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Re: Who are the guitarists that you think more people should know about? @Behzat This really caught me. Thank you!
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza! @Steve Pederson For what it's worth, the Segovia edition has a D natural there. The earliest editions I can find do have the D# as Eric noted (for the Paris edition).
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Re: using footstool with guitar support I do it. I got the "Ultimate Guitar Chair" but despite measuring my leg length as they asked, I must've got the wrong height anyways because it's just about 2-3" too tall.…
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Re: "a" finger nail shape I'm on the same journey as I have a pretty strong hook on the a as well. I've found a moderate ramp plus reshaping the mail with a hot spoon (ala Scott Tennant's Pumping Nylon) helps greatly.…
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Re: What Guitar do you play? As I read your question, the point of it is around what guitars we are currently playing, not necessarily what we own. Given that, I would first answer by saying that the two guitars that I currently…
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Re: When is your favorite time of day to Practice? @Derek yes. Incredibly easy as you can always stow it as a carry-on. It’s fantastic that way.
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Re: Who are your Guitar Heroes? @Barney we have exceedingly similar tastes!
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Re: Who are your Guitar Heroes? @Eric Phillips Eric Johnson?
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Re: Who are your Guitar Heroes? Christopher Parkening. Heard his album “Parkening Plays Bach” playing overhead in a Christian bookstore when I was a teenager. I grew up on R&B, pop, and gospel music.…
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Re: When is your favorite time of day to Practice? @Dale Needles That sounds wonderful!
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Re: When is your favorite time of day to Practice? @Michael Neverisky I used to have an ergo keyboard but no more. I know nothing about the benefits/detriments of typing as it relates to playing classical guitar but your comment made me wonder.
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Re: When is your favorite time of day to Practice? @Michael Neverisky that's interesting. You don't think typing might assist in dexterity/flexibility (assuming you type in a more ergonomic way)?
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Re: When is your favorite time of day to Practice? @Martybrounstein paradise!!
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Re: When is your favorite time of day to Practice? @Derek I have one and it's worth it although I use mine mainly for travel situations.
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Re: When is your favorite time of day to Practice? @Michael Shirk I'm definitely a night owl. Makes me wistful to hear about your lovely retirement pace. What a blessing!
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Re: When is your favorite time of day to Practice? @Michael Neverisky wow!!
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Re: When is your favorite time of day to Practice? @David Krupka on a funny note (I mean, it's Woody Allen!), I was reminded of his movie, "Take The Money And Run" where the narrator talks about the protagonist attempting to learn cello as a boy:…
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Re: When is your favorite time of day to Practice? @Eric Phillips I can relate to that. Full-time worker here and 4 kids at home. I try to practice for 1.5 hours every evening within 7 - 9:30 PM. I also take breaks throughout the day when I'm working…
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Re: Group 4 Getting back to this: I found that the single greatest improvement was to trim the length of my nails. Using the Scott Tennant direction of keeping your nail length nearly flush with the flesh tip of…
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- ‘Lego’ Guitar Technique with Emmanuel Sowicz
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Re: Group 4 @Emmanuel Thanks, Emmanuel! Experimenting with it last night it does seem like a slight pushing down does lend towards a fuller, rounder tone. I like your take on it being a strengthening exercise.
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- ‘Lego’ Guitar Technique with Emmanuel Sowicz
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Re: Group 4 @Erik Svenson I took a look and it was quite helpful. As it turns out, while Tennant does recommend you to think of it as actively pushing down, when you see him do it, it looks very slight and quick.…
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- ‘Lego’ Guitar Technique with Emmanuel Sowicz
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Re: Group 4 Hi everyone! @Emmanuel in the video that accompanies Scott Tennant's "Pumping Nylon" book, to describe apoyando, Scott advocates an initial "pushing down" motion (towards the soundboard) and then…
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- ‘Lego’ Guitar Technique with Emmanuel Sowicz
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Re: Group 4 Hello everyone! I've been playing guitar off and on for many years but only had about 3 years of serious instruction years ago and then recently about 1.5 years instruction.…
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Re: TY Zhang: Mastering the Ciaconna! Watching the live stream after the fact and, wow… I’m moved to tears at Ty’s explanation of how he connected his grandfather’s death with the Chaconne. I had that EXACT same feeling but it was over…
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Re: TY Zhang: Mastering the Ciaconna! Hi @martin and Ty, What transcription is this and where can we get it? Thanks so much, -sdo
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