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Re: Left Hand issues. 62 years practice here: Try practicing in front of a mirror. Do it slowly. Then you can see your fingers popping up and consciously try to relax them so they don't pop up.…
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Re: What Non-Classical Musicians Inspire You? Astor Piazzolla, BB King...that's about all.
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: How to get "Drop D" to stay in tune I played a Velazquez with crudely made Landstorfer tuners for 50 years, then got a Cooper double top with Rodgers tuners 5 years ago. I always used Savarez B520 strings.…
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- 2 mths ago
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Re: Fingernail Problems and possible solutions I take biotin, 10,000 mcg daily. Also helps to get a double top guitar-the increased responsiveness put less stress on the nails. Also, wear gloves on the right hand when doing sports, swimming,…
- John Mardinly
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: Memorization in Classical Guitar Performance What about iPads with bluetooth page turners? When I was using paper sheet music, I was more dependent on memory partly because I could not turn pages while playing.…
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: any good recommendations for sandpaper or cloth for filing your nails? Many Czech ground glass nail files in Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=ground+glass+nail+file&crid=6OUTS2LW5TTO&sprefix=ground+glass+nail+file%2Caps%2C170&ref=nb_sb_noss
- John Mardinly
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- 5 mths ago
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Re: any good recommendations for sandpaper or cloth for filing your nails? BTW, in between, use gloves for any activity that might damage the nails. I worked on cars, motorcycles, repairing electron microscopes etc, for decades and never hurt my nails.…
- John Mardinly
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- 5 mths ago
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Re: any good recommendations for sandpaper or cloth for filing your nails? I use a glass file, made in Czech republic, and 3M 'Wet-or-Dry' papers that I find in auto shops for body work. After fine emery boards, I use 1,000 grit followed by 1,500 grit.…
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- 5 mths ago
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Re: What is your favorite time of day to practice and why? I suffer from chronic tendinitis, so I warm up my hands with electric gloves while going through my email, which usually takes the whole morning.
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- 5 mths ago
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Re: Tell us about a concert or musical event that has profoundly impacted you! Pianist Vladimir Horowitz, I first heard around 1975. I have never heard any musician on any instrument filling the hall with such electrifying passion and virtuosity.
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: Is there a Video of a Performance that you CANNOT stop watching? Edson Lopes-Bach Toccata and Fugue in Dm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojBYW3ycVTE
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: If you could master the technique of any guitarist, living or dead, who would it be and why? @Robert St Cyr I just returned from a trip to Italy which started in Venice, and in some research before I left, I learned that these had been a European conference on new music in Venice in 1932.…
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: If you could master the technique of any guitarist, living or dead, who would it be and why? @Robert St Cyr I saw Stephane Grappelli playing with Dave Grissman at the Almaden winery in California numerous times. Yes indeed-pure magic! The last time I saw him he sat while he played instead of…
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: If you could master the technique of any guitarist, living or dead, who would it be and why? Andres Segovia or John Williams for technique, Julian Bream for musical esthetics. I once sat front row center in Ann Arbor for a Bream-Williams duo concert.…
- John Mardinly
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: Guitar sizing I custom ordered my Jeremy Cooper double top to be a 640 with the primary thought being to have lower string tension to alleviate the chronic tendinitis I have had since 1976,…
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: What's the most challenging piece you've ever learned and how did you tackle it? @Sam Greenblatt Masochistic! Made me laugh. Big disappointment was I loved the melody, and the story of Aphonsina was so poignant and sad.
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: What Guitar do you play? @don Thank you.
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: What Guitar do you play? @Barney Yes, Rey de la Torre was probably the first prominent guitarist to be crippled by focal dystonia. He recovered from that with the help of a wonderful physical therapist, who he married,…
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: What Guitar do you play? @Barney No, it was terrible. Terribly sad. He was crippled with rheumatoid arthritis, could barely walk, could not play at all and was severely depressed by it all, small wonder.
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: What Guitar do you play? @Barney I studied briefly with Ray de la Torre. So sad how ill he was after having been such a great player. He premiered the Aranjuez in the US.
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: What Guitar do you play? I play a Jeremy Cooper double top, 640mm. Took 1.5 years. Top is bear claw spruce outer, cedar inner, balsa strips to separate the two tops, a la Antonius Muller, Brazilian Rosewood back and sides,…
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: What's the most challenging piece you've ever learned and how did you tackle it? @Rick Lord Roland Dyens must have been an incredible genius. A few years ago, I tried to learn his arrangement of 'Alphonsina in the Sea.' Rather weird scordatura tuning. I finally just gave up.…
- John Mardinly
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: What's the most challenging piece you've ever learned and how did you tackle it? Felicidade by Roland Dyens/Jobim. Main challenge to me is mental/memory. Fingerings are straightforward, but after 2 years I still need the score in front of me.…
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: What Guitar do you play? Manuel Velazquez from 1966 until 2019 except for a year with a Ramirez 1A the gave me severe tendinitis. Now it's a Jeremy Cooper double top.
- John Mardinly
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- 8 mths ago
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Re: Which musician (non-guitarist!) inspires you most? Vladimir Horowitz, Vladimir Horowitz, Vladimir Horowitz, Vladimir Horowitz, Vladimir Horowitz-I saw him 5 times. Totally overpowering. 16 year-old Andre Watts premiering with Leonard Bernstein in…
- John Mardinly
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- 8 mths ago
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