Everything in Classical Guitar Playing Starts Here

Classical guitar creates sound with your right hand.

No amplifier.
No effects.
No pick.

To create sound, you only need one thing:
your right hand.

Category I: Making the Right Hand Function Correctly

Classical guitar is a strange instrument.

You press the strings.
You pluck the strings.

And yet…

• The sound doesn’t come out as you imagine
• Notes feel uneven
• Your hand gets tired for no clear reason

In most cases, the cause is not talent.
It’s not musical sense.

It’s simply this:

Your fingers are not doing their jobs correctly.

Category I is a collection of solo guitar works designed to solve this problem in the shortest possible way.

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What Is Category I?

Breaking Technique Down and Letting It Pass Through the Body

Many guitarists try to learn technique while playing full pieces.

But without realizing it, they are often trying to do everything at once—without understanding:

• Which finger is responsible for what
• Why certain notes don’t speak clearly
• Where unnecessary tension is creeping in

Category I reverses this approach.

First, we break technique apart.
Then, we activate each function one by one.

The Core Themes of This Category

Understanding the Right and Left Hands by Role

Every piece in Category I is designed with a clear technical purpose.

This is not about “playing through” music.
It’s about understanding what each hand is meant to do.

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Right Hand: Functional Roles of p, i, m, a

• The thumb (p) carries the bass
• Index, middle, and ring fingers shape the melody

You move from
“playing by feel”
to
“playing by assigned responsibility.”

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Left Hand: Position and Shape Awareness

• Where to press
• Finger angles
• The meaning of chord shapes

You learn how to produce sound structurally, not by guesswork.

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What You Gain from Category I

Skills You Acquire Before “Playing Music”

After completing this category, many players say:

“Suddenly, everything feels easier.”
“Producing sound is actually enjoyable now.”

Specifically, you’ll notice:

• Fingers stop hesitating
• Tone and volume stabilize
• Long practice sessions feel less tiring

This is not “improvement.”

It is normalization.

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Guitar Solo Works Included in Category I

All of the works below are small-scale pieces designed with a specific technical function in mind.

Each piece is designed as a functional solo work, not a dry exercise.

For every piece, you’ll find:

• Thumbnail image
• Piece title
• One-line functional description

(Each score links directly to its individual Gumroad page.)

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Why This Category Leads Directly to “Healing Sound”

Relaxing, healing sound is not emotional.

It is physical.

• Clean articulation
• Stable rhythm
• No unnecessary tension

In other words:
a body that is being used correctly.

Category I builds the physical foundation that allows calming, beautiful sound to emerge naturally.

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Where Category I Fits in the Learning Path

Category I is the prerequisite for all other categories.

• I → II: Turning technique into musical flow
• I → III: Supporting polyphony and resonance
• I → V: Preventing advanced techniques from collapsing

If this foundation is unstable, everything that follows becomes difficult.

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Who This Category Is For

• Self-taught guitarists who feel stuck
• Players unsure about finger movement
• Anyone whose sound feels unstable

Skill level doesn’t matter.

Those willing to return to the beginning grow the fastest.

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Summary: Category I Is Quiet but Essential

• Break technique down
• Let correct movement pass through the body
• Establish a playing standard

Category I is the infrastructure that supports all classical guitar playing.

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