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Complete Guide to Virtuosity

Taught by award-winning guitarist Marco Tamayo

Develop the fundamental mechanics needed for full artistry and power as a guitarist. Bring your mind and body together for more focused, refined playing every time.

Master mental & physical skills for virtuosic playing.

As a guitarist, you might have an idea of how you want to sound, and what musical ideas you want to express. But due to a lack of skill, a frustrated mind, or both, your actual playing falls short.

Now there’s a way forward. In this new course for tonebase, award-winning guitarist Marco Tamayo explores how to connect your musical intentions and physicality, with a focus on the right and left hand exercises that will develop your virtuosity.

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    Learn why intentionality and relaxation are so important for your expressive capabilities.
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    Discover key physical contact points with the guitar you’ll need for more freedom and control.
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    Build musicianship skills you can take into other challenging guitar works.
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Marco Tamayo

Marco Tamayo's preeminence as a competition winner, orchestral soloist, and educator makes him one of the brightest stars of the classical guitar world. The "King of the Guitar," as he is often known, is a prizewinner of many prestigious contests.

As a performer, Tamayo maintains an active schedule as a sought-after soloist and chamber musician. Tamayo's credits as a pedagogue include professorships at the Mozarteum University of Arts in Salzburg and the Landeskonservatorium in Klagenfurt. He is the author of a book titled “Essential Principles for the Performance on the Classical Guitar,” now an influential work in modern classical guitar pedagogy.

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Complete Guide to Virtuosity

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On Stretching

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Vals Op. 8 No. 4 (Barrios)

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Suite in E major, BWV 1006 (Bach)

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