My 3 most effective WARM UP ROUTINES
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Wow your daily “warmup” routine feels like a week workout for me!
I've been watching your videos Merce for the first time, being a classical guitarist myself and I'm hooked.
Thank you dear John! I really appreciate you enjoy the videos! :)
Ok - you got me commenting because of the John Petrucci shoutout!
hahahhaa yaaay!
Thanks for all your amazing useful lessons
Even your practice pieces sound brilliant. Extremely helpful. Thanks.
Warm up the left hand, warm up the right hand, warm up with syncing hand exercises. Play 2 scales 1 Major shape 2 octave, 1 minor shape 2 octave. Play the chromatic scale in the open position. Practice a simple arpeggio with finger balancing. Practice improvisation. Sight Reading same 8 measures, in 3 different positions. Then practice music I am trying to accomplish
Thank you so much for sharing your expertise and practices!
Honestly, most of this stuff is beyond me for now. Punched something years ago and now my left hand doesn't work quite right anymore. But your vids push me to work it a little harder. And I get better. Slowly... but definitely.
Great Stuff!!! I love your videos.. Keep them coming..
Excellent lecture. Have to watch more of hers. I think she's right, every hand is different BUT as a primer her examples are perfect.
Fabulous 👏
Excellent incorigment and motivating. 🎉
another super informative video Merce, will take a lot from this into my practicing
Great! take care Haz! Glad to help you from the distance! :)
Thank you,
Lately.. having the time I find if I sit down with my classical at all 2 hours have gone by without me even realizing it. I just learned Tarrega's transcription of Serenata Espanola by Malats. I can't stop playing it. It's so fun. It's sounds like so much is going on. What a great piece .And yes. Requerdos de La Alhambra slow with metronome for tremolo practice. Trying to get that to blossom into something always. Lol.
Wonderful! That's brilliant when time flies while practicing! I think sometimes is important to just play repertoire and get back to this deep joy of making music, never lose that!! 🙏🏻🤩
Thanks for your kind advices 🍀
Any time!
Thank you for the video
Thanks for watching!
thank you!
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Hermoso contenido. 🙌
Todo tan bien puesto. 10/10. Gracias por tu granito de arena.
gracias Leroy!
Thanks for inspiration. I have most sucsess with strengthen the right hand and finger independence and to relax. And train all fingers on right hand.
Fantastic!
Muy bien amiga! 😄🎉🎶🎸🎵👏👏👍
I'm learning, new to all this and want to study classical guitar, so I have been watching your videos along with This is Classical Guitar (which is how I found you actually).. debating where to start this journey..
The best way is for you to get a teacher, learn to read notes&rhythm and get into playing your first pieces. From there the teacher will give you all you need to understand more and more complex works.
Excelente trabajo como siempre, muchas gracias de nuevo, saludos desde Colombia!
Un saludo a ti también Oscar! y buen estudio!!!
Completed progressive method book #1 at absolute begginer level, 6 months at 60bpm and learning chords/shapes of chords/second position and having great fun adventures!!!Your the best-the first and most honored of my classical Maestro's. Yes a metronome to push speeds at musicality cost much tension and have practiced separation and relaxation skill.
Nice work!
Today 09/11/2022, just introduced slure,barre,1st&2nd voice scales,and recognize music notatation while barely grasping key signitures and corresponding scales with order of accidentals sharps and flats,I really enjoy pieces that use internal pedals lagato musicality.
To grasp accidentals sight reading key signitures recognizing order of sharps and flats and making memory of those scales in practice building confidence with C&A next up Gm&Em is like watching the light switch position OFF/ON and looking at the lights turn OFF/ON. comprehension ability "Maestro" Thank You for building me up with focus,awareness,ready to learn this gradual process method with sharp mental clarity at my elder pace and slow progress. I must say perfect practice equals perfect performance thanks to your professional, well educated musicianship and inspiration! 09/11/2022INDIANA USA
You call this warm up??? This would take my whole life to go thru all of these...:) Just amazing...!!!
Excellent
Thank you so much 😀
Great
Thank you for focusing on warm-up, which super helps for improving playing.
My pleasure!
Great practice method
Glad you liked it!
