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Re: Week 6:Reflections on the Journey: Final Touches @Dale Needles Thanks, Dale. All I meant by “gussied up” is that I’ve practiced it more - fewer mistakes and hopefully more expressive than my post from last week.…
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Re: Week 6:Reflections on the Journey: Final Touches @Dale Needles Welcome Back, Dale, and it’s great to hear your playing again!
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Re: Week 6:Reflections on the Journey: Final Touches Sor - Andante Op 32 No 5 Here is a gussied up version of the Sor I posted last week.
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Re: Week 5: A Polished Finish: Preparing to Showcase Sorry for not posting for a while. I was having some pain in my left hand, so I decided to take a few days away from playing to let my hand rest. I also thought it might be best to play some simpler…
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Re: Week 4: The Flow of Practice: Bringing It Together @Jack Stewart @joosje Thank you both. I am getting a bit more comfortable with the piece, but some sections still sound problematic to me when I listen back.…
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- 13 days ago
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Re: Week 4: The Flow of Practice: Bringing It Together @JUAN ALONSO This is wonderful, Juan! You have such a beautiful tone and fluid phrasing, and that only comes with many, many hours of practice. This might be my all-time favorite piece by Sor,…
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- 13 days ago
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Re: Week 4: The Flow of Practice: Bringing It Together @Jack Stewart This is just amazing, Jack! It is such an effective transcription. Your playing is quite impressive as well. I don't know what your written score looks like,…
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Re: Week 4: The Flow of Practice: Bringing It Together Regondi Etude 1 (Dec 6) Another update. Finally playing with no score in front of me.
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Re: Week 3: Turning Points: Overcoming Hurdles @Wai I just listened to what you played, and that sounds right to me. In the first measure you circled, I think the G# and F are to be played together (simultaneously with the low E in the bass).…
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Re: Week 3: Turning Points: Overcoming Hurdles @Jack Stewart This is truly remarkable, Jack! I am no arranger, but it strikes as a very effective arrangement. The emotional arc of the music comes through very clearly.…
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Re: Week 3: Turning Points: Overcoming Hurdles @Wai Love it! This piece has so much intensity and drama packed into a minute and a half. It's one of the highlights of my favorite opus by Giuliani. Great playing,…
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Re: Week 3: Turning Points: Overcoming Hurdles @Vilio Celli Lovely, Vilio! That seems to be quite a test of endurance.
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Re: Week 3: Turning Points: Overcoming Hurdles Regondi Etude 1 (Dec 3) Another update. I do pretty much have it memorized, but I kept the score in front of me as a bit of a security blanket. I did play the coda without the score, and naturally,…
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Re: The Joys of playing easy pieces (for those aging fingers and wrists...) Amen! I could not agree more. Easy pieces bring me so much joy, and never stop teaching me.
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Re: Week 3: Turning Points: Overcoming Hurdles @joosje Well done, Joosje! You really capture the baroque aesthetic, it seems to me.
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Re: Week 3: Turning Points: Overcoming Hurdles Regondi Etude 1 Nov 28 Here's another update. It's a couple baby steps ahead of my last post. Today is Thanksgiving here in the U.S., so I just want to say how thankful I am to this community and for…
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Re: Week 2: Finding Momentum: Small Steps, Big Progress @joosje Great job, Joosje! The articulation gives it such a nice sense of pulse.
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- 3 wk ago
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Re: Week 2: Finding Momentum: Small Steps, Big Progress @Calin Lupa Good work, Calin. It's such a challenging piece for the left hand, but you are navigating it well!
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Re: Week 2: Finding Momentum: Small Steps, Big Progress @Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary Thanks, Nijwm! Playing it makes me feel like a gymnast performing a floor routine. Hopefully, I'm a better guitarist than gymnast though!
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Re: Week 2: Finding Momentum: Small Steps, Big Progress @joosje Thank you, Joosje. I can hear that the B section is noticeably slower. It’s mostly because I’m still groping around to find the notes. Why are B sections almost always harder!?
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Re: Week 2: Finding Momentum: Small Steps, Big Progress @Jack Stewart "Daunting" is the right word! "Intimidating" works too!
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Re: Week 2: Finding Momentum: Small Steps, Big Progress @joosje I think practically every measure is tricky, but you're right, the fireworks at the end are particularly challenging.
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- 3 wk ago
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Re: Week 2: Finding Momentum: Small Steps, Big Progress @Palmer The music is incredible. I only wish he had written a few beginner or intermediate level pieces.
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- 3 wk ago
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Re: Week 2: Finding Momentum: Small Steps, Big Progress Regondi - Etude 1 (Nov 26) Well, I can (sort of) play through the whole piece now. As this recording shows, I am still just getting it into my fingers. It is exhausting to play it straight through.…
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Re: Week 2: Change of Colors @Blaise Laflamme Congratulations, Blaise! It must be amazing to hear those words of praise from the composer. Plus, we are talking about Andrew York, one of the greatest guitarists of our time!…
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