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Re: 📖 What's on your music stand right now?
@Steven Bornfeld I have never had a file I could not open. In the app, you can search IMSLP, where I get a lot of my music. Then, when I find scores from other sites,…
- Eric
- 3 days ago
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Re: 📖 What's on your music stand right now?
@Steven Bornfeld I use the free IMSLP app. It does everything I want.
- Eric
- 3 days ago
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- Discussion of the Week!
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Re: Week 6: Rise of the Maestro
@Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary This is so beautiful, Nijwm!
- Eric
- 6 days ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Week 6: Rise of the Maestro
Mompou - Cancion No. 6 Here is another take on this piece. I also decided to play around with my video editor a bit.
- Eric
- 6 days ago
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Re: Week 6: Rise of the Maestro
@Jack Stewart Great work, Jack! This prelude strikes me as a bit more improvisatory in style than most of Bach’s preludes.
- Eric
- 7 days ago
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Re: Week 6: Rise of the Maestro
@Jack Stewart I don't think so, as it's quite fast and rhythmic, which are not strengths of mine. Maybe you could tackle it. Soren Alexander Golz performs both beautifully in this video.…
- Eric
- 7 days ago
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Re: Week 6: Rise of the Maestro
@Barney That was wonderful, Barney! I particularly love your tone when the melody soars up on the second and third strings. It's sweet, but also full and rich, and so perfect for the music.…
- Eric
- 8 days ago
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Re: 🎯 Sor, Carcassi, or Giuliani? — pick your starter etudes
For myself, I would actually prefer Sor Op 60. I'd pick Sor just because I am so in love with his elegant musical style. I think Op 60 would be better for a beginner than Op 35,…
- Eric
- 8 days ago
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Re: Week 6: Rise of the Maestro
Frederic Mompou – Canción No. 6 Okay, so this does not really fit the theme of this challenge, since I had never heard of this piece until last week. A performance of this piece by Carlos Bedoya…
- Eric
- 8 days ago
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Re: Week 5: The Guitar Awakens
Standchen (final version?)
- Eric
- 11 days ago
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Re: Week 4 - Return of the Finisher 🏆
Standchen May 30 Another week of practice, but I cannot really hear any difference.
- Eric
- 2 wk ago
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Re: Week 4 - Return of the Finisher 🏆
Barrios - Sueño de la Muñequita I took a little break from Standchen with this nice piece by Barrios. I have played the A section before, but the B section (with the harmonics) has always kept me…
- Eric
- 3 wk ago
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Andre Bernier Thanks for sharing this, Andre. Jakob's coaching is obviously very effective for your playing.
- Eric
- 3 wk ago
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Robert Love Good work, Robert! Much improvement.
- Eric
- 3 wk ago
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Re: 🎓 The tonebase course that changed your playing
I have particularly enjoyed and found helpful the lessons and livestreams of Emmanuel Sowicz. I particularly like his emphasis on how fingering choices reflect interpretation.…
- Eric
- 3 wk ago
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Michael Shirk I love this, Michael! You have captured the mood of this piece nicely. Just a few spots need a little smoothing out. I tried this a couple years ago and gave up.…
- Eric
- 3 wk ago
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Michael Shirk Thanks, Michael. It’s a 1973 Hernandis Grade 1a, and you can find them online for around $600-700. I bought it in 1989 and I haven’t bought another guitar since.
- Eric
- 3 wk ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@joosje @Steve Price @Jack Stewart @Ron @Andre Bernier @David Krupka @Jim King Thanks to all. I’d like to continue to work on it, making it just slightly faster, and hopefully memorizing it.…
- Eric
- 3 wk ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Jack Stewart This is so great, Jack! I can’t tell where the “improvised” section is, but did you just come up with something to play there and are now just playing it the same each time?
- Eric
- 3 wk ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
Standchen May 22 Another inch or two closer ...
- Eric
- 3 wk ago
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Re: Week 3 - The Empire Strikes Back ⚔️
@Steve Price Vals 2 is sounding really great, Steve. You're playing it at a pretty good clip. Your process seems very effective, so I am sure Vals 3 will come along nicely.
- Eric
- 3 wk ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: "Beginners Forum" Invitation
Well, if @martin is in grades 1-3, I must be in grade negative 47. Here are my responses: 1. Did you complete the Tonebase Beginning Guitar course, part 1? I have not. 2.…
- Eric
- 3 wk ago
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- General Discussion
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Re: Prelude update
Amazing! I somehow missed this post a month ago, so I am glad Martin replied above so I saw this. Tracking your progress this way is such a great idea, and the results are undeniable.
- Eric
- 3 wk ago
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Week 2 - Into the Dojo 🥋
@joosje That makes sense. I don't think I have ever seen a score that does that (except maybe with harmonics). I'm sure it would really bother a person with perfect pitch.
- Eric
- 4 wk ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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Re: Week 2 - Into the Dojo 🥋
@Robert Love Beautiful, and welcome Robert! You are managing those chord changes very well. There are a few spots where the legato in the melody is lost, mostly at the end of a few phrases.…
- Eric
- 4 wk ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge ⚔️
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