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Re: Week 3: Gaining Momentum
@Eric Phillips Thank you Eric. Well I use to strum a few chords every now and then in my 20s. But I picked up the classical guitar just last year. I'm still kind of not sure about my technical level…
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6 mths ago
Fresh Start Challenge
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Re: Happy Birthday, Agustín Barrios!
Barrios is turning out to be my favourite, displacing Tarrega from the top of my list. So, my favourites are Julia Florida La Cathedral by Thomas Viloteau Prelude in C minor
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6 mths ago
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Re: Week 3: Gaining Momentum
@Wai Thank you Wai, very generous of you. Where are you from, if I may ask? I'm from a place called Bodoland in the northeast part of India and I'm not a native speaker of English either although I…
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6 mths ago
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Re: Week 1: Improve your Recording Skills
@martin Hi, martin, thanks for the feedback. yeah, there's a lot of ambient noise. I think I didn't use my mic correctly (mistakenly pointing the tip instead of the side of the mic,…
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Improve your Recording Skills
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Re: Week 3: Gaining Momentum
@joosje @Andre Bernier Thank you. I almost felt like giving up trying to play it because of the LH challenges, wondering if it's beyond my technical level.…
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6 mths ago
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Re: Week 3: Gaining Momentum
Hi everyone, first of, I'd like to appreciate the amazing recordings that you all have posted. I try to listen to every submission but don't always comment mainly because I don't have the expertise…
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6 mths ago
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Re: Week 1: Improve your Recording Skills
@martin I've posted mp3 files as I don't know how to edit/sync audio files with video. Apologies if you have to download them to listen to them. I used AT2020 condenser mic and Reaper for this.…
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6 mths ago
Improve your Recording Skills
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Re: Week 1: Improve your Recording Skills
Thanks for the help Martin. My interface is a cheap knockoff of focusrite. From what I gather, the interface is a plug and play and they don't have a dedicated driver in their website (I wonder why).…
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6 mths ago
Improve your Recording Skills
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Re: Week 1: Improve your Recording Skills
@Andre Bernier I too liked the 2-3 feet, pointed at the bridge, sounds natural. You could increase the volume either while recording or post-processing.…
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6 mths ago
Improve your Recording Skills
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Re: Week 1: Improve your Recording Skills
@Andre Bernier Yeah, I'd plumbed the depths of frustration and on the verge of giving up. It was like some kind divine revelation when I finally discovered the solution.
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6 mths ago
Improve your Recording Skills
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Re: Week 1: Improve your Recording Skills
@Andre Bernier Andre, can't thank you enough for trying to help me. I finally found a solution! It's a bit of a personal triumph over my issues with recording.…
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6 mths ago
Improve your Recording Skills
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Re: Week 1: Improve your Recording Skills
@Andre Bernier It's at 50 percent. I've checked the input/output settings on my laptop. They seem fine. The interface peak light turns on if i turn up the gain.…
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6 mths ago
Improve your Recording Skills
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Re: Week 1: Improve your Recording Skills
@Nicholas hi, thank you so much for helping me. Channel 2 is input 2? I have two inputs- one has hi-z underneath it, which I think is for directly plugging in instruments like keyboard or electric…
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6 mths ago
Improve your Recording Skills
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Re: Week 1: Improve your Recording Skills
@Steve Price Really grateful for your valuable suggestions. I'll try them. I bought my equipment and then adopted the hit and trial method, thinking I'll make it in the end.…
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6 mths ago
Improve your Recording Skills
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Re: Week 1: Improve your Recording Skills
@martin and fellow members, I desperately need some guidance
I have very weak, fuzzy signals on Reaper, installed on my windows 11 laptop. A similar set-up seems to work fine on my desktop.…
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6 mths ago
Improve your Recording Skills
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Re: Week 1: Improve your Recording Skills
Hi Martin, really grateful for this course. I have a few questions beforehand. Besides, mic placement, distance and room, are we also going to talk about the technical aspects like editing and how to…
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6 mths ago
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Re: SIGN-UP: Improve Your Recording Skills with Martin!
Long overdue. I really want to learn and improve my recording skills, which at the moment is almost nil. I've watched the recorded livestreams from the past and gleaned a few bits and bobs of…
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6 mths ago
General Information and Sign-Up!
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Re: Week 1: A Fresh Start
@Andre Bernier very well played Andre, especially the first one, really soothing and nice rhythm.
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6 mths ago
Fresh Start Challenge
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Re: How important are the livestreams for you?
Hi, of course livestreams are as vital as the recorded content. Due to time difference, I mostly watch recorded ones. However, I wonder if the vimeo platform used is the best for tonebase as the…
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Nijwm_Bwiswmuthiary
7 mths ago
Discussion of the Week!
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Re: Week 1: A Fresh Start
@joosje sounds wonderful already. Looking eagerly for the whole piece.
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7 mths ago
Fresh Start Challenge
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Re: Week 1: A Fresh Start
@Ron I'm still stuck at measures 10-11. I'll check out Bianco's version too. It's the D string that I struggle to hold down in those barre chords. Btw, I noted down my RH fingerings as well,…
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Nijwm_Bwiswmuthiary
7 mths ago
Fresh Start Challenge
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Re: Week 1: A Fresh Start
@Ron what a coincidence. I've also just started learning this piece and was thinking of choosing this for the challenge. Right now, I'm stuck around measures 9-10.…
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7 mths ago
Fresh Start Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Expressive Exploration
@Andre Bernier thank you Andre
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7 mths ago
Carcassi Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Expressive Exploration
@Brent Adams welcome to the challenge. Very nicely played. This piece is on my wishlist too.
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7 mths ago
Carcassi Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Expressive Exploration
@Brent Adams Thank you. Yeah, it's a great piece to cross string finger alternation and for the thumb as well.
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7 mths ago
Carcassi Challenge
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