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Re: Week 4: Prepare for Landing! @Michael Shirk An Addendum, Squares Suspended is one of a six-movement suite called 'Woven Harmony' These pieces make up a six-movement suite that combines the ideas of weaving and guitar.…
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Re: Week 4: Prepare for Landing! @martin Yes, its part of his "Woven Harmony" book of pieces. But there is possibly an illegitimate version floating around on the internet that a simple search will reveal.
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Re: Week 4: Prepare for Landing! @Eric Phillips Thanks Eric
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Re: Week 4: Prepare for Landing! @martin Hi Martin, for this I used a couple of Shure PGA81, very cheap like 90.00 bucks a piece. I have since bought a Zoom H4N Pro and using the stereo pair on it.…
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Re: Week 4: Prepare for Landing! Here is my final cut of Squares Suspended by Andrew York for this challenge. I have not figured out the best way to configure the gain on my focus rite.…
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Re: Baroque Mini Challenge @Jack Stewart Thanks Jack, it's in RCM book 6
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Re: Baroque Mini Challenge @bryan. burns2011 Impressive Bryan, bravo. Many applauds.
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Re: Baroque Mini Challenge I have this old one done a few years ago Prelude from 4th lute suite by S.L. Weiss, I have since heard it done a bit slower. I will probably redo it later in the year.
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! @Marilyn Blodget Very nice, this is such a great piece, extremely challenging. Especially keeping the rhythm flowing through the choreography of challenging finger movements.…
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! @Steve Pederson thanks Steve, good advice, yes pesky string noise is always my concern , I will work on that. Once I put new strings on it will be more exposed.
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! Andrew York's Squares Suspended Take 1 Memorized one shot. Need to up the tempo a bit more, tighten up the slurs and hammer on. Major clam on ending, wow and new strings would be nice.…
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! @Steve Price Nice Steve, I find you never forget a piece when you learn it by ear. Never heard Scoffield's version, but took a crack at Lenny Breau's version.…
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! @Derek Nice job Derek, can't tell you how many times I learned, forgot and relearned this piece. Can still see Di Niro (The Deer Hunter) sitting in his hotel room after returning from home from the…
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Re: Week 3: Show your Flowers! @Moyses Lopes Beautiful piece, well played Moyses. Seems very challenging for 1 month, but it looks like you are ahead of the game with a good handle on it.
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! @Steve Pederson love the melody, harmony also sounds very cool. Can’t wait to hear it atempo.
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! @Steve Pederson yes it is, lol. It’s a messy desk.
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! Andrew York's Squares Suspended practice. Hammering away on Bars 14-32 working on clear slurs and eliminating pesky unwanted sounds by fingers that won't listen sometimes.…
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! @Blaise Laflamme I saw on your youtube site that he endorsed your playing of one of his pieces. That's a high compliment indeed. It was a very nice recording you did and well deserved.
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! Not sure I can make the kick-off, but I'll tackle Andrew York's Squares Suspended, unsure if the title has any bearing to his mathematics background. I find the piece haunting,…
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! @Blaise Laflamme Beautiful sound, well played. Love the punchy solid sound of your guitar.
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Re: Week 1: Setting Sails! @Eric Phillips Well done Eric, very expressive and well played. I to did some hiking in Moab, UT and feel Frederic captured a lot of the stark pristine wilderness of that area in those notes.
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Re: Week 1: Going North! One caveat to number #3 is bringing out the bass over harmony. Controlling the pressure independently between i-m-a and p I find is difficult to say the least.…
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Re: Week 1: Going North! I have number #2 pretty much done, now isolating the troublesome spots on #3 prior to giving it a full run through. Trouble spot 1 is keeping the 3 against 2 feel in bar 7,…
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Re: Week 1: Going North! @Steve Pederson Sounds good Steve, your room looks like a music store :->. I could be wrong but I believe Landslog (Landscapes) is plural for Landslag (Landscape) .…
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Re: Week 1: Going North! @Steve Price Really, well thats ugly. Uhm maybe I should put it through my headphones and see if I can hear it. Thanks
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