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Re: ⏳ Practicing when life gets in the way
I always tried to set some time apart for playing the guitar. Sometimes technical stuff like scales, sometimes small pieces. Even when I was very short in time I could squeeze in half an hour a day.…
- Gerben_Miedema
- 5 days ago
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Re: 🎸 Your guitar, and how you found it
Many Moons ago I started with a Juan Orozco. The origin is a bit foggy: The builder should be a luthier in New York, It was made in Japan and the label was in Spanish.…
- Gerben_Miedema
- 2 wk ago
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Re: 🐌 How slowly do you really practice?
Far more faster than I did think. (The human mind has many shortcomings! 😄) Nowadays I’ll stick to the metronome for practicing. It’ll give me more time to control all movements and let me hear the…
- Gerben_Miedema
- 2 mths ago
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Re: Score for Bach BWV 998
@Stuart You’re welcome; I remember one of the lessons where there were also no scores. Some scores are, in many versions, available for free at the internet. Maybe that's the reason.
- Gerben_Miedema
- 3 mths ago
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Re: Score for Bach BWV 998
https://www.classical-guitar-sheet-music.com/johann-sebastian-bach/
- Gerben_Miedema
- 3 mths ago
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Re: 🎯 Sor, Carcassi, or Giuliani? — pick your starter etudes
Of the 3 mentioned I would prefer Sor. (I like the music, but I’ve also read his guitar method). At present I am going over the Sagreras lessons again. These go nicely step by step.…
- Gerben_Miedema
- 5 mths ago
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Re: 🎓 The tonebase course that changed your playing
Several lessons regarding the damping of bass notes. Rather important stuff: if you don't damp the bass note and let it ring you'll get an entirely different chord.…
- Gerben_Miedema
- 5 mths ago
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Re: What is your favorite guitar practice hack?
@Steve Price What helps me is playing very, very slow.
- Gerben_Miedema
- 1 yr ago
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Re: What is your favorite guitar practice hack?
Just one word. 'Concentration'. And it's not so easy as it sounds!
- Gerben_Miedema
- 1 yr ago
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Re: What's on Your Stand?
On my stand: Die Technik der modernen Konzert Gitarre (Technique of the Modern Concert Guitar) and a Rondeau by S.L. Weiss. When I’m finished with the last one I’ll attack a piece bij Ludovico…
- Gerben_Miedema
- 1 yr ago
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Re: If You Could Only Listen to One Composer for a Year, Who Would It Be?
I would say Vivaldi. Not only his lute concertos but all of his stuff. It’s so often very lively. (But that’s only one composer; others are just as good)
- Gerben_Miedema
- 1 yr ago
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