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Re: "Easy Pieces" Mini Challenge
@Jack Stewart Thanks Jack for listening. His other preludes are worth listening to too.
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Re: Week 4: Resurrected Rhythms: Celebrating Revived Pieces!
@Jack Stewart great job! It apparent that you are playing so much more relax than when you first posted. Not easy at all! Would love to see this when again when you fully polished it.…
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9 mths ago
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Re: Week 4: Resurrected Rhythms: Celebrating Revived Pieces!
@Steve Pederson this is one of my favourite classical piece or maybe even the first piece of classical music that I actually liked. I never expected to hear it on a guitar but it is sounding like it…
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Re: Week 3: Tackling Challenges!
@Jack Stewart thanks Jack . You are too kind!
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9 mths ago
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Re: Memorization in Classical Guitar Performance
I really think I should improve on our ability to sight -read. It always amazes me that my teacher who is a great sight reader, can just take any music I give him and play it after looking at it for…
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9 mths ago
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Re: "Easy Pieces" Mini Challenge
@Eric Phillips Thank you. yes he does indeed. My teacher called him the pop idol of his era.
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Re: Week 3: Tackling Challenges!
@Eric Phillips thanks Eric. I get a lot of inspiration on learning new pieces listening to Kaori Muraji, Christopher Parkening and Yang Xuefei.
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Re: Week 3: Tackling Challenges!
@Ernesto thank you, This is Arabesque No 1 by Debussy.
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Re: "Easy Pieces" Mini Challenge
My favorite performance of this piece has got to be Rafael's
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9 mths ago
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Re: "Easy Pieces" Mini Challenge
Tarrega Prelude no 1 A bit late to the party. I had some challenge when I played it last time and when this piece played by Rafeal Aguirre came up in my play list, I thought to play it.…
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Re: Week 3: Tackling Challenges!
Arabesque no 1 Work had been crazy for last 2 weeks and sometines don't even feel like taking out the gutiar to play. Finally had some time and in right mental state yesterday and today to practice a…
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Re: "Easy Pieces" Mini Challenge
@Martha Kreipke that sounded really great! Thanks for sharing!
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Re: "Easy Pieces" Mini Challenge
@Fabrizio Fortunato beautfiul. It kinda reminds me of Astor Piazolla's Oblivion.
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9 mths ago
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Re: "Easy Pieces" Mini Challenge
@martin @Eric Phillips I kinda agree to an extend but I think there should a caveat to whom it applies to. You need a certain level of technical and musical ability before you can say fingering…
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Re: Caring for your guitar -- how to keep it unblemished?
@Stephen Darrell Oliver check out Petrit Ceku's guitar. He play them everywhere and even in the rain. I have zero doubt he wouldn't blink twice if he needed to use it to bat off something and produce…
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Re: Are there any tech gadgets or apps that you think could revolutionize music learning or performance in the future?
@Robert St Cyr Yes for sure. I agree with you 100% on this. There are times when my online teacher and I agree that there are limitations as in he cannot correct my posture,…
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9 mths ago
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Re: Navigating the Score and Strings: A Discussion for tonebuddies with Bifocals and Progressive Lenses
I have reading glasses and progressive as well. For reading music, the way I solved it is either using a large monitor to read music or to use ipad and zoom in or to memorize the music.…
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9 mths ago
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Re: "Easy Pieces" Mini Challenge
@martin is this a trick challenge? Was it you who said there are only easy pieces or impossible pieces. Nothing in between?
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Re: Week 2: Forgotten Favorites!
@Wai
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Re: Week 2: Forgotten Favorites!
@Blaise Laflamme thanks!
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Re: Week 2: Forgotten Favorites!
@Dale Needles After hearing what Wai said, I listen it a few more times and I'm starting to appreciate it more. It grows on you. Nicely played! Thanks for sharing!
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Re: Week 2: Forgotten Favorites!
@Wai thanks! It took 12 years since Arnold said I'll be back for Terminator 3 to happen. I'm sure this piece will be in the Í'll be back"bucket after the challenge.…
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Re: Week 2: Forgotten Favorites!
@Dale Needles Thanks Dale. Is this the idea of fixation? Where joints of fingers are fixated and moving using bigger muscles from the arm?
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9 mths ago
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Re: Week 2: Forgotten Favorites!
Bar 82-102 Only learned this this week. Notes not sounding clearly when playing at high fret and need to remember to play more ponti for the harmonics to sound cleanly.
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Re: Week 2: Forgotten Favorites!
Bar 47-66 Bass notes always missing when I play the triplets at the beginning. Need to shift a little bit slower. Need to connect the block chords in the last 3 measures.
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