volume 2 (part 21)

Guitar Technique Session One Hundred Five: March 5, 2007 Continuing the Complete Pascual Roch Volume 2 (part 22)

Guitar Technique Session One Hundred Five: March 12, 2007 Continuing the Complete Pascual Roch Volume 2 (part 23)

Guitar Technique Session One Hundred Thirteen: March 22, 2007 Continuing the Complete Pascual Roch Volume 2 (part 24)

Guitar Technique Session One Hundred Fourteen: March 29, 2007 Continuing the Complete Pascual Roch Volume 2 (part 25)

Guitar Technique Session One Hundred Fifteen: April 5, 2007 Continuing the Complete Pascual Roch Volume 2 (part 26)

Guitar Technique Session One Hundred Sixteen: April 12, 2007 Continuing the Complete Pascual Roch Volume 2 (part 27)

Guitar Technique Session One Hundred Seventeen: April 19, 2007 Continuing the Complete Pascual Roch Volume 2 (part 28)

Guitar Technique Session One Hundred Eighteen: April 25, 2007 Continuing the Complete Pascual Roch Volume 2 (part 29)

Guitar Technique Session One Hundred Nineteen: May 3, 2007 Continuing the Complete Pascual Roch Volume 2 (part 30)

Guitar Technique Session One Hundred Twenty: May 10, 2007 The Importance of Scales

Guitar Technique Session One Hundred Twenty-One: May 17, 2007 Giuliani Practices What He Preaches

Guitar Technique Session One Hundred Twenty: two September 20, 2007 Choice of String makes for different sounds...

Guitar Technique Session One Hundred Twenty: three September 27, 2007 Basic Theory 101: Intervals are the Building Blocks of Harmony

Guitar Technique Session One Hundred Twenty: four October 4, 2007 Basic Theory 101: Intervals are the Building Blocks of Harmony

Guitar Technique Session One Hundred Twenty: four October 11, 2007 Is the fingering in your edition right for you?

Guitar Technique Session One Hundred Twenty: four October 18, 2007 Don't act like a dink on stage!

Guitar Technique Session One Hundred Twenty eight November 10, 2007  Rudimentary Harmony Part TWO

Guitar Technique Session One Hundred Thirty-three December 11, 2007 Dominant  Chords Part ONE

Guitar Technique Session One Hundred Thirty-four December 18, 2007 Dominant  Chords Part TWO

Guitar Technique Session One Hundred Thirty-five December25, 2007 Dominant  Chords Part THREE

Guitar Technique Session One Hundred Thirty-six  December 31, 2007 The cure for Leyenda Syndrome

The Store  A neat collection of guitar-related items

Enjoy these exercises and come back next week for more! If you've enjoyed these exercises and sessions, please consider buying a copy of my book or my new album!

The Classic Guitar Method: Now in one volume, much of what the novice classical guitarist will need to know to lead him or her to the recital stage. From proper instrument care and maintenance to the necessary technical skills, musical mind-set, and the standard repertoire—all exposed and explored with enough detail and insight that the student will wish to keep this book handy years to come as a ready reference source.



With the aid of a good teacher, the student will rapidly progress through The Classic Guitar Method attaining technical proficiency and musical eloquence.

This method stems from the need to incorporate a number of schools into a single cohesive curriculum. Years of honing a logical approach to the guitar and the creation of music culminate in this volume. As a self-proclaimed Disciple of Valdés-Blain , much of that famed teacher's focus can be found in Mr. Pellegrin's method.

ISBN: 978-1-4116-9442-2

Published by PAB Entertainment Group, P.O. Box 2369 Scotia, New York 12302

Please go to www.lulu.com to order.

NEW!!!

So, you want to play in a band?

Ensemble Performance

PART ONE: The Technique of Ensemble Playing: Emotions and Expectations -- the price one pays.

PART TWO: Rehearsal Etiquette -- Are you a squid in the band room?

PART THREE: Blending with the band -- do you fit in or do you take over?

PART FOUR: Numbers and Hand Signals -- It is polite to use your hands for some things

PART FIVE: Behaving at The Gig Professionalism Pays Big Dividends

PART SIX: VOLUME! How loud is too loud? How do you get loud enough and keep from assaulting ears and sensibilities?

PART SEVEN: GIG REALITIES 15 Minute Drum Solos? Larger Gals flashing you? Is there a place where nobody knows your name? Welcome to the gig!

PART EIGHT: To everything there is a season -- When do you know it is time to quit the band?

LOW END  By Harry George Pellegrin.  The first in the Gary Morrissey series of mysteries.  Dealing with modern subject matter in the classic style of the 1940's Mystery Noire masters--think Raymond Chandler in New York in the 1980's...  LOW END is the story of a drug addict who is murdered after he believes he has found evidence of a major government conspiracy.  Is it only drug-induced paranoia?  Might be, except his paranoia could be considered justified: he was murdered, after all.  Friend Gary Morrissey takes it upon himself to find out just what happened and lands himself in the crosshairs. See more info...

Classic Guitar Method  Composed, written, transcribed, edited and arranged by Harry G. Pellegrin: Now in one volume, much of what the novice classical guitarist will need to know to lead him or her to the recital stage. From proper instrument care and maintenance to the necessary technical skills, musical mind-set, and the standard repertoire—all exposed and explored with enough detail and insight that the student will wish to keep this book handy years to come as a ready reference source. See more info...

DEEP END: The Wreck of the Eddie Fitz  By Harry George Pellegrin. A mystery novel. Involving a semi-professional musician and a Kreyol death cult, DEEP END takes the reader from the bottom of Long Island Sound to the steamy streets and Blues clubs of New Orleans. Alternative spirituality does battle with the common working man.  Published by PAB Entertainment Group in association with LULU.com. See more info...

Want info? Want lessons? Lonely? Just drop us a line at information@pellegrinlowend.com .

Hear selections from my new album, Reflecting Pools. A departure for me, it is a keyboard album. The music is a series of tone poems written for relaxation and meditation. Reflecting pools is the perfect companion for a rainy afternoon or a winter evening. Actually, it is a great stress-reliever at work!

Click the album cover to find links for samples of all the pieces on my album.

- Harry Pellegrin

May 12, 2005

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