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Re: 🌳 Plant or don't plant? — the right-hand debate
@Ariel Elijovich Sorry for the delay, it's been a busy week! Any exercises in speed of attack or synchronization between the two hands are probably appropriate from a mechanical point of view,…
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- Yesterday
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Re: Week 4 - Return of the Finisher 🏆
@Steve Price Oh yeah! Great to hear something like this in the challenge, like the colours and mood you're creating with this.
- BLaflamme
- 4 days ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: 🌳 Plant or don't plant? — the right-hand debate
@Ariel Elijovich I also agree with you Ariel, I wanted to keep the idea simple in my comment. It seems to me that if there is no written indications on the score (rest, articulation, ...…
- BLaflamme
- 4 days ago
- Discussion of the Week!
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Re: Week 4 - Return of the Finisher 🏆
@Dale Needles A very interesting study Dale, seems to be effective for slurs!
- BLaflamme
- 5 days ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Robert Love The easiest way is to use the Add Video button at the bottom and paste your link there, also ensure your video is not private, it should at least be public (unlisted).
- BLaflamme
- 6 days ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: 🌳 Plant or don't plant? — the right-hand debate
I'm late to this thread, for me it's minimal/no planting but with the use of dampening. The base idea is that music is legato by default, the fingers should not lean on the strings unnecessarily…
- BLaflamme
- 6 days ago
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Steve Price The idea is to have a good base from the beginning but enough flexibility to allow us to evolve and adapt in the process, otherwise we are quickly frozen in an immutable framework and it…
- BLaflamme
- 8 days ago
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- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Andre Bernier Ok I don't know this microphone, but if it's similar to a SM7B it's more geared towards voice so placement could be a bit different than for a small pencil,…
- BLaflamme
- 9 days ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Steve Price Good question Steve... I would say (for me) from the beginning, the first reading, the first notes, and for everything that is obvious, or otherwise something that seems to make sense,…
- BLaflamme
- 9 days ago
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Andre Bernier Well... only your ears can tell you if the position is right, as there are too many variables. I would say not closer but probably a bit lower, maybe equal or below the sound hole,…
- BLaflamme
- 9 days ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Jack Stewart Oh wow... I didn't see that you had already shared them, thanks!
- BLaflamme
- 10 days ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Andre Bernier Very well played André, about the sound maybe you could find a better spot for your microphone, a bit lower?
- BLaflamme
- 10 days ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Jack Stewart This is awesome Jack, I very like what you're doing with this... I would be interested in reading your transcription if you are willing to share it... very good stuff! 👌💪
- BLaflamme
- 10 days ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Michael Shirk I hope to hear something from you soon!
- BLaflamme
- 10 days ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Steve Price Great progress on these Steve! I think you're doing the right thing with these, I normally read through the piece multiple times up until I get the feel of it,…
- BLaflamme
- 10 days ago
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- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Week 2 - Into the Dojo 🥋
@Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary I'm very happy you're here with us Nijwm!! I'm working on a few pieces I want to elevate enough to produce as video, but I'm not sure which one will fit in this timeframe.…
- BLaflamme
- 13 days ago
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- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Week 2 - Into the Dojo 🥋
@Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary I don't think you're trying to play music, you actually do play music, beautifully, but the thing is even a pro is sometimes caught in technical patterns!…
- BLaflamme
- 13 days ago
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- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Week 2 - Into the Dojo 🥋
@Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary But in this case I suspect that unconsciously you follow, or imitate, this version you have in mind. A long time ago, when I worked on a certain piece,…
- BLaflamme
- 13 days ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Week 2 - Into the Dojo 🥋
@Andre Bernier As others pointed out, a big step in difficulty! 💪 Let us know how you like the Tonebase Track as you progress!
- BLaflamme
- 13 days ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Week 2 - Into the Dojo 🥋
@Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary Listening to others can be part of the answer, mainly if you forged your musical reference based on a version that does this (even before you start learning it).…
- BLaflamme
- 13 days ago
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- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Week 2 - Into the Dojo 🥋
@joosje Very enjoyable performance Joosje, this tuning makes the guitar sounds in a beautiful way, and you make it shine... Good luck with the upcoming exam!
- BLaflamme
- 2 wk ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Week 2 - Into the Dojo 🥋
@Eric Phillips Consistent and solid progress, you definitely know your learning process!
- BLaflamme
- 2 wk ago
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- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Week 2 - Into the Dojo 🥋
@Ron Great start on this Prelude Ron, this is not an easy piece!
- BLaflamme
- 2 wk ago
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- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Week 2 - Into the Dojo 🥋
@Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary This is very good Nijwm! 💪 If you permit me a suggestion, there is one thing that feel a bit strange to me in the articulation, I don't know if it's intentional but I really…
- BLaflamme
- 2 wk ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Week 2 - Into the Dojo 🥋
@Debbie That's a great start Debbie, better is to work slow and slowly to build all necessary mechanisms to ensure a good flow and understanding of what's going on!
- BLaflamme
- 2 wk ago
- 1
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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