Spanish Guitar Day 5

[cs_section parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ style=”margin: 0px;padding: 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][x_video_embed no_container=”false” type=”16:9″][/x_video_embed][cs_text]I am a few days late posting but at least I posted the correct excerpt this time. In case I did not make sense last time my next challenge is learning to play Spanish style guitar. It is something I have wanted to learn for a long while now. Now, 5 days in, I am finally taking the time to learn it.

These first few days I am learning a song from a video lesson I found online. The video is is a quick tutorial to play a sing song. While it is a good start it is not all that I want to learn. I want to learn the techniques, the progressions, the notes that make up Spanish style versus other styles.

For example, in the blues style there are several techniques that are common. There is the 8 bar blues progression which is a very common progression, one most listeners would recognize if they heard it. There is also the Bo Diddley beat which is found in George Throughgood’s Who Do You Love. Then there are a few standard blues boxes, which is a fingering progression. Knowing these progressions and techniques allows blues players to not just play particular songs but know how to create their own songs that fit in the blues construct.

This is what I want to do with the Spanish style of guitar playing. I do not want to just know a few songs but I want to know the progressions and techniques that will help me know how to create Spanish songs in the future. I plan on continuing learning and mastering the one song I have started and it will help loosen my fingers from years of inactivity. While I get back into play I will also start researching those progressions and techniques what will help me know Spanish style music, not just a particular song.

This is where I am at, in the beginning stages of the second challenge. As it goes with any challenge sub-challenges are presenting themselves that will help me with the over challenge – namely the progressions and techniques, and that is my next step. What about you? Where are you at in your challenges? Are you very rusty with something you have attempted int he past and are now attempting again? Are you still figuring out you passions and interests? Whatever they are always remember, you got them!

Attempt it. Chance it. Try it. Get to It![/cs_text][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][cs_section parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][x_custom_headline level=”h2″ looks_like=”h3″ accent=”false” class=”cs-ta-center”]First Spanish Guitar Lesson[/x_custom_headline][cs_text]

This is the first online lesson I am taking and learning.

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