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Re: Carlos Bonell: Tips for adult learners! That’s Adagio, the second movement of the famous Aranjuez concerto by Joaquin Rodrigo.
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Re: tonebase x Koblenz Guitar Festival: A Spectacular Collaboration I would love to go to Koblenz but not this year. I have been in Europe for 2 weeks, studying guitar in person with a teacher here in Bosnia. Will fly home on the day Koblenz starts.…
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: Arranging for Guitar: Gracias a La Vida by Violeta Parra Thanks for reminding me. I saw Manny played this at a livestream before the lesson was available on Tonebase. It is the best arrangement I have seen for this piece.…
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: Let's Talk Guitar Supports! (MOVED TO FEB 1st) @Stefano you are welcome, Stefano. I was first introduced to GuitarLift by Andrea de Vitis. He flies around the world by just attaching the GuitarLift to his case.…
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: Let's Talk Guitar Supports! (MOVED TO FEB 1st) @Stefano I have been using a GuitarLift for a few years. I lost one after an ensemble rehearsal. I suspected that it fell off while riding piggyback on my guitar case.…
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: Let's Talk Guitar Supports! (MOVED TO FEB 1st) You can buy adhesive suction cup protectors, available from Strings By Mail or other stores. I use ErgoPlay, GuitarLift, Embracing Guitar. These are all suction- cup-based guitar supports.…
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: Group 1 This is the mother of all base damping etude. The article from Classical Guitar Magazine illustrates how to practice the thumb alone as suggested by Sanel: https://classicalguitarmagazine.…
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- 10 mths ago
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- Staccato, Portato, or Legato with Sanel Redžić
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Re: Alfredo Escande: The Left Arm in the Carlevaro Technique! @Blaise Laflamme You are so lucky to have studied with Alvaro. Pierri used to teach at McGill University in Montreal. He has quite a few Friederich guitars.…
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: Group 1 @Barney staccato with the RH is the most important techniques for articulation. The Romeros are a big advocate for that. RH staccato will help you with planting,…
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- 10 mths ago
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- Staccato, Portato, or Legato with Sanel Redžić
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Re: Let's Talk Guitar Supports! (MOVED TO FEB 1st) @Eric Phillips hahaha, Eric. @Ashley (Ash) Lucero should thank you for generating interests for her upcoming livestream.
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: Let's Talk Guitar Supports! (MOVED TO FEB 1st) @Ashley (Ash) Lucero . I was only responding to Eric’s question.
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: On Articulation - Staccato, Portato, or Legato with Sanel Redžić! Just finished watching the 5 fantastic videos. Thank you very much Sanel. I never worked on the Brouwer etudes before but will try to apply the three different articulations with Estudio No. 1.
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: Let's Talk Guitar Supports! @Eric Phillips Eric, I have no idea. I have only replaced the suction cups and not the pad. I just glued the foam pad back. I started putting 2 pieces of grip strips (one on each leg) for slip…
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: Let's Talk Guitar Supports! @Eric Phillips I have the same issue with the foam pad coming off on my ErgoPlay. You can buy a replacement foam pad from Strings By Mail for $2.99. I have also bought replacement suction cups for my…
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: SIGN-UP: On Articulation - Staccato, Portato, or Legato with Sanel Redžić ! Martin, please sign me up. Thank you.
- Bill Young
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: End-of-the-Year Community Concert! @Jack Stewart thank you, Jack. I had a chance to work with Rene Uzquierdo on Un día de noviembre, in masterclass and private lessons. I was not familiar with Carlos Fariñas’ Canción Triste until I…
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- 11 mths ago
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Re: WEEK 3: Is anybody out there ... practicing? I thought @Khiem Nguyen was the first one to sign up to perform in the December 29th concert under a different thread, before the official sign up was posted.
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- 11 mths ago
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- End-Of-The-Year Concert Challenge!
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Re: End-of-the-Year Community Concert! The first Canción Triste I learned was by Francisco Calleja published in 1931, and recorded by Vicente Gomez at much faster tempo. I haven’t touched that in years.…
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- 11 mths ago
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Re: End-of-the-Year Community Concert! @martin I would like to perform two Cuban pieces: 1. Un día de noviembre (Brouwer) 2. Canción triste (Fariñás) if the answer is yes, I will start leaning the sad song.
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- 11 mths ago
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Re: End-of-the-Year Community Concert! Are we limited to one piece per performer?
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- 11 mths ago
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Re: Matt Palmer: Virtuoso Guitar Technique @martin yes!!!! I am also readyto sign up for the last performance of the year on December 29th.
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- 11 mths ago
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Re: Carlos Bonell: How To Become A Better Guitarist In 12 Months! @Barney the first photo is from maestro Carlos Bonell’s out-of-print book which he is rewriting. The second photo was from one of the many technical workshops I attended.…
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- 11 mths ago
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Re: Carlos Bonell: How To Become A Better Guitarist In 12 Months! The Wheel of Perfection by Carlos Bonell. I have also included an example of Barré. You can substitute barré with scales, arpeggios, tremolos, or any piece or technique you are working on.
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- 11 mths ago
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Re: Carlos Bonell: How To Become A Better Guitarist In 12 Months! @Nigel Thomson The livestream has not started
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- 11 mths ago
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Re: Public Space: Perfecting Musical Expression with Borbála Seres! Hi Martin, Zoom check in is still listed as 9am Pacific but I thought the time has been changed to 11am Pacific. Please confirm. Thanks!
- Bill Young
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- 11 mths ago
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