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Re: Villa-Lobos Prelude No.1!
@Barney Wow, really nice. You have inspired me to try to learn the piece.
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Re: Performance Anxiety
@Lars Kjøller-Hansen I go to this guy for all of my surgical needs:
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- 2 wk ago
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Re: Performance Anxiety
@Ariel Elijovich You always give so much of your time to help us here, Ariel. Thanks so much.
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- 2 wk ago
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Re: Performance Anxiety
@Steven Bornfeld My daughter uses robots every day when she operates. I told her that it is only a matter of time before AI will control those robots.
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Re: Performance Anxiety
Didn't Weird Al sing "Like a sturgeon"? (For those of you who do not know, sturgeon is a fish that you put on a bagel in addition to lox. If you don't know what a bagel is,…
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Re: Performance Anxiety
@peter hancock Sometimes, when I write a comment for the first time on a thread, I get a message that says that it is awaiting moderation. Maybe that happened with your comment?
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- 2 wk ago
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Re: Performance Anxiety
Reflecting on the previous comments here, as well as on some thoughts that I have had for a long while, I think that one of the issues that contributes greatly to our performance anxiety is social…
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Re: Fake Nails
Thanks to all of you for your answers. I will definitely avoid the glue. I was curious about what happens to the nails (especially the adhesive tape) when you shower, and also,…
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Re: Performance Anxiety
Thanks for sharing your innermost feelings, Michelle. And take solace in the fact that you are not alone. In fact, I was just talking about my own performance anxiety in a Zoom meeting yesterday that…
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Fake Nails

After complaining about not having fingernails, I decided to buy a box of Sally Hansen Perfect Manicure nails. Bradford Werner mentioned that he uses them.…
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Re: Villa-Lobos Prelude No.1!
I think this is a bit too much for me to learn in a week. I am continuing on with learning Prelude No. 3. but I hope to pick up some good advice in this study group,…
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- 2 wk ago
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Re: What are your favorite warm-up exercises and why?
I used to do scales, but now I just dive right into the pieces that I am trying to learn. I get enough of a workout with those pieces. Plus, after doing lots of technical exercises,…
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- 3 wk ago
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Re: Improve Finger Independence in BOTH HANDS
@martin 9:00 PM Eastern Time? I guess that your new baby is keeping you up until 3 in the morning? :-)
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- 3 wk ago
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
Riffing a little bit on Ben Verdery ... last week in NYC, there was a Groupmuse concert that featured guitarist Koh Kazama. He played 3 of Ben's etudes, and I really enjoyed them.…
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- 4 wk ago
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
Concerning Estudio 9 ... this is the one page that Tannenbaum wrote about it. Notice the last paragraph where he talks about the penultimate measure.
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
@martin Will Villa-Lobos' Prelude No. 1 be our next study? If so, then I need to spend some time trying to learn this piece. There is definitely a lot to try to learn.
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
So, for those of you who missed the meeting today, @martin let it slip that the next study group will be Prelude No. 1 by Villa-Lobos. I have not played this,…
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
@Steve Price Thanks. I love early Glass and Reich ... I mean pieces like Music in Fifths, Music in Twelve Parts, Music for 18 Musicians (which I saw live in NYC in the summer of 1977),…
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
For this last day of the Brouwer Study Group (I think it was supposed to be a 2-week thing), I wanted to hack together a quick Brouwer Estudio 20. I am not satisfied with this performance,…
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
@Blaise Laflamme You mean my wife? Done !!!
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
@Blaise Laflamme That is some setup! I would love to be able to replicate it, but my wife says that if I bring one more piece of music-related stuff into our small apartment,…
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
@Ariel Elijovich ... you have given so much of yourself to help the people here. In a small way, I would like to repay you a tiny bit. I don't have a CD player or a turntable,…
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
@Ariel Elijovich You totally destroyed that piece (I say that in a good way!). Imagine if you practiced it even more! I love the transition from Ponticello to Tasto at the beginning (m 4-5).…
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
@Ariel Elijovich Thanks once again for taking the time to make this video for us. Some questions: 1. In the LH, what do you do with the '1' finger that is on the 2nd fret, 1st string?…
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
@Blaise Laflamme What kind of recording setup are you using? The audio quality and the volume are great. When I try to record myself, either with my MacBook's built-in mic or with an external Zoom…
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- 1 mth ago
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