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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage!
@Martin absolutely, you always provide us so much valuable information!
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- 4 yrs ago
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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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- 4 yrs ago
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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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- 4 yrs ago
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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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- 4 yrs ago
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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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- 4 yrs ago
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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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- 4 yrs 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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- 4 yrs ago
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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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- 4 yrs ago
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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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- 4 yrs ago
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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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- 4 yrs ago
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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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- 4 yrs ago
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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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- 4 yrs ago
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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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- 4 yrs ago
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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 😅.
- BLaflamme
- 4 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage!
Hello friends, here's my progress on sketch #4 so far... that's a beautiful one for sure... the melody and harmonies are very well written in a «not too hard» piece to play...…
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- 4 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage!
@Daniel Beltrán great take on this one! looks like you have affinities with faster tempo 😁. While I haven't got any pain because of my position and footstool,…
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- 4 yrs ago
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Re: What is YOUR STORY? Share with fellow community members here!
@Jack Stewart what journey Jack! I'm happy you discovered Tonebase and have met you here... I hope to see you next soon in challenges or hangouts!
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- 4 yrs ago
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Re: What is YOUR STORY? Share with fellow community members here!
@Brett Gilbert Welcome Brett! I'm amazed you're playing both piano and guitar, wow, I have an hard time organizing myself to play only one 😅... I hope to see you around in streams and challenges,…
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- 4 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage!
@Martin great advices Martin, thanks for taking time to share this with us because Sergio Assad is cool!
- BLaflamme
- 4 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage!
@Martin thanks Martin, yeah with two voices and try to keep the legato... «a la Carlevaro» 😂... for the second one I totally miss the end part obviously, I should have practice more,…
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- 4 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK TWO: The Musical Voyage!
@Daniel Beltrán thank you Daniel, I'll try to record as much as I can till the end... I'm now on vacation, I should have more time, but at the same time a lot of other things are happening...…
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- 4 yrs ago
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