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Re: WEEK THREE: The Destination!
@Jaime Zaldua you did great! you're right recording is quite challenging, especially when it's a one take with no editing, suddenly we feel some pressure when you realize that as you play...
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Re: WEEK THREE: The Destination!
@Eric Phillips good work eric... those rythmes are not easy to sound flowing and you almost make all of them go right... I'm impressed... you're very close
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Re: WEEK THREE: The Destination!
@Khiem Nguyen great Khiem! looks like what you find easy and hard is the same « ... »
nice improvement over the previous submission
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage!
@Giuseppe Gasparini thanks... but well... as soon as you express yourself with music I think you're already an artist, so you are my friend
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage!
@Jaime Zaldua thank you... my vacations are not going as I thought so I hope to have enough time to do some more... but you should thanks @Martin for his tips and patience about recordings!
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Re: Miguel Llobet: La Nit de Nadal
@Barney I would be a bit worried if someone is as close to me when I play
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage!
@Jaime Zaldua thank you Jamie, well... that's an area I should explore more, I improvise about technique and patterns to help me learning a piece but not regarding melody and harmony.…
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage!
@Martin absolutely, you always provide us so much valuable information!
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage!
@Jaime Zaldua I'm happy you entered the challenge, I missed you... great take on this 1st sketch, sensitive as you always play... I hope you'll find time to submit others even if they're not perfect…
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage!
@Eric Phillips indeed, saying the opposite would be a lie... but they also need more time to learn and play
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Re: Bouncing back from a Break - Reuniting with your Instrument
@Marek Tabisz indeed!
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage!
@Eric Phillips great Eric it flows pretty well! I also have to figure out what to learn for the remaining days, I already have started #5 and #7 and thinking about #9...…
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage!
@Steve Pederson thank you, and you seem to also play on a spruce top, I like the clarity and precision of the planting and sound of a spruce top. I hope you'll make sure to share with us the sound…
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage!
@Steve Pederson you're totally right about subjectivity... and your performance is far from being bad! We tend to focus on small details while losing the overview,…
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage!
@Martin thanks for sharing your thoughts as you progress on this sketch, it's very informative. I'm looking forward to your next stream about the lasts sketches.
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage!
@Steve Pederson great sound and playing Steve, you're doing the right thing to play at a speed you can manage to some point what you're doing. I understand you, as a perfectionist,…
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage!
@Steve Pederson thank you Steve, this is a 1999 cedar top from luthier Rene Wilhelmy I bought last year from someone around here, my first Wilhelmy was a 1991 that I unfortunately sold 15 years ago…
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage!
@Daniel Beltrán FYI I always had a mirror in my studio near where I practice to have an overview of what I'm doing, get one ASAP!
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage!
@Eric Phillips what a great idea to make it yours that way to better understand the parts you're struggling with, creativity in action again... bravo!
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage!
@Khiem Nguyen great khiem! you're following @Eric Phillips path to consistency and dedication, fantastic to have you on board!
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage!
@Martin you're too kind... I'm happy you enjoyed it... it's also just fingers on strings
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage!
@Martin thank you Martin, that sketch is more than suited for those kind of rhythmic and color contrasts, it was really fun to make my way through.
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage!
@Martin thank you Martin, yeah the glissando makes even more sense when you play the piece at a slower tempo, I figured out I could use it as a «momentum» near the end of the section.
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage!
@Eric Phillips thank you Eric
... I hear this piece a bit differently than how others play it as I can see... I feel it more like a 3/8 or 6/8 and that gives it a more dancing flow as you have…
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Re: What is YOUR STORY? Share with fellow community members here!
@Jack Stewart you're so right... it's hard to keep up with everything going on here... I understand you as it's the same for me
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