From tomorrow Monday the 10th of Oktober till Saturday the 15th of Oktober every evening from 18.30 to 20.30 o`clock our guitarist Julia Scheuffele will play Spanish and Latinamerikan music for classical guitar in the Spanish restaurant la Finca in Shanghai, Xin Tian Di.
She will make the backround music for people who wants to [...]
Posts under ‘philosophie’
Playing Guitar in La Finca or the importance of making good backround music
The Importance of Playing by Heart
As I was a student my guitar teacher always forced me to play every piece by heart. If I didn`t memorize a piece, I was not allowed to learn a new one till I could play the old one by heart and without any mistakes. I continued to do so my whole lifetime.
But working [...]
The 11th Etudes of H.V.Lobos
more than videos i like to make sound files. The main reason is, that i think music is something to listen not to watch and the second reason is the fact that youtube is not available in China and all the other hosts offer very bad sound qualitiy.
As i still have a little space on [...]
Berimbau by Baden Powell or the lack of Baden Powell videos in the chinese internet
Playing the guitar is more than practising an instrument. It is a creative process, that needs feeling and phantasy.
There are so many technical good players growing up now, but the really charismatic and creative performancers are still very seldom. Speciall if you look to the classical guitar players. Who counts?
For me counts Baden Powell. [...]
Guitar Shanghai is looking for sponsors and co-workers
Because Guitar Shanghai wants to grow and to invite some good international guitar players to make concerts and master classes in Shanghai, we are looking for companies and people, who wants to support that projects.
Guitar Shanghai is going to become an association for people who love the classical guitar and want to improve the guitar [...]
How to practice your guitar
To know how to practice the guitar is so important and there are a lot of different opinions and discussions about how to practice an instrument. I tried different ways, but I am still searching. Here I want to write down some suggestions for my students.
If you want to learn a new piece, it is [...]
Guitarcompetition Iserlohn
This year I participated on the international guitar competition in Iserlohn. It was a very good experience and I have to ask myself why I never did something like that during my students time at the conservatory of music. My generation in Germany has a difficult relation to competitions in general what is pity and [...]
