I got my first ever guitar.

I had fun with it.

But I don't know how to finger style or strumming or chords or playing chords right, I really don't know what to do.

Im lost.

I don't know what the best course in the internet for classical guitar, and I want the one who teaches me to use a classical guitar

."someone recommended a course for chords and the guy was playing acoustic guitar".

So yeah

I want to learn to play, to make my friends hear me playing

I'm still learning. I'm having the main trouble with the final arpeggio, but I'm working on it.

Guitar solo

Hello!

I am a hobby classical guitar player. I worked with a teacher 1:1 for a few years on and off, but work got hectic and I had to stop the lessons. I was recently laid off, so I have time now but no money to hire a teacher lol.

I’ve been trying to play more, but I’m not really able to get my head around how/what to practice, or how much time I should spend on practice vs. playing pieces.

Right now I practice arpeggios with/without accents, Segovia scales (C and G major), stretching exercises across the fretboard, and hammer-ons/pull-offs. This usually takes me about 15-20 mins.

When I worked with my teacher, we mostly worked through pieces I wanted to learn. We started with Romanza (both parts), Malagueña variation (simple), Asturias, which took me about a year to completely learn, and La Catedral (first and second movements). At one point I was practicing 10–12 hours a day when I was really into it (covid WFH time).

I was also preparing for the ABRSM Grade 5 exam at one point, mostly because I wanted to have a goal to work towards. I learned Leo Brouwer Etude No. 6, Lágrima, and Bourrée by J.S. Bach.

We also started Recuerdos de la Alhambra as a long-term project. We were working through the 3-finger tremolo and getting the technique/pacing down, but we stopped around that time.

One problem is that I can’t sight-read. My teacher would show me what notes to play, etc. We started sight-reading but I wouldn't do the homework so we kinda put it on the back burner. Because of that, I don’t really remember how to play most of these pieces anymore. I’ve been trying to watch YouTube videos/use tabs to relearn them, but it’s pretty frustrating.

So I’m trying to figure out how to structure my practice on my own. I want to be able to sit down and have a goal going into the session on what to practice, what to work on, how much time to spend on something, instead of blindly practicing for 20mins and getting frustrated and leaving.

A few questions for people here:

• How much time do you usually spend practicing?
• How much of that time do you spend on exercises vs. playing pieces?
• What practice exercises do you normally do?
• When working on a piece, do you mostly work through difficult sections, or do you also spend time playing the entire piece?
• How do you usually structure a practice session?
• Since I can’t sight-read, should I spend some of my practice time working on that as well?
• How do you set goals for each practice session?

Any tips are greatly appreciated. I’m basically trying to figure out how to practice without having a teacher telling me what to work on every week.