I started playing classical guitar at the age of 29. Now several years have passed and I made little progress. I gave up for quite a long time as it was said that one would required to grow long nails and shape them well to pay with modern techniques. This is very inconvenient in life. However, recently I went through the websites and found that there were people playing well without nails. Then I restarted my journey with it.
I registered in some well-known forums and purchased an online course from Udemy. I found that I made a mistake in right hand fingers. In my practice, I always used the ring finger for the first string, the middle finger for the second string, the index finger for the third string, and the thumb for the three bass strings. But I recently realised that I should alternate my fingers while playing. I started to unlearned the bad habit and practiced by using i-m or m-a alternation.
I find I play too many musical instruments, including concert flute, Dizi, Xiao and classical guitar. I had to made a decision to play just some of them.I think I will just practice concert flute and classical guitar, given the wide range of music these instruments provide. Dizi and Xiao are nice instruments with a Chinese music focus and they had a much longer history. However, the pitch range is quite limited making me hard to play many western style music.
