Too many guitar recordings are polished in studios for months and are nearly perfect in many ways – put together from hundreds of takes, resulting no mistakes, superb sound and so on. But sometimes I feel that the more you polish the greater is the chance to wash out some essential things in music –… Continue reading
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Responsibilities of a Guitar Teacher
I have been talking about the general build-up of a good guitar lesson as well as about setting and achieving goals. Now let’s take a closer look at the direct responsibilities of a guitar teacher. In case you are lucky enough to have a guitar teacher, what would be your expectations? Here is my list… Continue reading
Trialogues at Pärnu Town Hall
Leonora Palu (flute), Indrek Palu (violin) and Kristo Käo (guitar) play a trio program at Pärnu Town Hall: E.-S. Tüür. Graafiline leht R. Eespere. Trivium T. Takemitsu. Towards the Sea A. Piazzolla. History of Tango I. Palu. Urban Sounds Live on 18th of August 2010 at 20:00 Pärnu Concert Agency
Old Versus New Strings on Your Guitar
How frequently do you change your strings? It can be highly individual – some players have to change strings for every concert. That can be every day. If you are recording something in a studio you can even change strings during one day. In my case the steel strings last about 100 hours, nylon strings… Continue reading
Preparing for a Guitar Concert
If your gig is close and you have learnt your pieces, what else should you keep in mind before jumping on stage? Of course, you can worry and be nervous but there are a few things to be done. Here is what I always do and what I think is important to take to the… Continue reading
Making a Sound on Guitar – the Only Thing That One Can Hear
It’s common that people spend a lot of time on learning different chord shapes and scales. But you should keep in mind that no matter what tricks you can do with your left hand, the right hand is still the one that produces the sound. No need to say that sound is the most important… Continue reading
Tallinn Guitar Quartet plays Vivaldi
TGQ has a small tour around Estonian State Concert’s concert halls with the new program: Four concerts from Vivaldi’s L’Estro Armonico. Live dates: 21st of July 2010 Jõhvi Concert Hall 22nd of July 2010 Pärnu Concert Hall 24th of July 2010 Tallinn Town Hall Listen to Jõhvi live:
Building Up a Guitarist’s Practising Plan
Often I talk to people who have everything that it takes to improve their guitar playing: they have time to practise, they have good guitars, the will and motivation. Not to mention tons of study materials, guitar method books, DVDs and online courses. Still they’re not happy with their progress and tend to blaim either… Continue reading
Iberia live at Kuressaare 05.08.2010
Tickets from here, pdf poster from here: iberia
A Perfect Training for a Guitarist – Accompanying Dancers
For two days I was asked to help my friend Maria, who runs a flamenco school in Tallinn. We have been performing together for a few years but this time she asked me to participate in her special Farruca-class to accompany her students. Usually they practise with music from CDs so it was a special… Continue reading