The Beauty of Classical Guitar

For my birthday I received a cd of Angel Romero playing Bach. I really like to listen to it. I was listening to it while I was doing my homework and thinking how beautiful it was. I had to pause in my work just so I could concentrate on the music. I was thinking how great it would be to be able to play some of those songs. I really hope that I will be able to. Lately I have not been  really focusing on classical playing because I just really did not feel into playing classical guitar music. After I started listening to the cd I really wanted to immediately start playing my guitar and trying to learn a new classical piece. I had to fight the urge so I could finish my homework. I thank my dad who bought that cd for my birthday. I now have the urge to continue learning classical pieces. My guitar will be put to use for what it was meant for! I really do love playing my classical guitar, but lately I have not felt that love. The love has continued to grow and I hope to glorify God with my playing!

One year ago.....

One year ago on April 14, 2010. I started my guitar lessons. I received my guitar a  ( Yamaha  C-40) on the same day that I started my lessons. I met my teacher and I was really nervous. I suppose that is to be expected. I had no need to be worried though because my teacher was really nice and wanted me to enjoy the lesson. He started my out with Christopher Parkening's book called The Christopher Parkening Guitar Method - Volume 1: Guitar Technique. I really enjoyed it and am happy to have the teacher I have. We then continued to work our way through the book and I would like to say that I was getting good at playing the guitar, but  I was a very poor player. Thanks to my family who encouraged me, I slowly began to get better at it. It has been a good year with my teacher who has faithfully taught me all the things I know about guitar. I am also  happy to say that I am now preparing for my first recital May 7, 2011. I have come to appreciate guitar a lot over this year and I hope that I may continue to play for many years to come.