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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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IV. Fingering // MAR 10th

Alright my friends, here we go with Session 4 🎉 In this thread, we will be talking about the fourth lesson of our music reading course. Please use this thread if you have any questions concerning…
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V. Form, Dynamics, and Other Symbols // MAR 17th

WE'VE MADE IT, EVERYBODY! Congratulations on sticking with us until the end - I can't wait to share the last session with you today! 🎉😍🔥 We have some special community perks for everyone who…
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III. Guitar Notation // MAR 3rd

Hellooo everyone and thank you for joining me! 🤩 Here we go again - this time with session 3! In this thread, we will be talking about the third lesson of our music reading course.…
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II. Rhythm // FEB 24th

Alright, here we go, my friends! 😀 ♪♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ Scroll below for an explanation of this week's assignments! ↓ In this thread, we will be talking about the second lesson of our music reading course.…
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READ ME FIRST: Rules & FAQ for the Reading Music Course!

Welcome, everyone, to the tonebase Academy's "Reading Music for Guitarists" course! 😎🎉🙌 Together, we will untangle the mysteries of music notation, opening our minds, eyes,…
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Re: I. Pitch // FEB 17th
To complete the weekly assignments and get feedback in this thread, you will need to scribble down certain symbols that don’t exist in regular text editors like Microsoft Word or Pages.…
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I. Pitch // FEB 17th

Welcome, fellow tonebase Academists! ♪♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ In this thread, we will be talking about the first lesson of our music reading course. Please use this thread if you have any questions concerning the…
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Re: DAILY UPDATES (Week Two, Main Thread) - Submissions, Questions & Discussion
@Mehmet great job! Yes, going through all strings is especially tough since there is no place to "rest stroke into", as you get to the lowest strings. I found it quite tricky in the beginning,…
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- 4 yrs ago
- Basic Right-Hand Technique
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Re: DAILY UPDATES (Week Two, Main Thread) - Submissions, Questions & Discussion
@Maureen nice!!! Feel free to send in a recording of your favorite chord progressions to practice with this, if you feel like it 😀
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Re: DAILY UPDATES (Week Two, Main Thread) - Submissions, Questions & Discussion
@Desi Husband awesome! congratulations on sticking with it and taking it up on the metronome, too! 😀 looking forward to perhaps even seeing some video at some point,…
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Re: DAILY UPDATES (Week Two, Main Thread) - Submissions, Questions & Discussion
@Mehmet niiice, great job Mehmet! 😀
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Re: DAILY UPDATES (Week Two, Main Thread) - Submissions, Questions & Discussion
@Ashley wonderful, Ashley!!! So much progress from last time, too! You've got the preparation basically down now, and I applaud you for the super even tone and volume when practicing last week's "i,…
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- 4 yrs ago
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Re: DAILY UPDATES (Week Two, Main Thread) - Submissions, Questions & Discussion
@Ashley great job! Yes, you are absolutely right - for that very reason, I always end up memorizing my exercises as soon as I've played through them a couple of times.…
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Re: DAILY UPDATES (Week Two, Main Thread) - Submissions, Questions & Discussion
@Desi Husband It's perfectly fine to have a slightly different right-hand position for rest stroke versus free stroke! In my case, the two of them have become basically fully merged by now, however,…
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Re: DAILY UPDATES (Week Two, Main Thread) - Submissions, Questions & Discussion
@Mehmet Great job, Mehmet! Happy to hear things are moving along 😎
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Re: DAILY UPDATES (Week Two, Main Thread) - Submissions, Questions & Discussion
@Maureen Woww, great job Maureen!!! You got the preparation totally down! So happy to see this and proud of you! The buzz didn't bother me at all in this case,…
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- Mircea
- 4 yrs ago
- Basic Right-Hand Technique
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Re: DAILY UPDATES (Week Two, Main Thread) - Submissions, Questions & Discussion
@Ashley Awesome, great job Ashley!!! So happy to hear you got such a long session in a single day! Very cool about the chord - I love that! If you feel comfortable doing it,…
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Re: DAILY UPDATES (Week Two, Main Thread) - Submissions, Questions & Discussion
@Desi Husband That's absolutely fine! In fact, some incredible guitarists, including my teacher David Russell, spend a long time perfecting that very technique,…
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- Mircea
- 4 yrs ago
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Re: DAILY UPDATES (Week Two, Main Thread) - Submissions, Questions & Discussion
@Mehmet awesome! Good job on trying the thirds, too! 😀 so worthwhile to keep things interesting by adding a bit of left-hand spice! Thanks for the update and keep at it 😎 let me know if you find…
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- Mircea
- 4 yrs ago
- Basic Right-Hand Technique
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Re: DAILY UPDATES (Week Two, Main Thread) - Submissions, Questions & Discussion
@Mehmet very interesting, Mehmet! What I would do in these situations would be to separate repeats of the arpeggio from each other - basically, adding in those "unwanted rests" that I talked about…
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Re: DAILY UPDATES (Week Two, Main Thread) - Submissions, Questions & Discussion
@Ashley Great job, Ashley! The preparation can be a bit tricky at first, you are absolutely right. At this stage, it's also important to concentrate on getting a strong sound out,…
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- Mircea
- 4 yrs ago
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- Basic Right-Hand Technique
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Re: WEEK ONE Updates: Main Thread - Where the magic happens!
Quick update, everyone: Based on the helpful thoughts of a number of users, I have decided to split this behemoth of a thread into smaller weekly update threads.…
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- Sor Etudes op. 35 Challenge
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WEEK TWO Updates: Main Thread - Where the magic continues!

Alright, welcome to WEEK TWO of the Main Thread for this challenge! 💪 Why is this thread necessary? Well, with the initial main thread turning into a 500-post behemoth (😵),…
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Re: WEEK TWO Updates: Main Thread - Where the magic continues!
@joosje @Blaise Laflamme @Debbie @Robert I hear you, my friends 😀 just started listening to all submissions within the thread, myself, and I can absolutely see where you're coming from.…
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Re: Recording Discussion Club
@martin Amazing recording, Martin! Thank you so much for the incredible amount of information, insight and support you've provided throughout these past 5 weeks.…
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- Mircea
- 4 yrs ago
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