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Re: Week 1: Our Unfinished Pieces!
@Eric Phillips @Jack Stewart I agree with Eric, your slow practice method rocks... imagine applied to the Chaconne
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Re: Attending the 2023 GFA Conference in NYC
Fantastic Jack, it looks like you got an awesome experience there! I remember in the 90' when the GFA came here twice and I had the chance to participate in different activities,…
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Re: READ ME and FAQ - Unfinished Business Challenge
@martin Very nice topic for this challenge... but I have so many!!
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Unfinished Business Challenge
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Re: using footstool with guitar support
@don try it... who knows... possible you'll find a more comfortable position for yourself and start a new trend!
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Re: using footstool with guitar support
@don thanks don! so it seems that he's not comfortable having both feet flat on the floor then he crafted his own one that is pretty low to make him more comfortable!
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Re: using footstool with guitar support
@don hmmm... can you post the video link? For sure at the end of the day everything is personal preference and I'm sure Bill Kanengiser knows what he's doing,…
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza!
@don I'm not sure about what you mean for the «tremolo» but for sure Pierri's playing has a legato consistency across all voices that makes everything so clear and fluid and creates a unique sound…
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The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza!
@Dale Needles I only had time to look at it briefly and I'm definitely interested in learning it! But unfortunately I had a little problem with my left hand wrist lately,…
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The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza!
@Dale Needles of course HVL#4... probably my preferred one of the whole set.
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The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza!
@Andre Bernier ok perfect, you're right it takes time for technic to become natural.
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The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza!
@Dale Needles Bravo Dale, such well played and executed... definitely one of my preferred one of the set!
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The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza!
@Dale Needles beautiful Dale, so clean and fluid... definitely a study I'm interested in. Thanks for sharing Carlevaro's works here!
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The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza!
@Wai that was great Wai, you're becoming a Carlevaro's insider!
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The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza!
@Eric Phillips wow Eric, you managed to learn and play this study in no time... amazing
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The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza!
@Steve Pederson great to hear you back here Steve, you played this beautiful study very nicely. I hope you'll bring back home a doll for your next video backgrounds!
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The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza!
@Brian you did a great job and we can easily hear you have a good tone! Don't worry too much about your facial movements, I'm always fascinated by that and how this relates to how people play their…
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The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza!
@Andre Bernier great work André, it looks like you really enjoy Carcassi! As Eric pointed out about alternating RH fingers, you could practice them with chromatic LH movements up and down at warmup,…
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The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza!
@don your progress on this piece is impressive, bravo Don!
At the level you're now at I would say that while you're still working on the general fluidity of the music,…
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The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza!
@Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary you already got great answers by other members! I would just add my 2 cents by saying that more modern studies tend to be better crafted and progressive for technical aspects…
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The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 4: Etude Extravaganza!
@Derek you're not working on a simple one! Have a good meeting at the club!
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The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: using footstool with guitar support
@don I've seen that too and what I suspect is that the support is settled for their usual position with a normal chair and then at a contest/concert where you don't have other choices than a piano…
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1 yr ago
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Re: Carlevaro - Technique
@Dale Needles A very good one and very well done Dale! I'll definitely add it to my routine
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Carlevaro's School of Guitar Group
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Re: Week 3: Melodic Meanderings!
@Andre Bernier we'll see next week... and also there's a new Carcassi challenge starting then a study of him would match 2 challenges!
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The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 3: Melodic Meanderings!
@Dale Wow... you can for sure be proud of that!! I remember how often I was ordering from GSP in the '90! That's awesome knowing you were part of this!
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The Etude Extravaganza!
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Re: Week 3: Melodic Meanderings!
@Eric Phillips Amazing Eric! Thank you for #19, I really like the way you've played both of them. Time's running out a bit on this challenge but I think we have 1 more week, right?…
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The Etude Extravaganza!
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