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Re: Week 2: Deep Dive into Dynamics!
@Steve Price Great playing and amazing progress Steve.
As a beginner, I have one question for you. On a few occasions in the no. 18, there is a musical line that repeats.…
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Re: Week 2: Deep Dive into Dynamics!
@joosje Very nice Joosje. Don't be too tough on yourself.
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Re: Practice diary 2024 - Andre Bernier
@Jim King Good choice Jim. This is a fairly short piece and with few repetitions. This should be easy to memorize. However, there are some good challenges in the RH arpeggio.…
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Re: Practice diary 2024 - Andre Bernier
@Jim King Thanks Jim. You are right... I use a metronome as long as I can't get very comfortable with every section of a piece and a reasonable tempo. If I don't do that,…
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Re: Practice diary 2024 - Andre Bernier
@David Krupka @Jack Stewart Thanks for taking the time to listen to my recordings and for your support.
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Re: Practice diary 2024 - Andre Bernier
Well another month behind us. Despite many engagements to babysit our grand kids during the month; I have been able to keep my practice routine which include:…
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Re: Week 2: Deep Dive into Dynamics!
@JUAN ALONSO I agree with @joosje . This is not an easy piece (at least for me) but very beautiful and well executed. Bravo
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Re: READ and FAQ - Carcassi Etudes op.60 Challenge!
@Neil Macmillan Well done Neil. I also like a lot the comments you made at the beginning of the video.
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Re: Week 1: Jumpstart Your Journey!
@JUAN ALONSO Very nice Juan, Bravo
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Re: Week 1: Jumpstart Your Journey!
@Steve Price Very nice Steve. They are very beautiful pieces. Thanks a lot for sharing your practice.
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Re: READ and FAQ - Carcassi Etudes op.60 Challenge!
@Blaise Laflamme Thanks for the suggestion Blaise. I will keep that in my sleeve for the next Carcassi challenge.
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Re: READ and FAQ - Carcassi Etudes op.60 Challenge!
@martin This is a great community challenge you worked out for us. Your table to guide us in selecting a piece is also very helpful. However, the Opus 60 is probably way too advanced for a beginner…
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Re: Week 4: "Final Showcase Prep"
@Barney Just beautiful Barney. I strongly suggest that we all chip in to buy an ipad with foot page change control and an App that will allow more than 10 minutes of recording.…
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Re: Week 4: "Final Showcase Prep"
@Barney Ouf. what a performance Barney. You are perfectly excused for the page turning
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Re: Week 4: "Final Showcase Prep"
@Jack Stewart Great Playing, Jack. I am so impressed by the fact you can play these pieces without having to concentrate your attention on the fretboard (left hand). Woah this is so impressive.
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Re: What Non-Classical Musicians Inspire You?
Well, When I was young (which seems a long time ago) I really enjoyed the music of John Mayall, Hendrix, Genesis, Rick Wakeman (Yes). Today, I am listening to quite different music.…
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Re: Week 3: "Time and Patience"
@Jack Stewart From memorization to execution, you did a great job Jack. Bravo
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Re: Practice Diary 2023 - Jim King
@Jim King Great job Jim. You are able to sustain a very good tempo for both sections of the piece. Last year, I bought the book on these 25 studies of Sor from Bradford Werner.…
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Re: Week 1: "First Steps & Fresh Tunes"
@David Krupka I really like to get suggestions or comments from the Tonebase community including yourself. As I say, I do not have a specific guitar teacher but with Tonebase I feel I have many…
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Re: Week 1: "First Steps & Fresh Tunes"
Hello, Here is the result I got from the new practice plan feature The top 3 suggestions are part of the beginning guitar course by Daniel De Arakal That I completed last year.…
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Re: Practice diary 2024 - Andre Bernier
@Jim King Thanks Jim. For me, this was the second line of part 2 that was and still is a challenge. The bar 45 that needed the fingers 2,3 and 4 was very hard.…
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Practice diary 2024 - Andre Bernier
Starting a new practice diary for 2024 with few comments on what I have been working on in January. My practice routine has been at least one practice a day (sometime 2 and even 3 on some days).…
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Re: Using office chair for practice?
I am using an inexpensive office chair purchased on Amazon. https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B09NY3ZTH5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 This works fine for me as I can also use the…
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Re: What do you think about the tonebase Practice Plans?
@Alexander Well, I am not sure you looked deep enough. Just take level 1- Watch the intro video of Mircea Read the ''What to expect and description section'' - This is what you will work on and learn…
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Re: What do you think about the tonebase Practice Plans?
@Alexander Hello, Very good comments. Did you check the tonebase level system in the forum https://guitar-community.tonebase.co/t/83ht76q/level-1-list-of-pieces-discussion-space This may answer some…
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