David Russell Masterclass-Fernando Sor Theme and Variation, 2 20 2016 

Yes, he is a great maestro, but looks humble

I realize it's quite off topic but does anybody know of a good site to watch newly released tv shows online?

@Phoenix Trent try FlixZone. Just google for it =)

@Deacon Warren Yea, have been watching on FlixZone for months myself :D

@Deacon Warren Thanks, I went there and it seems like they got a lot of movies there :D I appreciate it !

booboo My typo... I meant to say 'not JUST'. Editted the comnent. Thank you.

Xuan Hung Le I met him while he performed in the small Michigan town of Fennville, a number of years ago when he was still playing a John Gilbert guitar. He was not only very approachable, but a true gentleman; not full of himself, at all. He played a lot of difficult pieces and I never heard a bad note. I consider him one of the best classical guitarists alive today.

The score i downloaded from pennywise also has the minuet but it isn't in the same key; it's in E major

Yes, a lot of people tell me that. i'm very much into classical guitar and music in general so i'm sure you will keep seeing me around here hahah

A good student appreciates the teacher being honest more than polite . David just happens to be both . Lucky Lucas.

he doesn't say anything about that. Look at Russell's own hand. Not arched. The only point he makes about the student's hand is where he is playing. He says he is playing too near the bridge and gets him to move and in the 2nd variation he wants him to use the thumb as an anchor and lock the _m_ _a_ fingers together to play simultaneously. When the student tries to adapt to this he flattens his hand and Russell moves it up again but that is not his default position.

What do you really think?

@@carballeira007 i think, yes they have but that day not

+VCguitar1 Hello. Please, what he say about the collection of pieces? What webs are that? Sorry for bad english.

Boije collection

Amigo creo que estas equivocado, ese joven toca la versión original que escribió el propio Frenando Sor, la que tú conoces es la versión de Miguel Llobet la cual obviamente vino mucho después. Acá te dejo la versión original. www.crgrecordings.com/Sor-PDF-Files/Op.%2015.pdf

What else ? Una Master class con el gran MAESTRO ? Cuando lo veremos tocar en Sudamérica? Gracias

It's not by Sor but by M. Llobet: variations on a theme of Sor, Op. 15 He didn't play the 10 variations though... You can find it here: classicguitare.com/partitions/llobet/Variaciones%20Folia%20Op.15.pdf

Eric Bilange Thanks, I wondered why I couldn't find it!

Amigo creo que estas equivocado, ese joven toca la versión original que escribió el propio Frenando Sor, la que tú conoces es la versión de Miguel Llobet la cual obviamente vino mucho después. Acá te dejo la versión original. www.crgrecordings.com/Sor-PDF-Files/Op.%2015.pdf

thanks.

It's Sor Op. 15 (I believe 'c') because there are 4 Opus fifteens by Sor dude, this is NOT the Llobet variations on Sor, this is Sor's variations on La Folia.

Good right hand study

@@zu0832 It is indeed. My hands would be like putty though, playing in front of such a legend.

@@allan2098 absolutely I'd be lucky to execute the first note much less the rest of the piece!

Höpö höpö.

Hehahahahahaha......

He's Scottish, what you gonna choose? Whiskey or a music stand?

So solution is...? Wrist streching exercises and more arch I think.

wrist is fine, it needs to be in a 'normal' position not arched unaturally which will lead to injury.

The wrist assumes this posture because of being excessively tense . This a common cause of strain injury . It also remains an impediment to natural technical growth and is usually the cause of students abandoning the guitar . The solution is to revisit elementary studies and recondition the tactile memory with a relaxed awareness . This is slow and requires intelligence and a submission of the ego to cope with the frustration and time involved . The worst thing is that the student is usually not corrected in their early years when wrist tension is common . This is often caused by advancement of repertoire at the expense of natural (esp ) right hand technique . If the younger students teacher has not been educated with this in mind ( most common scenario ) well , It's the visually impaired leading the even more visually impaired .TIP , observe John williams' or David R 's right hand , play some simple right hand patterns on open strings and focus on totally relaxing the rh wrist . Incorporate this into all your playing without exception. The tragedy is that you can usually scrape through an entry level teaching diploma without fixing this problem and obliviously continue to pass the problem on to your young students . Anyway that's plan A . Plan B is choose another instrument . The musicians injuries clinics are already over represented by guitarists . You may or may not agree with my suggestions , I respect that and wish you well .

He is filmed to learn from David Russel, not you. Why are you critiquing his technique when he will gain nothing from you? People like this annoy me. You are only putting on a show, flaunting your level of knowledge.

MrJaykay660 I can certainly agree and say that tension in the hands can be devastating. I lost two years of guitar playing because of wrist injuries and in fact never returned to classical guitar. I now play fingerstyle within the context of songs and play with a straight wrist that is relaxed. It took me ages to gain that relaxation. I suspect that the likes of David Russell are playing with supreme relaxation.

You surely don't play guitar this is the correct way to put on your leg when not using lol

Zakaria Guitouni I thought the same, kinda seems disrespectful for such a fragile instrument.

@@pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504Fragile?