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tonebase Guitar Course

Top 10 Technique Exercises Course

Taught by renowned guitarist 

Rafael Aguirre

Need some new exercises to spice up your technical routine? Learn Rafael’s top ten technique exercises, covering everything from the left and right hand, all the way down to the pinky! In this course, Rafael incorporates different exercises he’s developed for strengthening the pinky, a commonly forgotten digit in the classical guitar world. On top of that, he also shares the rasgueado exercise he uses to help develop speed and thumb strength. Take Rafael’s top 10 exercises “home” with you by downloading the outline with each individual exercises written out. Now, there’s no excuse to not take your technical workout to another level!

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    Difficulty: 
    All-Levels
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    Duration: 
    1
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All courses on tonebase include subtitles in English and Spanish

Course Syllabus

Playing Apoyando

The final two exercises focus on apoyando technique through an arpeggio study and a scale study inspired by the one and only Paco de Lucia!

Intro & Left Hand Exercises

After a quick introduction to the course, Rafael jumps in with two exercises for the left hand; "climbing" and a triplet scale.

Flamenco Techniques

Borrowing ideas from Flamenco, Rafael demonstrates two exercises that can help our thumb technique and rasgueados as well!

Right Hand Pinky

Rafael introduces four exercises to refine your right hand pinky technique and explains that strengthening it can help to balance the right hand and improve your technique as a whole!

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Rafael Aguirre
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Rafael Aguirre

Currently one of the most celebrated guitarists worldwide, Rafael Aguirre's performances and dazzling virtuosity has been hailed as "the future of the concert guitar.

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