Learn Leo Brouwer Etude 6 - Full Guitar Lesson

Learn Etude 6 by Leo Brouwer in this full guitar lesson tutorial. It covers the basics, such as chord shapes, with TAB, and the RH pattern. But then goes in deep on how to actually effectively practice it. So that it is learnt for good. Along with how to make it sound musical, so tips on expression. This classical guitar study is the perfect first step into the challenging Etude 1 by Villa-Lobos. So if you wish to play Villa-Lobos then I suggest mastering Leo Brouwer's study 6. This lesson will help with that ABRSM exam you want to take, as it steps through this study in a logic manner.

Below are the main points from this guitar lesson.

Top Tip to Learn Etude 6: 0:40
How to Practice RH: 3:22
RH Pattern 1: 4:39
RH Pattern 2: 5:46
1st Section Chord Shapes: 7:05
How to Practice Chords: 13:32
How to Practice Tough Shifts: 15:48
Villa-Lobos Etude 1 Link: 23:39

This is part of a series of lessons on this great study. Check out my rendition of this study. My phrasing and performance is informed by all the points I raise in this lesson, such as inner voices and tone changes. If you want to hear me play this study, check out the link below.

[ClassicalGuitarRocks]

Want more? Too damn easy for you? Then check out this lesson on using etude 6 to really push your guitar technique

[brocco]

Super lesson, very well explained !
Love it
Thank you !

[davebv]

Thank you for such a detailed analysis and explanation!!

[crispycrimps]

Very useful. Going to have to rewatch this many more times

[graphicartdude]

This is excellent. Thank you! I’m not really a listener of classical guitar, but I’ve been wanting to learn how to play in the style of Omar Rodriguez with his playing in Mars Volta; how he uses melodic Spanish style phrasings paired with really fast bursts of a flurry of notes. Lessons like yours will allow me to improve my technique when it comes to finger picking, tempo control, chords and rhythm. Heck, I may just end up enjoying playing these classical pieces. Thanks again.

[RKA-]

Rhayn--Thank you for the very helpful lesson. One thing...in the 1972 Max Eschig edition of the Etudes, which I believe is the original as published by Brouwer, in the first bar after the shift to 10th position, the first note on the third string is an F, not an F# as shown and played in you otherwise excellent video lesson. The F# sounds OK, which is why it may have slipped in, but the F sounds even better.

[deslauriermc]

a few errors were found in your presentation
1-chord 12 as to oppose to what you indicate doesn’t have a f# ( in your presentation it is shown at the g string 11 fret ) it’s actually a F at the 10th position G string
2- chord 16 in your presentation is shown 1/2 step lower that what it is in the brouwer partition