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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
@Steve Price I bought the whole set (divided in 4 booklets of 5 studies) in the '90, so yes that's the Max Eschig edition, I've never seen the Zigante edition,…
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
@Ron Thank you Ron!
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
@Jane Anderson #9 is a great one, waiting to hear what you're coming up with!
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
@peter hancock Good luck with your recovery!
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
@don They're a great set of studies!
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
@Spare Machine #5 is a great one!
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
@Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary I kind of have it to (the camera syndrome), basically what I do is to start a recording and play the piece a few times in a row, the good take is rarely the first one (sometimes…
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
@Ariel Elijovich The score is horrible in my opinion, in this style of writing the basses should have been better balanced (as you mention) and there's also a missing line between bar 8 and 9 to…
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
@Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary You said you had the camera syndrome, hmmm... 🤔 That's a very good take IMHO, just take care of bar 7, you omitted the F chord on the third beat,…
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
@Marc Adler Thanks for the reference, that's a beautiful work!
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
@Ariel Elijovich Also to expand a bit more about the way I articulate the phrase and the harmony, the motive starts on the third beat of a mesure and ends up on the second beat of the next one with…
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
@Marc Adler You already have half of them in your hands, that's great! The camera syndrome, a classic, I usually start the camera and play the piece a few times in a row and then take the best,…
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
@Steve Price Same for me!
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
@Ariel Elijovich Ok, I'll take time to read and answer a bit later...
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
@Steve Price Great to hear both of your #1 and #2 versions! Which one did you find the most challenging?
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
@Barney Thank you Barney, I hope they'll give you ideas to craft your own version of them, they were quickly prepared and produced for quick sharing, not my usual way of interacting here!
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
@Ariel Elijovich said: "planting" has a lot of "pros". But the "cons" of planting are very seldomly discussed. And there are quite a few. On the contrary,…
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
@Ariel Elijovich said: I'm sorry if anything I said gave the impression that I thought differently. I was talking in general, and not at all refering to your version, in particular.…
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
@Ariel Elijovich (and other participants) An interesting post, and a fun title! My approach to fingerings is always about them to serve the musical idea I have to propose and express,…
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
Hey Tonebuddies, as we're already on day two and the discussion about Estudio #1 seems to slowdown a bit, here's a quick take for Estudio #2 for sharing technical and interpretation ideas!…
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
@Ron Thank you Ron, I'm glad you enjoyed it and I hope it'll give you some ideas to craft your own version!
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
@Steve Price I keep a different sound for the bass and the top notes (accompaniment) and give different dynamics to each (not at the same time), outlining their own voice direction and trying to make…
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
@Ariel Elijovich Good analysis, my natural choice is always based first on legato, phrase direction, homogeneity of sound and of course no noise (squeaks) 😅
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
@Ariel Elijovich Great version of this study, very like the dynamics!
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Re: Leo Brouwer's Estudios Sencillios!
@Ariel Elijovich Thank you Ariel, I can see from your FB video that we're using the same fingering for bar 12-13!
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