Is this your new camera, Mercé? Video looks great. It's always interesting to learn new warm-up routines, and John Petrucci rocks!! Awesome to see you expanding your mindset beyond the "classical" realm by reading his books. Keep up the good work!! Cheers! 😉👍
Yes, it is! I still have to figure out how to take the most of it. Getting used to the Sony software, but it makes my life so easy this camera... is crazy!
Indeed, I always like to keep a window open from other genres, one can always learn interesting things to make your own thing better! :D Take care Rabendranath! Thank you for the comment! 🤗
Yay! 🎉👍
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Wow, so this is the warmup for an olympic-level guitarist. It is amazing to see what you do. Mind-blowing, actually. All of my practice is very basic and would be considered the lowest level of your warm up; not even close. Nonetheless, I guess this is where someone starts - just with basics. I enjoy every day of trying to get the basics under control. You are amazing.
My routine:
Ear training (intervals, chords, etc)
Plucking exercise
Chromatic "spider crawl" exercise
Chromatic octaves exercise
Octaves up the length of the fretboard
Diatonic chords (open) I ii iii IV V vi vii, just for fun
Tremolo exercise (very slow and basic)
CAGED (still just starting with this) along with barre technique
Diagonal apreggios (up the fretboard)
Triads in inversions across the fretboard
Basic chords following the andalusian cadence
Then that's it for me every day - followed by just fucking around, improvising, trying to play along with the Cure, to be honest. Haha.
Not exactly a classical guitarist repertoire but that's what I do.
Love your channel!
My routine (2-3 hours in total, 3-4 times a week) as an engineer, no professional musician:
-Left hand chromatic scales between the 9th and 12th fret without right hand (low e to high e)
-Right hand open strings movement
-chromatic scales on the entire fretboard
-major scales (starting with c scale)
-"concert" scales: pick some scales from guitar concerts and play them slowly and then as fast as it can go (e.g. the last scale in mv.III Concierto de Aranjuez)
-play child songs with my 3y.o. daughter with rasgueado (1 finger, palm, 2 fingers etc)
-slur exercises.
-barre excerces which are still hard
-repeat etudes or learn new etudes (OP48 Giuliani).
-continue on current or learn new music score (right now ending re-review of Capricho arabe by F.Trrega and learning the first part of Prelude no3 by H.Villalobos).
:)
Hi Merce (from downunder in Australia),
I have watched every practice video of every guitarist...and yours is the very first with real variety, and solid ideas and reasons.
My teacher (Daniel Nistico) always takes me to the methods written by Aguado, Sor etc, because there is so much in their exercises and insight into harmony and technique.
Anyway, love your videos, full of the joy of playing.
Very inspiring!
By the way, if you recorded your actual routine, we would all watch. Many of us don't warm up, or play too quickly etc. Actually seeing a warm up would be valuable.
If you're now sure, take a poll of your subscibers...i predict an overwhelming positive response.
hahaha I could do that but... it would be A LONG video... definitely not a 5min one 😳 You sure you are up for it? 😂
I would LOVE to see You strap on a Superstrat through a Marshall!🤘
Spider walk for 5 min, slur exercises 10-15 min, scales 20 min, tremolo 3,4,5 notes (many different patterns) 20-25 min, Carcassi op 60 no1, Carcassi 2 (various patterns), Giuliani op.48 no.5, Carcassi 7. Then I work on new studies, and if I have time, I review everything I have learned in the past year.
Wow! thats a great warm up session Reza! Respect! Keep up the work! You are doing great!
@@MerceFont Basically 80% of what I do is warm up! Even the new studies that I am working on (Villa-Lobos 1 & El Abejorro) are eventually going to be part of my warm-up routine.
Did you speed up your excerpts of the Villa lobos etudes or are those in real time...?! Really appreciate this video!
My metronome helps heaps by getting me settled and focussed with the beat of a simple piece or set of scales or other LH/RH exercises. I start slow bpm. When my mind gets in gear I have found that my fingers are warmed up and have been waiting for me for some time.
Very true! I feel the same way with the metronome work during warm up :)
My warmup routine consists of: scales, spider exercise from Pumping Nylon, Guiliani arpeggios, The Cross (got from you).
Sounds great!
I warm up with Brandon Acker's warm up routine, there's a video on his CZcams channel. But basically apoyando across all strings, then a "spider crawl" up the fretboard, and lastly a simple chromatic scale in first position.
