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Re: Week 4: Romantic spirits!
@Barney thank you for your appreciation, considering your recordings and expectation about sound, I'm happy you like it. I roughly position them as I was used to with the CM4 and in another…
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Re: Week 4: Romantic spirits!
@Barney thank you Barney. I've done a couple of changes, I've separated my workspace from my practice studio, acoustically treated it a bit, and got a new pair of KM 184 (this is my first time…
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Re: Week 4: Romantic spirits!
@Jack Stewart thank you Jack for your kind words, I'm happy you like my interpretation of this work! I understand you, I've never myself connected to what I've heard of Paganini guitar works...…
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Re: Week 4: Romantic spirits!
@Eric Phillips definitely spot on with this work of Tarrega! You definitely reach a new level of playing when you revisit previous works... that sounds secure, controlled and it flows perfectly.
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Re: Week 4: Romantic spirits!
@Eric Phillips you don't have the rights over this piece... as the «Master Challenger»!
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Re: Week 4: Romantic spirits!
@Eric Phillips for sure it counts for the Romantic era... as much as Paganini or I'm in trouble!
You play it with great control and sensitivity, and for sure it makes a beautiful warm up piece...…
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Re: Week 4: Romantic spirits!
@Eric Phillips that's definitely a winner this piece and you play it very well with great control over the details you worked on. Not only satisfying for you to play but for us to listen to!
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Re: Week 4: Romantic spirits!
@Eric Phillips thank you Eric for your kind comments! I still need a bit of practice to shine it better but overall my ideas are expressed as I hear them... and the challenge ends tomorrow
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Re: Week 4: Romantic spirits!
@Dale Needles @Derek thank you!
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Re: Week 4: Romantic spirits!
Sonata 1 (MS84) - Niccolo Paganini This is my humble contribution to the challenge and at the same time the only one! I had not enough time to explore music for this challenge but I wanted to…
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Re: What is your favorite guitar recording?
Alvaro Pierri: Brouwer, Torroba, De Falla, Hetu, Gismonti (1991) Everything is played with eloquence and refinement. I particularly like the Suite pour guitare Op 41 by Jacques Hétu,…
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Re: Week 4: Romantic spirits!
@Jack Stewart this is great Jack! Well... there's a huge gap between «mastering» somehow the technical part and on the other hand the musical ideas we express.…
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Re: 7 Ejercicios Previos - Abel Carlevaro
@Wai that's great your teacher gave you a contact with this book, that would have been great if you had a chance to get book 2 for right hand, it has changed my life!…
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Re: 7 Ejercicios Previos - Abel Carlevaro
@Wai Welcome to the world of Carlevaro! I propose you to buy his technical books and the amazing School of guitar book where every concepts are explained in details.…
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Re: Group 1
@peter hancock I notice a few things... I think you play a bit too fast, I would personally play this two time slower than you do, wait twice more before each fingers.…
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Re: Group 1
@Brett Gilbert yeah that's also for illustrating the mind shift we have to do when isolating finger's action one by one as opposed to orchestrate them in a layered motion.…
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Re: Group 1
@Brett Gilbert No I don't have a lot of experience with tremolo, I only had to do a bit of it in some piece sections but I've never really played dedicated tremolo pieces.…
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Re: Group 1
@Nora Torres-Nagel thanks Nora, it's not perfectly aligned with Martin's approach but it has the basis.
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Re: Week 3: My heart leaps up!
@Rick Lord beautifully played with such sensitivity! I'm sad to know you have pain in your left hand, I hope you'll recover as soon as possible, take care of your hands... and yourself, of course
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Re: Group 1
@Emma Thank you Emma and you're doing pretty well too, you feel comfortable, relaxed and your tone is good! You're right I naturally play without preparation most of the time,…
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Re: Group 1
@Martin yeah thanks for the tip, and for sure any new combination not conditioned by previous year of training is easier for mastering the basis, I'll give another shot at recording this week.…
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Re: Group 1
@Robert Hey Robert, your assignment videos are in private mode so we can't watch them... can you set them «unlisted»?
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Re: Week 3: My heart leaps up!
@Eric Phillips I think that's a great idea!!
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Re: Group 1
@Eric Phillips haha! the bad news is you have to build it yourself!
You know what... yesterday I was talking with my girlfriend about this tremolo workshop while taking a walk and this morning she…
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Re: Week 3: My heart leaps up!
@Jack Stewart well done Jack! I'm surprised you're playing the role of the guy who's not fully into romantic music...
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