{"id":2877,"date":"2015-04-17T04:30:07","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T04:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.classicalguitarcorner.com\/?p=2877"},"modified":"2015-05-06T19:23:52","modified_gmt":"2015-05-06T19:23:52","slug":"ssg-001-finger-independence-away-from-the-guitar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarcorner.com\/ssg-001-finger-independence-away-from-the-guitar\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask Simon: Finger independence away from the guitar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ask Simon a question!<\/p>\n

I have been receiving a lot of questions recently and in an attempt to answer them I have made a short audio response.<\/p>\n

If you enjoy this Q&A please let me know in the comments below. If there is enough interest I will continue to make them!<\/p>\n

001- Finger independence<\/p>\n\n

Ask Simon a question! I have been receiving a lot of questions recently and in an attempt to answer them I have made a short audio response. If you enjoy this Q&A please let me […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"\nFinger independence in classical guitar technique<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Are your fingers misbehaving? 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