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Re: Q&A Group
@Zee Chen I'm not an expert here. The only concrete suggestion I've gotten from my teacher is planting, which I hadn't done previously. It trains me to keep my fingers closer to the strings so less…
- Steven_Bornfeld
- 6 days ago
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Re: Q&A Group
You do, I think. For me, the metronome gets faster, but my fingers stay pretty much the same.
- Steven_Bornfeld
- 8 days ago
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Re: What do you do when you are cold before performing
Your hands specifically? Electric or chemical hand warmers are cheap and effective. https://www.amazon.com/HotHands-Hand-Warmers-Odorless-Activated/dp/B0007ZF4OA/ref=sr_1_7 https://www.amazon.…
- Steven_Bornfeld
- 3 wk ago
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Re: 📖 What's on your music stand right now?
@Eric Phillips Thanks--will definitely check it out.
- Steven_Bornfeld
- 4 wk ago
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Re: 📖 What's on your music stand right now?
@John Mardinly I'm sure it's fine; if there were a quickstart guide that would give me all the basics, I wouldn't have to wade through long videos to find what I need.…
- Steven_Bornfeld
- 4 wk ago
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Re: 📖 What's on your music stand right now?
@Eric Phillips Thank you--does it handle all the common file formats?
- Steven_Bornfeld
- 4 wk ago
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Re: 📖 What's on your music stand right now?
@Blaise Laflamme Thank you--I'll take a look at it.
- Steven_Bornfeld
- 4 wk ago
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Re: 📖 What's on your music stand right now?
@Blaise Laflamme Maybe I'll try that. Still not finding ForScore terribly intuitive to use.
- Steven_Bornfeld
- 4 wk ago
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Re: 📖 What's on your music stand right now?
@Michelle P Yeah, me too. One of the reasons is that I'm to easily frustrated learning my way around ForScore and editing on paper with a pencil is still so much quicker for me.
- Steven_Bornfeld
- 4 wk ago
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Re: 🎯 Sor, Carcassi, or Giuliani? — pick your starter etudes
@Eric Phillips Yes, I still have that book here...somewhere...in my messy messy office. Agree with you re: method books, but if my arm is twisted I'd say Carcassi Op.…
- Steven_Bornfeld
- 1 mth ago
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Re: 📖 What's on your music stand right now?
@Blaise Laflamme Ya gotta crawl before you walk. I've got more music than I can tackle in 2 lifetimes. I've been more or less systematically going through the solo guitar works of HVL.…
- Steven_Bornfeld
- 1 mth ago
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Re: 📖 What's on your music stand right now?
HVL Prelude 4, Brouwer Estudios Sencillo VI (yeah, I'm having trouble with stability and speed in my arps). Also, just because--Lauro Venezuelan Waltz no. 2.
- Steven_Bornfeld
- 1 mth ago
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Re: 🌍 Where in the world are you tuning in from?
@Eric Phillips I've been struggling with the Schubert/Mertz Standchen on and off for a couple of years already--still not where I want it. My go-to for the best-playing of these works is the…
- Steven_Bornfeld
- 2 mths ago
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Re: 🌍 Where in the world are you tuning in from?
@Danielle I've been slashing and burning my way through the HVL preludes the last 1+ years. But the "piu mosso" sections of preludes 1 and 2 aren't very...mosso. Love the Giuliani Op.…
- Steven_Bornfeld
- 2 mths ago
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Re: 🌍 Where in the world are you tuning in from?
Hi MZ! I bought my first guitar on Sunday, Oct. 5, 1969. Got a copy of Fred Noad's "Solo Guitar Playing" probably about 10 years later. Didn't start formal CG lessons until about 4 1/2 years ago,…
- Steven_Bornfeld
- 2 mths ago
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Re: tonebase is confusing! Am I missing something?
@Richard M Levy That may be the case with some videos--I'm not sure I've run into them though. Some give quite explicit performance notes, fingerings, etc.…
- Steven_Bornfeld
- 2 mths ago
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Re: tonebase is confusing! Am I missing something?
@Michelle Roper I too am a life member. It's nice to be able to "dig in" to the wealth of material here when I can and not worry about my membership running out before I do.…
- Steven_Bornfeld
- 2 mths ago
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Re: tonebase is confusing! Am I missing something?
@Stephen McCurry I think it's likely to be money (and time) well-spent. I don't think of the membership as a substitute for a teacher, but more a way to enrich what you're learning and apply it to…
- Steven_Bornfeld
- 2 mths ago
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Re: 16 Methodological tools for solving any passage
I will report back; thanks also for the heads-up about Ashley Lucero's videos--I will check them out.
- Steven_Bornfeld
- 5 mths ago
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Re: 16 Methodological tools for solving any passage
Thank you, Ariel!
- Steven_Bornfeld
- 5 mths ago
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Re: Who is the composer you feel is underrated in the guitar world?
@Lawrence You are quite right, many classical guitar recitals tend to have too much core repertoire. This is true for the larger classical music world as well, of course. But things HAVE changed.…
- Steven_Bornfeld
- 5 mths ago
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Re: Welcome to tonebase!
@Eric Loh Just saw your post here. To me you're already a master. You're out in Wisconsin now, right? Hope it's not too cold out there!
- Steven_Bornfeld
- 6 mths ago
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Re: Welcome to tonebase!
@João Ricardo Conceição I LOVE that little Giuliani etude--partly because to me it sounds so NOT like Giuliani.
- Steven_Bornfeld
- 6 mths ago
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Re: Watch Party
So, it's been rolled back from 11 to 12?
- Steven_Bornfeld
- 8 mths ago
- Live Calendar
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Re: Performance Anxiety
@Marc Adler He SHOULD have!
- Steven_Bornfeld
- 10 mths ago
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