This is Classical Guitar | 5 months ago

A lesson on how to not look at the left hand and fretboard while playing guitar. This comes via a YouTube question by Alexey: "Could you give a lesson on how to learn to play without constantly staring at the fretboard? You seem to be one of the few guitarists - even among professionals - who seem to manage it effortlessly."

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The main elements of not looking are:

Technique Practice - Longterm technique practice can really help solidify the muscle memory involved in trusting the left hand.

Theory and Fretboard Knowledge - Being able to play within a key and translate the notes on the page or notes in your head to the layout of the fretboard and understanding musical intervals in terms of frets and shapes.

Sight Reading Ability -Having sight reading skills and experience will allow you to read music efficiently in combination with the muscle memory of your technique practice and thus enable you to not look left.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:41 Disclaimer on my videos
2:04 Technique Practice
6:01 Music Theory and Fretboard Knowledge
8:20 Sight Reading Ability
10:35 Summary and Final Advice

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