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Re: Week 1: Our Unfinished Pieces!
@Jack Stewart wow Jack! This is awesome! Sounding really good.
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1 yr ago
Unfinished Business Challenge
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Re: Week 1: Our Unfinished Pieces!
@don Have some practice time today and there is no way to finish this 'business' this challenge. So gonna lower my target to improve on 5 areas of the piece by end of this challenge. .…
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Re: Week 1: Our Unfinished Pieces!
I was thinking of skipping the next challenge as I need to limit my playing time due to my injury. But so happens that I'm already working on one unfinished pieces with my teacher.…
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Re: Week 1: Our Unfinished Pieces!
@Eric Phillips This has to be my favorite of al your performances! Such a romantic piece!
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza!
@Jack Stewart you got them under your fingers already , they are both sounding quite nice already. I 've not heard of Sor 31 no 20 before and it seems like a great etude,…
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1 yr ago
The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza!
@Jack Stewart Great job! Nice cameo from the missus. It sounded a bit like one of the movement from Britten's nocturnal. Can imagine a lot of possibilities playing with different tone and color with…
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1 yr ago
The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza!
@joosje I agree with Dale, this is sounding really nice. I like the slower tempo too it has a very soothing vibe that lulls you in.
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1 yr ago
The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza!
@don Sor Op 6 no 11 last take thanks for the advices. I have never really thought about making the middle voices more legato before so i re listen to my playing and did a retake.…
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1 yr ago
The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza!
@Steve Pederson thank you Steve. You are too kind!
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1 yr ago
The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: using footstool with guitar support
@Blaise Laflamme seems like it is just arbitrary and I thought I stumble onto some new trend.. :-) but that live stream has a lot of good information.
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1 yr ago
General Discussion
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza!
@Marilyn Blodget @Wai thank you for taking the time! Appreciate this!
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The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: using footstool with guitar support
@Blaise Laflamme sure. https:/app.tonebase.co/guitar/live/player/william-kanengiser-biomechanics-for-guitarists It is quite an interesting live stream.
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1 yr ago
General Discussion
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza!
@joosje @Marilyn Blodget thank you and really appreciate the advices!
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1 yr ago
The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza!
@Andre Bernier @Dale Needles Thank you! @Blaise Laflamme @joosje thank you for the advice! This just made realized why I like some versions better than others.…
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1 yr ago
The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: using footstool with guitar support
@Blaise Laflamme That makes sense about the GFA. Let me go search for that live stream of Bill Kanengiser too, I can't remember what he said. edit: found it.…
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1 yr ago
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using footstool with guitar support
Was watching the GFA and notice some players uses additional footstool on top of guitar support. I remember during one of the live stream Bill Kanengiser mentioned using it too together with his…
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza!
@don Update 2. Wasn't too happy with the previous take so did another. Tried not looking at the music to play and try to inject some dynamics to the parts where I can remember.…
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The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza!
@Andre Bernier great progress especially the Carcassi piece! Very fluid.
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1 yr ago
The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza!
Sor Op 6 no 11 Manage to put some time to work on this piece. Though I've learned it before, I still struggled to play them fluidly especially the Major section.…
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The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza!
@Steve Pederson Very nicely done Steve. Glad you submit on time! Enjoy your holidays!
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The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza!
@Marilyn Blodget thanks for the adivce!. I always have this image of those shakespearean scene of a man courting a woman especially in the middle section whenever I hear this piece.
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1 yr ago
The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza!
@Andre Bernier Thank you for taking the time to listen to it. Appreciate it.
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1 yr ago
The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: What piece of music never fails to make you smile or feel uplifted, and why?
@Jack Stewart To be fair, for the most part of my life, the only Bach I knew was the lead singer of Skid Row.
But from all those pieces that I heard, just doesn't strike me as happy or uplifitng.…
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1 yr ago
Discussion of the Week!
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Re: What piece of music never fails to make you smile or feel uplifted, and why?
@Jack Stewart Yes I do agree is too long, maybe just the first couple of variations rather than all 12. Thanks for sharing! Yes I really like it.
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1 yr ago
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Re: What piece of music never fails to make you smile or feel uplifted, and why?
@Jack Stewart You need 10 mins of Teletubies on repeat each day.
They are all beautiful pieces but all so sad. I personally feel most of Bach's music to be too sad.…
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1 yr ago
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