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Hey everyone, I'm a Romanian-German classical guitarist currently studying for my doctorate in music with Scott Tennant in Los Angeles.

I work as a teaching assistant for ethnomusicology at USC Thornton and I love languages, travel and video making!

Join me in one of my tonebase live streams, or message me on the forum!

Joined Fri Sep 11 01:52:12 UTC 2020

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Re: I. Pitch // FEB 17th
@JOHN ANDERSON No worries - thanks for changing it! Your submission was perfect! No errors at all. Congratulations!!! 🎉
- Head of Guitar
- Mircea
- 4 yrs ago
- Reading Music Course
- Reported - view
Re: I. Pitch // FEB 17th
@JOHN ANDERSON This is wonderful! So happy to hear this method has been working for you - I encourage everyone else to give it a go, too!
- Head of Guitar
- Mircea
- 4 yrs ago
- Reading Music Course
- Reported - view
Re: II. Rhythm // FEB 24th
@Marek Tabisz Thank you so much, Marek!
- Head of Guitar
- Mircea
- 4 yrs ago
- 1
- Reading Music Course
- Reported - view
Re: II. Rhythm // FEB 24th
@Brooke wonderful! Thank you so much, Brooke! Very happy to hear this.
- Head of Guitar
- Mircea
- 4 yrs ago
- Reading Music Course
- Reported - view
Re: II. Rhythm // FEB 24th
@José Espírito Santo hi Jose! Sorry about this. I've uploaded a new version of the workbook that explains more clearly where the assignments are. They can be found on page 19 and 20 of the new…
- Head of Guitar
- Mircea
- 4 yrs ago
- Reading Music Course
- Reported - view
Re: I. Pitch // FEB 17th
@Bill Dodd Ohh was this a case of me not reading the handwriting right? I'm so sorry about that, I've always been pretty horrible at handwriting recognition!…
- Head of Guitar
- Mircea
- 4 yrs ago
- Reading Music Course
- Reported - view
Re: I. Pitch // FEB 17th
@BHASKAR this is great! You played all the notes perfectly and everything looked and sounded great! Congratulations on a job beautifully done!!! 🎉 Your second and third string are a bit out of tune,…
- Head of Guitar
- Mircea
- 4 yrs ago
- 1
- Reading Music Course
- Reported - view
Re: I. Pitch // FEB 17th
@Julia this is great! Wonderful job here. On the written part, there was just a little mistake in one of the exercises (the key signature we're in means that note would be a D sharp).…
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- Head of Guitar
- Mircea
- 4 yrs ago
- Reading Music Course
- Reported - view
Re: I. Pitch // FEB 17th
@JOHN ANDERSON great job breaking through that initial nervousness and going ahead with the recording! We all get nervous when the camera is turned on - even the most seasoned professionals.…
- Head of Guitar
- Mircea
- 4 yrs ago
- Reading Music Course
- Reported - view
Re: I. Pitch // FEB 17th
@José Espírito Santo Great job! You got almost everything correct on the written assignment! Here are a couple of quick comments: although we call notes "d sharp", "b flat", etc.…
- Head of Guitar
- Mircea
- 4 yrs ago
- Reading Music Course
- Reported - view
Re: I. Pitch // FEB 17th
@Jose Luis Ochoa perfect! That worked. And great job!!! Not a single note mistake in your video. (Beautiful tone and hand posture too, although we won't be talking much about technique in this…
- Head of Guitar
- Mircea
- 4 yrs ago
- Reading Music Course
- Reported - view
Re: I. Pitch // FEB 17th
@BHASKAR Great job, Bhaskar! You got almost everything right! Here are some comments from my part: on page 1, some of the accidentals indicated by the key signature haven't been written in.…
- Head of Guitar
- Mircea
- 4 yrs ago
- 1
- Reading Music Course
- Reported - view
Re: I. Pitch // FEB 17th
@Bill Dodd Great job!!! Congratulations on the recording - that was perfect! No mistakes at all anywhere. For the written exercises, you almost managed the same thing!…
