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Re: Week 3: Waltzes and Whirls 💃🎵
Lob der Tranen have a habit of speeding up in the beginning and I think I manage to fix it. There is a mistake during the middle part and some tempo issues to fix in section 2 but overall quite…
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Re: Week 3: Waltzes and Whirls 💃🎵
Gran Vals I've removed the repeats for this. Also made some changes to the fingerings. I think it is getting a bit better. Need to work on the slurs in section 2 where it sounded a bit too metallic.…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 3: Waltzes and Whirls 💃🎵
Gymnopedie No 1 section 1 Apparently it means an annual festival where man dance unarmed and naked. But doesn't sound like a happy festival if Satie had this mind when he composed it.…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 2: Ballads and Barcarolles 🎼🛶
@Calin Lupa This is sounds like such a fun piece to learn and play. You are already off to a great start. Thanks for sharing!
- don.2
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 2: Ballads and Barcarolles 🎼🛶
@Eric Phillips wonderful as usual. This sounds great as it is. My teacher was telling me that HVL often doesn't always follow his own repeats when he performs too.
- don.2
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 2: Ballads and Barcarolles 🎼🛶
@Wai Glad you made a quick recovery. This is great! I've not heard the original before but this sounds really good.
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 2: Ballads and Barcarolles 🎼🛶
@Jack Stewart well done! I don't think is simple at all. it looks like a really difficult arrangement with really awkward positions. It is always difficult to play a transcription especially from…
- don.2
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 2: Ballads and Barcarolles 🎼🛶
@Steve Price Thanks for sharing and it is already sound really nice. I was trying to discover more of Mertz's music and I agree some of his shorter pieces are reallly nice.…
- don.2
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 2: Ballads and Barcarolles 🎼🛶
@Andre Bernier thanks for sharing! It is progressing very nicely. Will definitely get more fluid once you past the metronome stage.
- don.2
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 2: Ballads and Barcarolles 🎼🛶
@Jack Stewart haha. lucky there are no lion nearby
- don.2
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 2: Ballads and Barcarolles 🎼🛶
@Marilyn Blodget thanks! That's a good tip. Will try that.
- don.2
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 2: Ballads and Barcarolles 🎼🛶
@Wai @Eric Phillips @Jack Stewart thanks! Funny story about the birds, they weren't there before. I recently bought an Apple homepod and it has a function to play some birds chirping sound as alarm.…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 2: Ballads and Barcarolles 🎼🛶
@Blaise Laflamme thanks! Indeed this feel like are one of those pieces that I'll get stuck on one two spot. Hopefully weeks rather than months.
- don.2
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 2: Ballads and Barcarolles 🎼🛶
Lob Der Tranen I’ve managed to work on section 2. Again splitting them into 2 sections to work on. Section A, Some minor mistakes here and there but generally have the fingerings down and should be…
- don.2
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 2: Ballads and Barcarolles 🎼🛶
Gran Vals I’ve split them into 2 sections so less pressure to work on them. Section A and B I’m having challenge on bar 44 and somehow couldn’t get it to flow.…
- don.2
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 2: Ballads and Barcarolles 🎼🛶
@Jack Stewart somehow I read it as I gave credit card to my wife…:-) I remember this piece from the challenge before. can already tell that is much better and it is really coming along nicely now.
- don.2
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 2: Ballads and Barcarolles 🎼🛶
@Marilyn Blodget That is really beautiful ! That is really difficult and you made it look so effortless.
- don.2
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Rhythmic Revelations 🥁🎸
@Andre Bernier I might give the strap a try again. It just feels very unstable to me. But to be fair I had never gave it a fair try too.
- don.2
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Rhythmic Revelations 🥁🎸
@joosje Thanks Joosje. You can find the arrangment here. https://affettomnc.com/tabs/?mod=document&pageid=1&keyword=Moon+river&uid=48 I played it in standard tuning instead of raising the low E to F.…
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- don.2
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Rhythmic Revelations 🥁🎸
@Marilyn Blodget I love this piece, such a beautiful arrangement and great playing. I think it was perfect setting for this piece.
- don.2
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Rhythmic Revelations 🥁🎸
@Andre Bernier nice start. Did you install the strap yourself? How does it compare to playing in standard position?
- don.2
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Rhythmic Revelations 🥁🎸
@Calin Lupa wow very nice. Such a energetic piece. Really enjoyed it.
- don.2
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Rhythmic Revelations 🥁🎸
@Michael Shirk I really like this. I 've not explore Pounce before. Thanks for sharing.
- don.2
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Rhythmic Revelations 🥁🎸
@Andre Bernier Thank you! The arranger Ryuji Kunimatsu actually put this amongst his other arrangements on his website for free. @David Krupka Thanks David, yes I did played in standard tuning.…
- don.2
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Rhythmic Revelations 🥁🎸
@Eric Phillips well done! It flowed really well. Will be awesome when you put them altogether.
- don.2
- 2 yrs ago
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