August 20, 2018
Ron Payne
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August 3, 2018
Ron Payne
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Learning guitar and simultaneously developing an understanding of the music you wish to play upon it are two separate accumulative processes
July 30, 2018
Ron Payne
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Ruben Riera is Venezuela’s leading classical guitarist and was making his third visit to Australia when this interview took place.
March 17, 2016
Ron Payne
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Even the best talent will not achieve notable results on an instrument without adequate practicing techniques. It is therefore essential that students are taught how to practice effectively.
March 10, 2016
Ron Payne
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Music for me is the end result of trying to bring dreams into reality, it’s a universe of emotion producing a living experience not easily expressed (for a musician) in words but found in sound itself.
February 11, 2016
Ron Payne
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In the performance and study of music, the player, the music, and the instrument, are the components of a whole whose engine (and source of energy) is really the person themselves, PLUS their perception and understanding of what is being played – particularly its form and structure.
January 30, 2016
Ron Payne
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Student Exercise: To review the categories of fusion and tension as introduced in the last F.B.H. column, name fully the following intervals, and then describe each one as being either constant, neutral, or mildly / strongly dissonant.
December 23, 2015
Ron Payne
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After weeks of hard work, I am very excited to officially announce the launch of my new website. If you can’t remember the old website see the before and after images.
December 21, 2015
Ron Payne
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Technical and musical education must take place simultaneously if a musician is to emerge from the training. This seems to be only common sense. But the opinion that technique must be built up first before one can make music is still fairly widespread among guitarists.
December 14, 2015
Ron Payne
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From today’s perspective it is hard to imagine of the earlier days of the 20th century when at least in the English speaking world, the guitar was largely considered to be a folk instrument, not a proper instrument like the violin or piano.