- Head of Guitar
- Mircea
- 4 yrs ago
- Reading Music Course
- Reported - view
Re: I. Pitch // FEB 17th
@JOHN ANDERSON Awesome, so glad you enjoyed it! Hahah you're right - I've been told this about my energy levels for many years now 😂 During my undergraduate studies,…
- Head of Guitar
- Mircea
- 4 yrs ago
- 1
- Reading Music Course
- Reported - view
Re: I. Pitch // FEB 17th
@Phil Meissner Ding ding ding, we have a winner! This is perfect - no errors here at all! Very happy to hear you'll be joining us asynchronously. Hope to help refresh those gaps over the next few…
- Head of Guitar
- Mircea
- 4 yrs ago
- 1
- Reading Music Course
- Reported - view
Re: I. Pitch // FEB 17th
@BHASKAR Thank you so much, Bhaskar! Very happy to hear you've enjoyed it. Hope to see you in the next sessions too! And wow - cu placere! That's some awesome Romanian you got there 😀
- Head of Guitar
- Mircea
- 4 yrs ago
- Reading Music Course
- Reported - view
Re: I. Pitch // FEB 17th
@Jose Luis Ochoa yes! These are the trickiest ones. Now, when it comes to the video, I don't seem to be able to open it. Can you make sure its privacy settings on YouTube are set to "unlisted",…
- Head of Guitar
- Mircea
- 4 yrs ago
- Reading Music Course
- Reported - view
Re: WEEK THREE Updates: Main Thread - Where the magic triumphs!
@Robert Thank you Robert! Glad to hear 😎
- Head of Guitar
- Mircea
- 4 yrs ago
- Sor Etudes op. 35 Challenge
- Reported - view
Re: READ ME FIRST: Rules & FAQ for the Reading Music Course!
@Mehmet Hi Mehmet! I would love to talk about clefs. The only reason I haven't yet is that I've deliberately tried to stay away from concepts that don't apply to guitar (clefs,…
- Head of Guitar
- Mircea
- 4 yrs ago
- 1
- Reading Music Course
- Reported - view
Re: I. Pitch // FEB 17th
😎@BHASKAR Thank you, Bhaskar! Hope you've enjoyed today's session! I know I've already answered this in-stream, but just for the benefit of those who weren't there: Yes,…
- Head of Guitar
- Mircea
- 4 yrs ago
- Reading Music Course
- Reported - view
Re: I. Pitch // FEB 17th
@Jose Luis Ochoa Thanks a lot, Jose!!! Glad you enjoyed it - and congratulations on submitting the first-ever assignment of this course! 😀🎉 It was almost perfect - just a couple of things in the…
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- Head of Guitar
- Mircea
- 4 yrs ago
- 1
- Reading Music Course
- Reported - view
Re: I. Pitch // FEB 17th
@Diego Arboleda Thank you Diego! Hope you enjoyed today's livestream! 😁
- Head of Guitar
- Mircea
- 4 yrs ago
- Reading Music Course
- Reported - view
WATCH PARTY ANNOUNCEMENT for the Sor Challenge! (Friday 9am PST)

Hi everyone! 🤩 Are you ready to put on your party hats and join me this Friday for our Sor Challenge Watch Party? 🎩🎉 I and everyone else at tonebase have been so incredibly impressed with your…
- Head of Guitar
- Mircea
- updated 4 yrs ago
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- Sor Etudes op. 35 Challenge
Re: WEEK TWO Updates: Main Thread - Where the magic continues!
Quick update, everyone: The Week 3 thread is here - and all replies from the timeframe of Week 3 have already been moved to the new thread! 😎 Sorry it took me a few extra days to get it done,…
- Head of Guitar
- Mircea
- 4 yrs ago
- 1
- Sor Etudes op. 35 Challenge
- Official response
- Reported - view
WEEK THREE Updates: Main Thread - Where the magic triumphs!

Hellooo, everyone, and welcome to WEEK THREE - the final Main Thread for this challenge! 🤩 Why is this thread necessary? Because the Week 1 and Week 2 threads are now both officially monstrously…
- Head of Guitar
- Mircea
- updated 4 yrs ago
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