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Andre Bernier
Andre_Bernier
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Re: Villa-Lobos Extravaganza - Watch Party!
No problem Martin.
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Re: Chord changes - most efficient way to practice them?
The new course on practice by Łukasz Kuropaczewski is probably an excellent approach to practice progressively chord changes.…
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Re: Release Review: Łukasz Kuropaczewski's Practice Principles
A very good course that should be added to the level 1 or 2 of the Tonebase level system curriculum. I noticed the comment from @Michelle Roper on the need from her teacher to be musical on…
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Re: Week 1: Prelude to Villa-Lobos
@Eric Phillips Bravo Eric. Always inspiring to see how you can get that level of performance so rapidly. 👍
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Re: Level 1 - List Of Pieces (+ Discussion Space)
@Darryl Brooks The level system on the home page will bring to you very similar results you get in this section of the blog. There is a very little list of repertoire for the level 1 as the main…
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Re: Week 4: From Cardoso to Carlevaro!
@Jack Stewart I agree with your statement Jack '' rhythm really challenging '' . This piece is very difficult and you are progressing well. Thanks for sharing this very special and interesting music.
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Re: Week 4: From Cardoso to Carlevaro!
@Eric Phillips Nicely done Eric .... Bravo 👍
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Re: Week 4: From Cardoso to Carlevaro!
@Barney Very beautiful and relaxing music Barney. Thanks
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Re: Practice diary 2024 - Andre Bernier
@Jim King I agree with you Jim. The rhythm of the Estudio Sencillos No.1 is pretty difficult to internalize. I guess that it is because we are not from South America or Cuba.…
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Re: Practice diary 2024 - Andre Bernier
July 14th - 2024 Already another month has gone with some progress in my musical journey. I have now completed my trial with the Alaska picks and decided to adopt them with both classical and…
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Re: Week 3: From Ponce to Piazolla!
@Eric Phillips Great performance Eric. Bravo 👏
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Re: Week 3: From Ponce to Piazolla!
@Dale Needles Very nice Dale... Bravo 👏
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Re: Week 3: From Ponce to Piazolla!
@Lars Kjøller-Hansen Beautiful Lars..... Nice tune in a great setting.
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Re: Week 3: From Ponce to Piazolla!
@Eric Phillips Thanks Eric... Very nice. Don't give up. You definitively have the skills required to bring this piece to a great performance level. 💪
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Re: Week 3: From Ponce to Piazolla!
@Lars Kjøller-Hansen Nice to see you back Lars... Great music in a great environment. Well done 👍
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Re: Week 3: From Ponce to Piazolla!
@Eric Phillips I don't understand how you can learn a piece and bring it to such a level of interpretation but Bravo.... this was just great 👍
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Re: Week 2: From Barrios to Brouwer!
@Spare Machine I agree with Eric, This is a great moment of music that you shared with us 👍
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Re: Week 2: From Barrios to Brouwer!
@Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary Great performance... I love so much this piece. I hope to have the skill to learn it in a couple of years 🙂
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Re: Week 2: From Barrios to Brouwer!
@Eric Phillips Thanks Eric for taking the time to make that video. This was such an eye opening on how to learn and study a piece of music. 👍
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Re: Week 1: Welcome to the Latin American Music Challenge 🥳
@Eric Phillips Nice calm and relaxing Eric. Well done. 👏
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Re: Week 1: Welcome to the Latin American Music Challenge 🥳
@Spare Machine Good work and I also vote for the dark recording. It provides a different ambiance. I also found that most musical pieces sound better when played slow.👍
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Re: LAST WEEK: Over the Horizon!
@Eric Phillips Don't be too tough on yourself. A lot of people would be happy to be able to play like you. My intention was not to generate a new trend on Tonebase but if you want to try the Alaska…
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Re: LAST WEEK: Over the Horizon!
@Barney @Eric Phillips @Jim King Thanks a lot for listening to my recording and for your great comments. Barney, you are raising a very good question. When we watch the video of Brandon Acker,…
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Re: LAST WEEK: Over the Horizon!
This will be my last recording for this challenge. Over the last few weeks; I added the Alaska picks to the thumb. It was a bit hard at the beginning but since I changed my hand position it is going…
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Re: Week 5: Onward and Upward!
@Eric Phillips Great performance Eric. Bravo 👏
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