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Re: Recording classical guitar
@Michael Shirk Works well, I think. Of course, I'm not familiar with many others. I've used GarageBand and Ableton Live (free version); they are all a bit complicated to learn and feel comfortable…
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Re: Recording classical guitar
@Zee Chen I'm using Reaper on Ubuntu
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Re: 📖 What's on your music stand right now?
Well, I have Cancion y Danza no. 1 by Antonio Ruiz Pipo, working on the Danza right hand fingering only, no left hand, to get the pattern down. Very difficult.
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Blaise Laflamme thanks Blaise appreciate your comment
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
Yes I Agree , by the time you get up to the top end of the passage, tension starts to rear its ugly head and it all goes to hell pretty quick. Oh well I’m retired what else do I have to do.…
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
Thanks, The cadenza, lol, I’ve been trying it all. Three finger fast scales following Matt palmers suggestion of 3 notes per string and crossing over only with the “a”, I tried the two finger method,…
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Eric Phillips Thanks Eric, lol, yes it definitely needs some smoothing out. I to love the very Spanish flavor of this piece. I like Rodrigo, he is just so hard to play.
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Eric Phillips Nice playing, Eric, such a nice sound from that guitar. Who made that instrument, if you don't mind me asking?
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Dale Needles Thanks, Dale, yes, for some reason, it didn't sound as pronounced while mixing.
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Jack Stewart Nice playing, Jack, this really requires good control of the rhythm to keep this piece from sounding like some crazy noodling. Bogdanovic is an interesting composer;…
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
As part of this challenge I rolled two old pieces back into my practice schedule and will work on them till the close of this challenge. I put them on the shelf for lack of a better reason then I…
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@David Krupka lol, it was a brutal road trip: 5 days in a car from Arizona to Pa, and thinking the whole time I need to practice. Crazy how this instrument takes over your life,…
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
Unfortunately, I have been remiss in posting any videos over the past two weeks as I've been on the road traveling. Hope to be back at it this weekend.
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Re: Week 1 - A New Hope 🌟
@joosje Thanks, Joosje. I finally read the fine print, which said the owner had no issue with it for posting. In the first video, it asked me if I wanted to correct the problem.…
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Re: Week 1 - A New Hope 🌟
@Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary Thanks, Nijwm.
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Re: Week 1 - A New Hope 🌟
@Jack Stewart Thanks, Jack. I've played this before, let it fall off my rotation, and never recorded it. This is a good opportunity to get it in shape again.
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Re: Week 1 - A New Hope 🌟
@Michael Shirk Here is a working version of the video. Sorry for the first one.
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Re: Week 1 - A New Hope 🌟
@Jack Stewart Very distressing, this was a complete video of the pieces. Youtube actually cut this video. When I uploaded it, during the validation check, it said there was a license violation.…
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Re: Week 1 - A New Hope 🌟
First week of practice, decided to resurrect Se Ela Perguntar from the ashes. After listening to audio, it needs a little work to resolve missed notes, bad barre's and just the sound in general is…
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Re: Week 1 - A New Hope 🌟
@Eric Phillips Very nice, Eric, I really love Ponce music. I love the way he weaves his harmonies around a theme in very cool and modern ways. His 24 short preludes through the circle of 5ths are…
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Re: Week 1 - A New Hope 🌟
@joosje Nice piece of music. Well played, I find it hard to maintain tempo and thought through long, slow-tempo pieces. You produce very nice sound.
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Re: Week 1 - A New Hope 🌟
@joosje Exam? Are you studying guitar? Thats fun.
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Re: Week 1 - A New Hope 🌟
@Blaise Laflamme Thanks, Blaise, your comment helps narrow it down.👍
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Re: Week 1 - A New Hope 🌟
As I said at the start of this challenge, I have so much to work on. After thinking about it for some time, I decided to narrow the list to 4. Letters from Home - Pat Metheny arranged Jason Vieaux…
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Re: Week 1 - A New Hope 🌟
@Blaise Laflamme Great playing, Blaise. I would love to tap into your production skills.
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