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Re: Week 1: "Villa-Lobos Vibe" @Jack Stewart you are too kind , thanks for the encouragement, the pinky stretch is challenging indeed. I also played this etude for many years as a warm-up,…
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- The Villa-Lobos Voyage!
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Re: SIGN UP: Improve your Polyphonic Playing - with Peter Graneis! Hi all, there is a text "SIGN UP HERE" under the top picture, you can click there to register :) .
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- 1 yr ago
- General Information and Sign-Up!
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Re: Week 1: "Villa-Lobos Vibe" Joining the voyage with a first recording of Etude No.1 . I tried here to play at medium speed ( still too fast? ) , flat, no colors or dynamics, planting m and a for hand stabilization.…
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- The Villa-Lobos Voyage!
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Re: Week 4: Resurrected Rhythms: Celebrating Revived Pieces! @Jack Stewart thank you, I believe practicing different finger combinations does indeed help stabilize the right hand
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 4: Resurrected Rhythms: Celebrating Revived Pieces! @Barney , indeed using footstool , back to the basics. :) Thank you and thanks @Marilyn Blodget for your kind comments.
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- 1 yr ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Resurrected Rhythms: Celebrating Revived Pieces! I am late to post to this topic. Here is today's recording of Bumblebee by Emilio Pujol. I found p-i-a-i to be the easiest for me. I do recommend watching maestro Rene Izquierdo's class where he…
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- Unfinished Business Challenge
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Re: Xuefei Yang: Mastering La Catedral! @Ari no, resolving technical issues.
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- 1 yr ago
- Live Calendar
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Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée! @Eric Phillips thanks Eric, I believe this piece is actually easier to play than it looks, once you develop a bit of "reflexive speed" and practice by planting the fingers,…
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- Calin_Lupa
- 1 yr ago
- The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 1: Etude Entrée! I have studied this etude a long time ago, the EL Abejorro, by Emilio Pujol . Here is a practice session of the first part , at medium speed, pimi. Maestro Rene Izquierdo has a wonderful class on…
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- 1 yr ago
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- The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 4: Tango Tempest Posting my latest recording of the Cuban Dance , by Anatoly Beldinsky. Still work in progress, playing at speed with clarity and right tempo is a challenge.…
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- 1 yr ago
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- The Song and Dance Challenge
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Re: Group 2 @Eduardo Inestal I feel also that the 3 fingers rasgueado version has more percussion and energy. Very helpful all the versions you mentioned, I am going to try them all. Thank you so much!
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- 1 yr ago
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- Interpreting Spanish Music with Eduardo Inestal
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Re: Week 2: Ballads and Barcarolles @Steve Pederson i-m-i-m on the scale down works indeed well, the problem is that at the end of it you have to do p-i-ma , and I found that sometimes I miss some of the strings, at speed.…
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- 1 yr ago
- The Song and Dance Challenge
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Re: Group 2 @Eduardo Inestal thank you very much for the detailed advice. The control of the volume and more percussive sound on m-i (and a) , are areas where I'll focus next.…
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- Interpreting Spanish Music with Eduardo Inestal
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Re: Week 2: Ballads and Barcarolles @Jack Stewart I heard this piece for the first time many years ago also on the Narciso Yepes album and fell in love with it. I didn't think at the time that I'll ever be able to attempt to play it.…
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- Calin_Lupa
- 1 yr ago
- The Song and Dance Challenge
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Re: Week 2: Ballads and Barcarolles @Eric Phillips Dowland and renaissance music sounds so good on your lute, great playing!
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- 1 yr ago
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- The Song and Dance Challenge
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Re: Week 2: Ballads and Barcarolles If it's about dancing, then ... Ruiz Pipo's "Cancion y danza" is one of my favorites. Here is a practice video at medium speed. It's a difficult piece for me, I'll need to practice slower,…
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- 1 yr ago
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- The Song and Dance Challenge
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Re: Week 2: Ballads and Barcarolles An update on my practice of Cuban Dance, experimenting with: - Apoyando on the melody line , and "a" finger in general ( instead of tirando ) - p p p p instead of i p i p on the scale down,…
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- 1 yr ago
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- The Song and Dance Challenge
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Re: Łukasz Kuropaczewski: Quality Over Quantity - Refining Practice Techniques in Guitar - tonebase x Koblenz Wonderful session! Please consider inviting Łukasz again on Tonebase!
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Re: Aniello Desiderio: Magic of Sound! tonebase x Koblenz What a delightful conversation! @martin anybody will be nervous in front of the Maestro Desiderio, you did great!
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Aniello Desiderio: Magic of Sound! tonebase x Koblenz This is not to be missed, thank you Martin & Tonebase for streaming! :)
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Group 2 @Eduardo Inestal thank you, I am excited to learn how to play the first cords of the most popular guitar concerto! ]Here is my recording, much more practice is needed to get the fluency and constancy…
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- 1 yr ago
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- Interpreting Spanish Music with Eduardo Inestal
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Re: Week 1: Rhythmic Revelations Thank you all! Thank you David for sharing the link. Using google translate: Yes, Anatoliy Vasylovich Beldinskyi, Ukraninan amateur guitar player and composer, was "a mechanical engineer by education,…
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- 1 yr ago
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- The Song and Dance Challenge
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Re: Group 1 @Eduardo Inestal thank you, this is very usdeful.
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- 1 yr ago
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- Interpreting Spanish Music with Eduardo Inestal
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Re: Week 1: Rhythmic Revelations Hi all, a great challenge theme indeed! So many wonderful dance guitar pieces out there. Posting my practice of Cuban Dance by Anatoly Beldinsky. It seems to be difficult to find more info about this…
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- The Song and Dance Challenge
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Re: SIGN-UP: Interpreting Spanish Repertoire - with Eduardo Inestal! @martin registerd, thank you!
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- 1 yr ago
- General Information and Sign-Up!
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