Afterwards I do 45 mins of technique from Käppels "guitar bible" and some of your exercises, then pieces.
Cool! Will have to look what's up with Brandon's warm up routine, already many mentioned it... hahaha Kappels guitar bible is such an enjoyable book, nice that you also use it!! :D
I usually do finger stretches without the guitar at first, then rhythmic patterns with rasgueados for the right hand along with metronome. Alternating all fingers doing 8ths, triplets, 16ths, there's a five pattern also. That really wakes up the right hand. 1st pos chromatic octaves for left hand. Yes! Villa lobos no 1 always. I find also to just run through 3ed mvmt La Catedral. That's an exercise In itself Or I just make myself run through Aguado rondo in A minor every other day. Because it's just hard. Yes. All those stretches. I like trying to get all that stuff perfectly clear. I play that Sor b flat study too because it's also a nice piece.
You start with stretches? Somebody here likes to live life dangerously.... 😳🤣 I like very much your approach to use also pieces to wake up your fingers! I think that's also why I love my second warm up routine the most hahaha Keep it up though! Doing great job there!
Hi. Nice video. What is the title of the spanish guitar book on the video?
I usually have 1:30h routine in the morning ..i start with left hand extensions very slow, only plus one fret from up to down.. Then basic arpegios most common combinations pimami pimama pimaia..... Pima pmia pami... Blablbla.... Without metronome.. Then my hands are ready for etude n 1 Villa-Lobos, with metronome if normal day, from about 90 to 130/140..or without if i work on fingers accents... Then i go for major scales with metronome after this i am at about 45min the other 45 min i change always according to what i need to work on in particular... So chords or three fingers scale or whatever... Then it s done... Break and then work on pieces if i can in the morning... If not that remains my minimum practice so as not to loose too much level... If i can i work on pieces and in the afternoon if i can play again i d warm up with, 15min imrpovisation or 15 min sight reading and then go to the pieces again according to the time i have... Let s see what you do now! :) i m sure it will much more organized and using proper stuff not like me :D
Well I got to congratulate you! You have a very solid plan, various and without forgetting the repertoire which is very important! As long as you feel the warm up routine helps you to step into the music you are good to go! 👏🏻😊
Hey Merce -- That is a really comprehensive set of warm up routines. You've inspired me to rethink my warmups and love this idea of mixing up the routines. So, since you asked in the video, here we go. First, I am one of those people you mentioned that is pressed for time. Ideally, I go through all the warmups in the warmup section of Scott Tennant's "Pumping Nylon" book. When even more pressed for time (often the case), I'll hit the minimum of what he suggests (triplet slurs and then some right hand stuff). I guess, yeah -scales can be considered a warmup, and I usually do some of those..Segovia scales, or from the Shearer scales book. I really like your interval scales warmup -- do you have a reference book with those that you can recommend?
Hi Tim! I love Pumping Nylon! It was also a reference when growing up! For the scales with intervals there are many books with them I believe all the Trinity books and these graded exams have always a section with such scales. Otherwise, what I'd recommend that will even be more effective is: every time you do one scale, do the one voice, then you add yourself the 3rds, then the 6ths, then the 8ths and then the 10th. It will be such an amazing exercise also for the key you are in and going through all the variations. Having to write it yourself will give you a huge advantage rather than just reading pre written scales with fingerings. Let me know if you give it a try, I find it a great way to practice and get to know better the music and fretboard! like a 2 in 1 discount! hhahaa
@@MerceFont - Hey Merce! Thanks for the response! So yeah..from a guitar perspective anyway, I'm still growing up :). . I'll certainly try your recommendation and will let you know how it goes. Very similar to something my teacher had me doing a while back, which is to (single voicing), go up the scale in thirds (without writing anything in this case). Need to revisit that also (with other interval variations). So many useful exercises and pieces and so little time :)
I especially liked it as Merce shows what NOT to do at 5:06 - "you cannot be playing like that" - and her thumb appears atop the neck while her other fingers take on a diagonal pattern - all exactly like every rock guitar hero does it to deliver breathtaking, searing fast and foaming cascades of clear notes in fabulous guitar solos. But of course I see the point: what is a stellar technique on an electric with its thin neck and low action, cannot be proper technique on a nylon classical. Anyway, this _guitar god_ finger position commented as _you cannot play like that_ amused me. Well, it depends... on a nylon you apparently cannot indeed.
