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Following yesterday's two tips on how to make your arpeggios sound better. Here's a SECRET SECRET tip that'll make you one of the 1%

Adding rest stroke to arpeggios, and later...playing intervals with 1 note free-storke, the other rest-stroke

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Brad Cooke

Cool timing on this one... been trying to add rest stroke to play melody line after reading more about tarrega and appreciate the technical tips as well as suggesting romanza as a good place to start. Sor B minor etude is sweet for using the thumb free stroke bar 41-44!

Neuntausend

Interesting that you classify rest strokes as an advanced technique - not that I disagree or anything. They throw me off big time. I've tried to get into classical guitar, and rest strokes are among the first things some teachers teach. I'm in no position to criticise this practice, though. I just found that freestroke Ukulele fingerpicking was a breeze to get into, whereas rest stroke classical guitar is kind of a chore. D:

MK Fingerstyle Academy

I've had a similar experience, my teacher started me on free-stroke then moved to free stroke right away following the book. Always wondered why teachers do that instead of just starting with what's obviously used for 95 % of the time. From that sense you can say rest-stroke is for beginners but how you apply it and when can be advanced