Etude Writing For Guitar | Masterclass with Adam Levy

Each week we offer our students a Livestream Q&A where they get to deep dive into all things music with an expert in the craft.
This week we had one of our world-renowned mentors, Adam Levy show us some amazing tips on how to compose an etude and understand the place and purpose of shell chords when playing with other musicians.
If you don't know Adam, he's a Los Angeles-based guitarist with 30 years of experience as a performing artist, teacher, and studio musician.
He has released more than a dozen albums of his own, and is featured on recordings by Norah Jones, Vulfpeck, Ani DiFranco, Allen Toussaint, and other renowned artists. He has toured extensively as a solo artist and as a collaborator. Recently, he has been touring the U.S. and Europe as part of Lizz Wright’s band.
Adam has led classes, private lessons, and masterclasses at universities and academies worldwide, including USC and NYU. He has written numerous educational articles for Acoustic Guitar and Guitar Player magazines, and is the author of the book Play the Right Stuff.
He is the host of the CZcams series Guitar Tips, and has released several video courses via TrueFire.
This is just a small excerpt from the class but it's filled with tips that will really help you design an exercise to improve the technique and add some diversity to your practice.
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