Hello Dear Merce, About the Mario Gangi Scales, can you do a video, where you explain how to practice them, using the different rithyms you have indicated on the paper at mins 3:44?
My warm-up routine revolves around black coffee and a pack of Marlboros.
There's probably no need to compare.
LOL! 😂
Haha or like me dash of rum and coke the. After awhile I'm the best player alive 🤣
Haha or like me dash of rum and coke the. After awhile I'm the best player alive 🤣
Hi Merce! Can you tell what is the book/method/composer you are using for the scales in intervals? Thanks in advance!
Hello greetings from Venezuela, excellent video and explanation of your study routine. I would like to know what app do you use to organize the study?
now that I went full digital, I use ForScore, and I really like it :)
I have two warm-up routines which differ in points B and D which I alter every other day:
A, Right hand walking (from Brandon Acker's warm-up video)
B1, "Merce's Cross" (from your other video)
B2, Left hand walking (from Tatyana Ryzhkova's warm-up video)
C, Triplets (from Pumping Nylon)
D1, "Odair's favourite" (also from Pumping Nylon, I think?)
D2, Fixed Finger exercise (again from Pimping Nylon)
After that there's 10 minutes of technique practice like Giuliani's Right Hand Studies or Kitharologus. I try to fit everything in 15 minutes, so I still have 15 minutes left of my 30 minutes practice time for practicing pieces. Then again, I'm not a professional like you 😅
For a non professional I think this organization will bring you places! 🙌🏻
i do some legatos, scales, hand synchronization, etc
thats good! keep it various and combined, you'll see results 100%!
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My warm up is trying to figure out what the hell I have to do with the guitar 😂
hahahaha also a very reasonable strategy :D
Just watching this clip ... I already feel that I did a warm up. 😃
hahahhaa I wish I had the same osmosis effect while watching other people play pieces I'm practicing... wouldn't that be awesome? 🤯
I usually play a melody at a very slow tempo.
can you tell me the app that you use to organise the information? thanks in advance...Great lesson
its called ForScore :)
Im really a beginner and trying to figure out why my left forearm is always really sore. So my warmup right now is only running through the chords that I will be using. Looking forward to seeing yours!
The classical guitar needs to be supported with the elevated knee to keep alignments comfortable for fretboard fingers and wrist comfort in long time practice. Hold your guitar in correct position friend, the same position works.
How much time do you spend with your guitar in a typical day?
What or who's book do you use for your warm up exercises?
Can you recommend any other books?
Thanks
There are many many great methods out there where you can take exercises. I think Pumping nylon is great, also The bible of classical guitar, Iznaola's method, carlevaro, Pujol and many more... I'd recommend you to check them up on the internet and make a selection of exercises that would work for you 😁
hii!! ive spent 2 hours practicing things inspired by these exercises ! Thank You
What is the Name of the book ? can you spell it down?
Awesome Ariel!!! which book do you mean, the one with the scales that I mention? That one is the Metodo per chitarra di Mario Gangi Part 2
Hello Mam!
I would like to tell you there are few women in the world which goes that extra mile to be where you are today .Your skill in guitar teaching and playing is renowned. You are a wonderful woman . I enjoy watching your videos on CZcams.
Thank you
My warm-up routine is very similar to yours. LOL
Amazing!
The 1 person who disliked this video probably doesn’t warm up.
Probably John Petrucchi as he needs too use a pick
It would take me 10 years to even come close to your warm up drills. I am only on Aaron Shearers second book. But I heard you recommended Pumping Nylon.
I play simple to complex. This is all relative to my simplistic knowledge.
I play a simple piece of music then do one of your exercises. Play another simple classical piece, then do another exercise of yours. My limit now is Spanish Romance, Leyenda, first position, working on the 7th position, and a few others simple pieces.
Merce when I try to learn a piece on youtube there might be 7 different ways to play that piece. What should I do?
That's a complex topic. What you could do for now is stick to original repertoire for guitar, so you don't have this troubles. Learn a bit more of what makes a good transcription and eventually you can judge what you like and what you don't agree with and why. That's why most of us eventually make our own transcriptions/arrangements of pieces. There are so many ways to go around that that there is not such a thing like 'the final version' or 'ultimate transcription', there is always something one can add or improve.
