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Re: How important are the livestreams for you? I really like the livestreams. They are very helpful and explore many important themes to us guitar players. I ,however, tend to watch rather replays than the events live.…
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- 7 days ago
- Discussion of the Week!
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Re: Group 1 @SANEL REDŽIĆ This is where I am at when muting the base. My brain is still thinking too much and sometimes I lose track of the metronome. But by practicing daily I hope to internalize the mechanics…
- Fernando Ruiz Diaz
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- 3 mths ago
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- Developing Right Hand Technique with Sanel Redžić
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Re: Group 1 @SANEL REDŽIĆ I am still working on stopping the base, which this independence and the timing between the thumb and the other fingers seems to be challenging me a little.…
- Fernando Ruiz Diaz
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- 3 mths ago
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- Developing Right Hand Technique with Sanel Redžić
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Re: Group 1 @Dee thanks for posting it! I was also experiencing some challenges to mute the base with this exercise. I thought it was me. I think in my case, at first,…
- Fernando Ruiz Diaz
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- 3 mths ago
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- Developing Right Hand Technique with Sanel Redžić
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Re: Group 1 Hi everyone! This is also my first two week intensive and I am looking so much forward to this. I have to improve my coordination and for that one key point I am lacking is a good right hand…
- Fernando Ruiz Diaz
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- 3 mths ago
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- Developing Right Hand Technique with Sanel Redžić
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Re: If you could play any other instrument, what would it be and why? @Matthew Mole I would love to play Lute as well! But probably I would entertain more an Oud
- Fernando Ruiz Diaz
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- 5 mths ago
- Discussion of the Week!
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Re: If you could play any other instrument, what would it be and why? I'd love to play Viola. I find Bach's Brandenburg Concert no 6 - Allegro ma non molto a beautiful dialogue between Violas. I ended up buying a Viola to start learning but never really had classes.…
- Fernando Ruiz Diaz
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- 5 mths ago
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- Discussion of the Week!
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Re: Barrios Mini Challenge @Marilyn Blodget Beautiful!
- Fernando Ruiz Diaz
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- 10 mths ago
- Mini Challenges!
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Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée! @Dale Needles Thank you for the suggestion. I remember David Leisner mentioned it in his class on tonebase. I definitely need to work on accentuating these cadences more! I was away last week,…
- Fernando Ruiz Diaz
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- 10 mths ago
- The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Fernando Sor Mini Challenge Posting my take 3 for the Sor Op.35 n.18 Study.
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- 10 mths ago
- Mini Challenges!
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Re: Barrios Mini Challenge @Eric Phillips Very nice. I didn't know this Prelude. It is pretty fluent already. Can't wait to see how you progress and what you can add to the musicality
- Fernando Ruiz Diaz
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- 10 mths ago
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- Mini Challenges!
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Re: Fernando Sor Mini Challenge @Rick Lord Bravo this is a beautiful piece and you are already playing it with such expressionism!
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- 10 mths ago
- Mini Challenges!
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Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée! @Eric Phillips thank you! I really believe that we’re our greatest critics. I don’t have a teacher either so I have to rely on self criticism to improve. I appreciate the feedback.…
- Fernando Ruiz Diaz
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- 10 mths ago
- The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée! Uploading my take 2 I am not so reliable. Every time I record something else comes out. But in this one I was able to play with less mistakes. I am trying something else to tackle the squeak,…
- Fernando Ruiz Diaz
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- 10 mths ago
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- The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée! @Steve Pederson Thanks for the tip! I'll start training lifting my 2nd and 3rd finger. I find the squeak so annoying. I'll try to apply it to my next video.…
- Fernando Ruiz Diaz
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- 10 mths ago
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- The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée! @Eric Phillips I agree with Steve, great improvement!
- Fernando Ruiz Diaz
- Fernando_Ruiz_Diaz
- 10 mths ago
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- The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée! Posting a take 2 after a couple of days practicing Sor's Etude op.35 n.18 I was able to improve a lot on memorizing the piece. The sequence of bars came out exactly as the score.…
- Fernando Ruiz Diaz
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- 10 mths ago
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- The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée! @don Thanks! If you like this piece I would highly recommend trying to play it. The next video I'll post will be slow. It started playing it extremely slow until I got the hang of it.…
- Fernando Ruiz Diaz
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- 10 mths ago
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- The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée! @Andre Bernier Thank you! Can't wait to watch your video and see your progress as well!
- Fernando Ruiz Diaz
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- 10 mths ago
- The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée! @Blaise Laflamme @Eric Phillips thank you both! I'll post a follow up in a couple fo days after working on some of the difficulties. I'll probably record the next one with a slower tempo.…
- Fernando Ruiz Diaz
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- 10 mths ago
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- The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée! @Eric Phillips Great start. I have the impression that you start playing new pieces with such a high fluency already! I love the dissonance in this piece. So beautiful!
- Fernando Ruiz Diaz
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- 10 mths ago
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- The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Fernando Sor Mini Challenge @Eric Phillips So good!
- Fernando Ruiz Diaz
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- 10 mths ago
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- Mini Challenges!
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Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée! Second entry to the challenge. I've been playing Villa Lobos Etude n.1 and will post here to get encouragement to film myself more regularly and work on improvements. 1.…
- Fernando Ruiz Diaz
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- 10 mths ago
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- The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Fernando Sor Mini Challenge Hi @Eric Phillips thanks! There is a lot of work to do. I watched the TY Zhang course and got a lot of positive tips that I'll work on once I get more fluent and am able to play with a more…
- Fernando Ruiz Diaz
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- 10 mths ago
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- Mini Challenges!
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Re: Fernando Sor Mini Challenge I have never played or even listened to Sor that much. So I took this challenge to explore some of his works and see what everyone else in the community is loving to play from him!…
- Fernando Ruiz Diaz
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- 10 mths ago
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- Mini Challenges!
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