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Re: Asturias' notation - part of the melody on the g string? Unless the issue is playing an open string versus a fretted note. If you don’t want to carry the tone over to the next note and can’t damp the open string easily opt for the fretted note.
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- 5 days ago
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Re: Asturias' notation - part of the melody on the g string? One of the things I’ve learned from Tonebase is that there are many ways to Skin the “catgut”. Do what seems most natural for you. A lot of Segovia and Villa Lobos pieces emphasize playing up and…
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- Norman
- 5 days ago
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Re: What is your favorite guitar practice hack? I’m old and will never make money playing guitar. So I don’t practice per se. I play. And in each piece there are always new things to learn and perfect. Scales abound when playing Bach.…
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- Norman
- 11 days ago
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Re: Guitar Q&A: Ask Away with Martin! Hi Martin. what are your thoughts about a side hole so that you can hear your own output better. Does it work? Does it hurt the guitar?
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- Norman
- 7 mths ago
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Re: SIGN-UP: Improve Your Recording Skills with Martin! Hi Martin. I know I’m late for this. What usb mike do you recommend to connect to a pc and a daw. I purchased a dynamic carotid mike which records my voice but doesn’t pick up guitar or even piano.…
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- 9 mths ago
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Re: Experience with Alaska Picks The problem with these picks is you need some nail to hold them on place. If your damage is such that your nail is too small you need to get glue on nails.…
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- Norman
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Fingernail Problems and possible solutions My nails are horrible because of a drug I’m taking. I purchased the nails from guitarplayernails.com. I get the nails with a thin bottom. I file the bottoms to fit right into my cuticle.…
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- Norman
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Navigating the Score and Strings: A Discussion for tonebuddies with Bifocals and Progressive Lenses Progressive lenses don’t solve the problem. Differentiating between 1 and 4 or between 2 and 3 can be very challenging. I end up writing them in below the staff. Same for string numbers.
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- Norman
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Ana Vidovic: Artist Spotlight & Q&A! @Pase I was doing recuerdos pami. I tried Ana’s pmim and it works much better. Tone on all notes much more even. The a finger being weaker hurt that.
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- Norman
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Kick-Off for "Exploring Music from Spain" I have memories of that place in Granada. If I could only put my recuerdos to music
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- Norman
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Modes and Modern Scales through Guitar Repertoire In my theory class I was having trouble understanding how the modes sounded do I experimented with Twinkle Little Star. On s keyboard start on C and play 1155665.…
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- Norman
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 4: Complete // Apr 12th @Marek Tabisz a boomer is someone born during the baby boom that followed WWII. So figure 1945-55
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- Norman
- 4 yrs ago
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Re: Week 4: Complete // Apr 12th Check Wikipedia. The version I grew up with on top of a pizza, credited to Dick Biondi of WLS radio in Chicago, the station locked in on my transistor radio when I was a young teen.
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- Norman
- 4 yrs ago
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Re: Week 4: Complete // Apr 12th @Eric no. You weren’t born when that song was first on the radio. I think Raffi did the song. Did you hear it from him
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- 4 yrs ago
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Re: Week 4: Complete // Apr 12th @Eric Good to know there are other boomers in this group. Are you from the Midwest?
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- 4 yrs ago
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Re: GENERAL DISCUSSION on the Variation Challenge "Marizápalos" Martin, I hate the unnatural fingering from bars 163 on. I played it as written and as I would without the fingering and I don’t see an advantage to the fingering as written.…
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- Norman
- 4 yrs ago
- Variation Challenge "Marizápalos"
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Re: GENERAL DISCUSSION on the Variation Challenge "Marizápalos" @martin at a party of theory nerds you’d be the star. But it seems in this piece it’s appearing where the chord is E major, the V chord of the Am.
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- Norman
- 4 yrs ago
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Re: GENERAL DISCUSSION on the Variation Challenge "Marizápalos" @joosje
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- Norman
- 4 yrs ago
- Variation Challenge "Marizápalos"
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Re: GENERAL DISCUSSION on the Variation Challenge "Marizápalos" The g Sharp and g natural alternate throughout the piece as the keys modulate. 133-144 E to A to D to G to B to Am. Keeps changing after as well.
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- Norman
- 4 yrs ago
- Variation Challenge "Marizápalos"
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Re: GENERAL DISCUSSION on the Variation Challenge "Marizápalos" @martin great. Always good to know what the masters expected of us.
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- Norman
- 4 yrs ago
- Variation Challenge "Marizápalos"
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Re: GENERAL DISCUSSION on the Variation Challenge "Marizápalos" Is the technical detail really that important? The goal is to give an interesting sound to the note being played. As long as the target note is emphasized it hardly matters whether the second note…
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- Norman
- 4 yrs ago
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