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Re: WEEK 1: Select And Practice Your Piece! @David Krupka Thanks David. Ha! No, don't be silly. That's not my living room. Nobody would be that crazy. That's my dining room! I actually have the best wife in the world.…
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Re: WEEK 1: Select And Practice Your Piece! First of all, thank you in advance for listening. I've been dealing with some serious bodily pain which has prevented me from playing guitar for the last couple of days.…
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Re: WEEK 1: Select And Practice Your Piece! @Stefanie Mosburger-Dalz I admire you for taking on this piece! Anything above the 12th fret can be quite challenging. I have to say I'm not familiar with this piece,…
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Re: WEEK 1: Select And Practice Your Piece! @Vilio Celli good start Vilio! I love this piece, and I know it's difficult. I've been trying to master it for decades, and it's still kicking my butt! One thing that may be helpful is to not…
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- End-Of-The-Year Concert Challenge!
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Re: WEEK 1: Select And Practice Your Piece! @Eric Phillips I'm REALLY enjoying listening to this!
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Re: WEEK 1: Select And Practice Your Piece! @Eric Phillips Man, that looks tough! Great progress!
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Re: WEEK 1: Select And Practice Your Piece! @Eric Phillips Great start! I really love this piece and I'm glad you're doing it! Can't wait to see how it evolves.
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Re: WEEK 1: Select And Practice Your Piece! @martin totally digging this!
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Re: Group 2 @Vilio Celli I just noticed that both TY and I commented on your right-hand fingering, but in the video it looks like you are left-handed and picking with your left hand.…
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- 2 yrs ago
- Right-Hand Cross-String with Tengyue Zhang aka TY
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Re: Group 2 @Steve Price ooh, that's a good idea - the p-i. I hadn't thought of that.
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- 2 yrs ago
- Right-Hand Cross-String with Tengyue Zhang aka TY
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Re: Group 2 @TY Zhang thanks for the feedback! I did notice my right wrist moving a lot, and that didn't seem like a good thing. I guess I will have to stretch the fingers out a bit more.
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- Right-Hand Cross-String with Tengyue Zhang aka TY
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Re: Group 2 @Raul Guzman Vidal excellent job Raul! Have you also tried it by leading with the m finger?
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- Right-Hand Cross-String with Tengyue Zhang aka TY
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Re: Group 2 @Vilio Celli you're off to a great start Vilio! It looks like you may need to focus on alternating your fingers in your right hand. That was especially difficult for me.…
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- 2 yrs ago
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- Right-Hand Cross-String with Tengyue Zhang aka TY
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Re: Group 2 @Steve Price wonderful job Steve! I'd love to hear you play through it while leading with the m finger. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on that.
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- 2 yrs ago
- Right-Hand Cross-String with Tengyue Zhang aka TY
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Re: Group 2 Here is my latest... Man, I just can't wrap my head around the ascending scale when leading with the m finger. I have 30+ years of playing where my mind is saying,…
- Steve Pederson
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- 2 yrs ago
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- Right-Hand Cross-String with Tengyue Zhang aka TY
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Re: Group 2 @Peter Thanks Peter!
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- 2 yrs ago
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- Right-Hand Cross-String with Tengyue Zhang aka TY
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Re: Group 2 Okay, first run to get familiar with the exercise with eighth notes at 60bpm. I liked TY's suggestion to have the right hand at an angle so the index and middle fingers are essentially at the same…
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- 2 yrs ago
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- Right-Hand Cross-String with Tengyue Zhang aka TY
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Re: Group 2 Hello! I'm looking forward to this one for sure! String crossing is something that I get hung up on a great deal. I'm very excited to get some insight into this and applying it to my playing.
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- 2 yrs ago
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- Right-Hand Cross-String with Tengyue Zhang aka TY
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Re: Week 4: Spain in 19th ! @David Krupka I sure know how to pick 'em, don't I? Wow, this is really amazing that this is actually a Sor piece! So, I STILL haven't played any Aguado?! Thanks for pointing that out.…
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- 2 yrs ago
- Around the 19th Century Guitar World!
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Re: Week 4: Spain in 19th ! @joosje Lovely work! I'm really impressed by your command of those studies. You make them look easy, but I know they're not!
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- 2 yrs ago
- Around the 19th Century Guitar World!
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Re: Week 4: Spain in 19th ! @Eric Phillips Well, you made them LOOK easy at least! Such nice pieces for studies. I really like the way you introduced variations in timbre to give them more depth.
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Re: Week 4: Spain in 19th ! @Eric Phillips Great stuff Eric. I would not have even noticed the string squeak if you hadn't mentioned anything. Beautiful piece. Great performance!
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- 2 yrs ago
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- Around the 19th Century Guitar World!
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Re: Week 4: Spain in 19th ! @Barney that was absolutely magnificent! I think both Tarrega and Mendelssohn would be very proud of what you did with that performance. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this piece,…
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- 2 yrs ago
- Around the 19th Century Guitar World!
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Re: Week 4: Spain in 19th ! Okay, well, I'd better put SOMETHING out there for crying out loud! This is a Prelude from Aguado. The book I'm using, World's Favorite Solos for Classical Guitar,…
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Re: Week 4: Spain in 19th ! @Eric Phillips Beautiful performances Eric! Really enjoyed these.
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- The Journey is My Destination!
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- 2 yrs ago
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- Around the 19th Century Guitar World!
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Married with two amazing daughters, graduated with a bachelor's degree in guitar performance from the University of Minnesota in 1992.