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Re: Villa-Lobos Prelude No.1!
@Barney I try to understand as much as possible about what, why and how i do stuff because I find it very helpful. Other people just do... Lucky them!! Tamayo knows a lot and plays undisputably great…
- Performer, Teacher @Conservatory M. de Falla and member of Nuntempe Ensamble GQ
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Re: Villa-Lobos Prelude No.1!
@Randy Wimer great work, really! I liked the tempo very much and the fact that you won't take time between the melody and the open stringed chords. You could perhaps let vibrate and breathe a little…
- Performer, Teacher @Conservatory M. de Falla and member of Nuntempe Ensamble GQ
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- 7 days ago
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Re: Villa-Lobos Prelude No.1!
@Barney i ment "fin" like a shark fin. The auto correct plays its part. Haha... ramp would make it too. I'm glad my view interested you! As I said, other guitar players may very well put their…
- Performer, Teacher @Conservatory M. de Falla and member of Nuntempe Ensamble GQ
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- 7 days ago
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Re: The Right Hand dance
@Paul fixed it also in the post. Thank you for you heads up and comment. Let me know how it goes if you try these and if you have any ideas about the matter they are very welcomed!
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- 7 days ago
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Re: The Right Hand dance
@Paul it took the brackett as part of the link
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Re: The Right Hand dance
@Paul try this... https://app.tonebase.co/guitar/live/player/gtr-left-hand-tips-never-heard
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- 7 days ago
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Re: Villa-Lobos Prelude No.1!
@Mark great point!! Your PM reminded me to comment about how bow instruments HAVE to get closer with the bow to the bridge the higher the pitches are and also how,…
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- 7 days ago
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Re: Villa-Lobos Prelude No.1!
@Barney regarding nail shape, I try to accomodate both but as I said, it is not an ON/OFF switch and you can also play "apoyando" tending scales in diagonal attack. But basically, yeah.…
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- 7 days ago
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Re: Villa-Lobos Prelude No.1!
@Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary @Barney@Mark the post with introductory simple exercises on tonal change is available already in the post section. https://guitar-community.tonebase.…
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- 8 days ago
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The Right Hand dance

After @Barney and @Mark posted their thoughts about tone changes I decided to do this elemental video to share some exercises I use to teach to my students as a "warm up" routine.…
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Re: Villa-Lobos Prelude No.1!
@Mark we can start a focus of meme infection and propaganda right now and here.... "Make our basses better!!!" J'accuse! String Industry is diminishing guitar greatness by deliverately failing to…
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- 8 days ago
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Re: Villa-Lobos Prelude No.1!
@Mark a very detailed description of possibilities. Experimentation in this direction is often lately discarded pedagogically in favor of hand stability. Your comment is very welcomed!
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- 8 days ago
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Re: Villa-Lobos Prelude No.1!
@Barney that would seem like the obvious and logical thing but it is not necessarily like that. Human anatomy is designed to sustain its articulations with minimum effort.…
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- 8 days ago
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Re: Villa-Lobos Prelude No.1!
@Barney said: not well trained in tonal color changes while remaining in the same position-- that is, I still need to "move" hand towards the bridge (Ponticello) or soundhole (tasto).…
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- 8 days ago
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Re: Villa-Lobos Prelude No.1!
@Barney said: and I have to look in the mirror This is best. Watching the mirror and also wondering if you'd hold that position without the guitar are a great rule of thumb.
- Performer, Teacher @Conservatory M. de Falla and member of Nuntempe Ensamble GQ
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- 8 days ago
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Re: Villa-Lobos Prelude No.1!
@Mark @Barney every possible natural movement or body position is appliccable to playing guitar. There are specific more efficient ways to approach the general situation but every note is a musical…
- Performer, Teacher @Conservatory M. de Falla and member of Nuntempe Ensamble GQ
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- 8 days ago
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Re: Villa-Lobos Prelude No.1!
@Barney I think your video shows your wrist straight. And as I said, the tone produced is well rounded and full. That's my most important tell. I'll search for my comment, but it looks good to me too.…
- Performer, Teacher @Conservatory M. de Falla and member of Nuntempe Ensamble GQ
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- 8 days ago
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Re: Villa-Lobos Prelude No.1!
@Mark yes,... I feel you. I have non guitarist musician parents so it was everyday comment at home. I feel we have acclimated more to the status quo of string production than to the squeaks.…
- Performer, Teacher @Conservatory M. de Falla and member of Nuntempe Ensamble GQ
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- 9 days ago
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Re: Villa-Lobos Prelude No.1!
And to your question @Barney said: btw, does my right hand /wrist look a little straighter, better aligned ergonomically, (as you previous noticed and questioned in an earlier post)?…
- Performer, Teacher @Conservatory M. de Falla and member of Nuntempe Ensamble GQ
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- 9 days ago
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Re: Villa-Lobos Prelude No.1!
@Barney Don't over exercise! Slow, easy and steady do the trick when recovering. yes... I know what you mean. It sounds strange to me too, but I can really relate to the interpretation much more.…
- Performer, Teacher @Conservatory M. de Falla and member of Nuntempe Ensamble GQ
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- 9 days ago
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Re: Villa-Lobos Prelude No.1!
@Ariel Elijovich regarding noises... If Goran Krivokapic, Marcin Dylla, Sanel Redzic, Petra Poláčková et all don't mind them... then there must not be much to possibly do there.…
- Performer, Teacher @Conservatory M. de Falla and member of Nuntempe Ensamble GQ
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- 9 days ago
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Re: Villa-Lobos Prelude No.1!
@Ariel Elijovich I do have this interesting trasncription to share. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrVD1eegvEU I think it is much closer to my idea of how it should sound than any guitar versions...
- Performer, Teacher @Conservatory M. de Falla and member of Nuntempe Ensamble GQ
- Ariel.1
- 9 days ago
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Re: Villa-Lobos Prelude No.1!
Hi to everybody! I'm sorry I missed the zoom. I just watched it. Thanks @martin for the recap. I am not participating much over this because I never liked this prelude so much.…
- Performer, Teacher @Conservatory M. de Falla and member of Nuntempe Ensamble GQ
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- 9 days ago
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Re: The Space between Sounds
@Ron thanks, Ron!! I had not thought of that!! It never crossed my mind to apply this to inter-personal relationships! Thanks for pointing that out and honored to make it into your practice journal!
- Performer, Teacher @Conservatory M. de Falla and member of Nuntempe Ensamble GQ
- Ariel.1
- 11 days ago
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Re: Performance Anxiety
@Dev Ramsaran walls don't Walter away .... hahaha... yet. Never know. There might come to be a judgemental IA wall at every house soon...
- Performer, Teacher @Conservatory M. de Falla and member of Nuntempe Ensamble GQ
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- 2 wk ago
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