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Re: Week 3: Whispers of Nostalgia
Hi everyone, here's an update on the piece I posted earlier. Slightly improved, still lots of room for improvement. Missed notes, more vibrato needed.
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Music of the Fall
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Re: Week 3: Whispers of Nostalgia
@Derek Thank you Derek.
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Music of the Fall
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Re: Group 1
@Ariel Elijovich Thanks for this. Interesting fingering choices. For me, the issue has been when I need to lift up the 3rd finger from the G to bring it to F while keeping the 2nd and 4th finger in…
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Avoiding Left-Hand Tension with Arturo
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Re: Group 1
@David I was wondering about something similar to what you're asking. I've been struggling a bit with barres myself. I've noticed that improving on certain techniques has a cumulative effect on how…
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Re: Group 1
@Ariel Elijovich Thanks a lot for the reply, and such detailed insights into the ease of playing. I really appreciate it. Wow, your explanation and pieces of advice makes complete sense.…
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Re: Week 3: Whispers of Nostalgia
@Jack Stewart Looking forward to it!
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3 wk ago
Music of the Fall
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Re: What livestreams would you like to see on tonebase?
Hi Martin, I'd love to have a livestream (and a lesson or two, if possible) on rhythm and harmony, especially on rhythm. As someone who's relatively new to classical music,…
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Discussion of the Week!
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Re: Week 3: Whispers of Nostalgia
@Jack Stewart Thank you, Jack. Yeah, it's a beautiful piece, played so beautifully by Xufei Yang. Btw, have you posted anything for this challenge yet? I look forward to it,…
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4 wk ago
Music of the Fall
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Re: Week 3: Whispers of Nostalgia
@Ron Thank you, Ron. Your encouragement keeps me motivated.
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4 wk ago
Music of the Fall
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Re: Group 1
@Arturo Castro Nogueras Thank you Arturo. I have a couple of questions? In the Brouwer etude.2, I have issue with bar 3 (I think) when I have to lift up the 3rd finger from the G to bring it to F…
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Re: Group 1
@Ariel Elijovich These are some great pieces of advice. Thanks for taking the time to do this. I have a question: how to hold full barre on the 1st position,…
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Re: Week 3: Whispers of Nostalgia
@Eric Phillips Thank you very much, Eric. I actually used tabs for this one, along with the score :) Yeah, that pile of mine keeps on growing each day. I'm trying to juggle my time with technique,…
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Music of the Fall
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Re: Week 3: Whispers of Nostalgia
@David Krupka Thank you very much, David. I was kind of surprised how the tone came out well. I've not been fully satisfied with my tone quality for a while,…
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Music of the Fall
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Re: Week 3: Whispers of Nostalgia
Hi, Martin and everyone. Hope you're all well. This is called Eterna Saudade by the Brazilian composer, Dilermando Reis. I discovered this piece on Youtube, played so beautifully by the inimitable,…
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Music of the Fall
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Re: Week 2: Change of Colors
@Blaise Laflamme I aspire to be at your level someday
, hopefully soon. I'm also planning to submit a piece, perhaps in a day or two.
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Music of the Fall
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Re: Week 2: Change of Colors
@Blaise Laflamme Wow, your playing is always so top-notch and heartfelt. I hadn't been checking into the forums lately, and you've come up with two beautiful pieces! How do you do it? :)
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Music of the Fall
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Re: Week 2: Change of Colors
@Eric Phillips Beautiful Eric. It is indeed very solemn, almost like a requiem. But beautifully played.
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Music of the Fall
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Re: Group 1
@Arturo Castro Nogueras Thank you for the reply. Yeah, looking forward to your advice.
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1 mth ago
Avoiding Left-Hand Tension with Arturo
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Re: Week 1: Music of the Fall
@Eric Phillips Beautifully played as always Eric. I wasn't familiar with Shand's music. Sweet, calming piece.
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Music of the Fall
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Re: Group 1
Hello, Arturo and friends, I'm Nijwm from India. I've been playing the guitar for the past two years. My biggest issues are- pressing too hard without realizing it during the flow of the music,…
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Avoiding Left-Hand Tension with Arturo
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Re: Week 1: Music of the Fall
Hi everyone, hope everyone's well. I'm thinking of two pieces- Eterna Saudade by Dilermando Reis or the Preludio Saudade by Barrios. Autumn here in India is a festive time, of religious festivals,…
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Music of the Fall
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Re: Week 1: Music of the Fall
@Sam Greenblatt I live in a tropical monsoon climate. So, there isn't much of an autumn here. It's still hot and humid, winter's more like autumn, very dusty and a bit chilly here.…
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1 mth ago
Music of the Fall
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Re: Avoiding Exponential Left-Hand Tension with Arturo Castro Nogueras
I completely agree with Joosje and Bill Young. Very timely TWI on this subject. I've been having trouble with things like pressing too hard, maintaining a proper balance in the LH fingers,…
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1 mth ago
General Information and Sign-Up!
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Re: Villa-Lobos Extravaganza - Watch Party!
Excited for the watch party! BTW, guys and girls, we have an upcoming Q and A livestream with Martin on 14th October (as suggested by me :) ). So far, I've fired lots of questions in the forum for…
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1 mth ago
Live Calendar
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Re: Fast Scales with Grisha
Hi Barney, this is a great idea. I've also been exploring ways to improve scale speeds, been concentrating too much on arpeggios. I can somewhat get to 80bpm, on the C major segovia scale.…
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Livestream Ideas
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