If you'd like to play music that is not original like composers like scalatti, albeniz and such, then I'd recommend you to go with what your teacher says. Sometimes we might not choose the riches transcription but the one that will fit to your current level (aka, simpler versions of it or less harmonically loaded to make it humanly possible to play it).
@@MerceFont Thank you for that explanation. I do not know how you teach your students and followers, and challenge them at each level, practice your own music, and have time to respond to all those questions they pose to you.
However, I know that because there are people like you in the world, a select few, there is hope for me.
I play my guitar almost everyday, but I played in a secret hiding place. Now you have given me the confidence to play in front of others.
It is like I have entered a large candy store, and there is so much candy there, I do not know which candies to choose.
In the video, you mentioned you have a small hand. I also have a long concern on that because I also hand a relatively small hand and I am trying to find some guitarist with small hand and observe for their left hand action. In fact, I wonder how small your hand is and how you overcome the barrier of that, because I know that there is quite a lot crazy pieces in classical guitar that need to stretch the hand a lot XD
I think first of all one doesn't need to get too obsessed with that, it might sort of make a mental barrier in many situations. If your guitar is remarkably more difficult to play for you than for a more 'standard sized hand person' then consider getting a smaller ones. At the end of the day, the hand size won't increase once your body has finished growing up. If you decide to move on with whatever guitar you have, then you need to work A LOT on keeping the left hand relaxed and use a lot the wirst movement to play with bigger stretches without forcing the fingers (when you bend your wrist down, your fingers open naturally, so use that when playing). Working a lot on keeping the movement controled and avoiding extra unnecessary movement is hugely important, so try to practice in slow motion when you are learning a piece ;) These are just a few things I consider during my daily practice to help on that, hope it helps! 🤗
@@MerceFont Grateful to have your comment here. Thank you very much!! You are not only a good guitarist but also a nice teacher :)
Spider finger warm up for my left hand and then a variety of pmia routine for my right hand.
nice one!!! 🙌🏻
What method was the etude #23 for bass damping from?
from Napoleon Coste ;)
Excuse me, please tell me what is the lento study in the 2nd routine called and by who?
Hahaha, found it!
Actually I wish I had watched this video tow months ago , cuz now I got a serious injury in my left hand
I like to practice Recuerdos p.m.i.m. too.
Yep, tremolo with different fingering combinations is always a great exercise!
It just seems impossible holding chords help(
Hola. En este video también ha vuelto a ocurrir. Ayer salía la traducción automática al español y hoy no. A ningún idioma que no sea inglés.
Alguien sabe por qué?
Gracias :-)
He mirado a ver que pasaba porque no estaba segura si CZcams a cambiado algo de las opciones pero si que se puede. Haz clic en le rueda de las opciones, despues en subtitulos y 'traducir automaticamente'. En esta opcion se deberia abrir el listado de idiomas a traducir :) Confirmame si te funciona :)
@@MerceFont Efectivamente si activas los subtítulos aparecen en inglés perfectamente. Pero al darle a traducir a cualquier idioma desaparecen. Y es lo extraño, porque ayer si aparecían.
Ahh, he probado en safari, firefox y chrome, y también en una ventana en privado. Y en otros canales si aparecen.
Muchas gracias por preocuparte.
@@lutoriguroso me lo mirare a ver si depende de algo de las opciones del canal pero yo no cambie nada y a mi me aparecen los subtitulos... que raro..🤷♀️
So sweet teacher.... I would like to fall in love rather learning #guitar😍...!! Please send me a reply Dear Teacher 🤩🤩
Encima acelera el vídeo para hacer más sangre :- B
hahaha siiiii 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Do you sing?
yeah, i'm way off. i shoot for 1-2 15min sessions per day.
Its always better than nothing! Studies have proven that is way more effective to do what you do, on a daily basis rather than to practice 6h one or two days of the week! 🙌🏻
You are so beautiful... Do you drink coffee too? Anyways, great guitar references there 👍
that's a weird comment dude be respectful
Bye bye
Your so damn beautiful I shouldn't have subscribed lol
I am far away from this practice
hahah well slowly slowly you'll make yours ;)
Too much talk and less demo😔
Great