Hey Larry, thank you for your comment. I have an Alhambra 9P cedar top, she is beautiful. Sounds amazing (when my husband plays it) it is really difficult to find good classical guitars in the UK. I am enjoying the course and looking forward progressing.

Hi Lisa, I am 64 and in my 4th year of playing. I started with classical and switched to Spanish and Flamenco. I have a Cordoba Paco 7 I would love to hear what Alhambra guitar you play. My wife and I live in Michigan USA. I was going to purchase one of the Alhambra guitars but the Cordoba was here already. Best to you on your journeys

Hi all,

I have just joined today, an absolute beginner at 53 years old. Wanting to learn Spanish Classical guitar. My husband plays electric and acoustic, and has just bought me an Alhambra guitar. We live in North Lincolnshire in the UK.

I have now committed to a full year at RGS – and I am very excited!

Hi all. Alan from Palm Beach County. Trying to navigate the site and find my starting point. Would love to see a few finger picking videos so I can work on that. Any recommendations.?

I am 64 and have been a guitar dabbler for several decades, on and off! I have a particular interest in Spanish music and bought myself a nice flamenco guitar for my 60th birthday. 4 years later and I still can’t play anything worth listening to! So I have high hopes of RGS…. I do also own a steel string acoustic and would love to be able…

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Welcome Louis. It’s great to have you here.

Ciao,

My name is Louis Pullano. I am from NY but have lived and traveled all over Spain. I play classical guitar and love anything Flamenco style. I consider Andalucia my second home.

Hi Robin,
Here’s a link to The Real Guitar Live where I answer that question: https://realguitarsuccess.com/learn/why-your-guitar-strumming-sounds-choppy-and-how-to-fix-it-ep105/

Hi Robin,

Thanks for sending in such a thoughtful question. It’s a great one and it’s something many guitar players run into at some point — so I’d love to give it the attention it deserves.

I’ve added your question to today’s Real Guitar Live session, where I can walk through it step by step, demonstrate it on the guitar, and share a few…

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I still struggle to get all my left hand fingers on a chord (G or C, for example) at the same time. I’m afraid it has become a habit to get maybe 2 fingers working together, but the remaining fingers are late. Any ideas on how I can break this bad habit and train my fingers to work together better?

Hello Saundra,

Thanks for the note – no pun intended! I’ve just finished my practice for the day. I’m following Tomas’s tip to only do a little at a time and so I never play for more than about 20mins. It’s paying off. Somehow, shreds of old music theory and muscle memory are coming back and I’m starting to see a bit of progress. Hope…

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Hello Sally from London. I am in California on the coast. I played oboe in my early years. I grew up in a classical music family. I love reading music, but I always wanted to sing and play guitar- right out of the 70s. I started 6 years ago. I could not find anybody to learn from and so I started with classical style once again. I have the…

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Just wanted to say hello. I’m Sally, and I work full-time as a Co-Founder in a Creative Agency. Work is often long days, busy, with lots of demanding clients. I picked up my guitar again after (maybe 20 years?) to have a place to switch off. Long, long before that I played a little Spanish guitar as a young teenager and some chords around…

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Hi Gary. Welcome aboard! Thanks for sharing a little about yourself. I look forward to supporting you and encouraging you.

Hi Shulamit,

Thanks for sharing your work. It’s really interesting to hear how you moved from just the melody, to melody with chords, and then to the AI-generated version of the full song. I’d love to hear a version with you fingerpicking the chords and melody together if that’s something you’re planning.

Keep going Gary .it will come to you .im a tomas student 2 x and i have learned a ton. Im also 70 yrs old Never too old to learn.good luck..paul