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Anyone up for some fun? Write a funny ending or two to the phrase, "You know you're a classical guitar nerd when ..." I'll start off with a few.
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Re: Week 1: Welcome to the Latin American Music Challenge Two Pieces (June 29) I am posting a couple videos today: Canción de Cuña by Matilde Tettamanti de Calandra – I think I will make this my last posting of this pretty lullaby.…
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Re: Week 1: Welcome to the Latin American Music Challenge Matilde Tettamanti de Calandra – Canción de Cuña (June 28) After hearing how loud my string squeaks were in the video I posted above, I really wanted to change my fingering to have fewer position…
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Re: Week 1: Welcome to the Latin American Music Challenge @Spare Machine Love it! And Ron is right - the music and the video are both very dark, which is cool.
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Re: Week 1: Welcome to the Latin American Music Challenge Matilde Tettamanti de Calandra – Canción de Cuña (June 27) I love finding composers whose music is not played very often. The last time we had a Latin American challenge, I mostly played Barrios,…
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Re: LAST WEEK: Over the Horizon! @Jack Stewart Thanks, Jack. I don't feel any callouses, but I have been using hand lotion rather often for the last couple weeks. I just hate that feeling of not being able to twist open things like…
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Re: LAST WEEK: Over the Horizon! @joosje Beautiful, Joosje! New to me as well.
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Re: LAST WEEK: Over the Horizon! José Viñas – Lamento Op 38 I know it’s the last day of this rather long challenge, but for a couple days now I have been working on this piece, so I thought I might as well post it.…
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Re: Week 4: Celebrating Global Connections @Jack Stewart Welcome back! I’m glad you enjoyed your time at the GFA, other than the food. If you start playing your guitar in the cello position now, I will know why.…
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Re: LAST WEEK: Over the Horizon! @Wai Thanks Wai. I actually find the thumb pretty easy to get a good flush sound. In fact, I have even kept a bit of nail on my thumb so I can have both sounds just by changing the angle of attack…
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Re: LAST WEEK: Over the Horizon! @Jack Stewart Thanks Jack. The jury is still out about it being a permanent change for me.
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Re: LAST WEEK: Over the Horizon! @Dale Needles Thanks Dale. I do love this sound. I just need to get it more consistently, especially with chords.
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Re: LAST WEEK: Over the Horizon! @Barney Thanks, Barney. And yes, my right hand has always moved around far too much. One of the many things I need to work on.
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Re: LAST WEEK: Over the Horizon! @Andre Bernier @Barney Thanks for the supportive words, guys. I really miss being able to pick up my guitar and play, and get a reasonably good sound without so much effort.…
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Re: LAST WEEK: Over the Horizon! Adelita (no nails) Playing through some music this morning, I just was not liking the sound I was getting. Then, for whatever reason, I started playing this old warhorse.…
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Re: LAST WEEK: Over the Horizon! @Andre Bernier @Barney For what it is worth, my journey into playing without nails is still very much a work in progress. My tone is very inconsistent, and I don’t have much fluency in the right hand…
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Re: LAST WEEK: Over the Horizon! @Barney incredible, Barney! I did not know this piece so thank you so much for sharing it. I love how you always come in the last week of these challenges with these mind-boggling performances.…
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Re: LAST WEEK: Over the Horizon! @Andre Bernier This sounds wonderful, Andre! Your patience and perseverance, with both this piece of music and with the Alaska picks, are really paying dividends. Your playing sounds so beautiful.
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Re: Week 5: Onward and Upward! @Jack Stewart That Ravel is sounding great, Jack! Your left hand work is really impressive. In the Lutoslawsky, I really like the dynamics.
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Re: Week 5: Onward and Upward! Gol-e-Gandome and Estudio Sencillio No 2 I thought I would try some pieces other than Sor with no nails. I am starting to see that the most important thing about this switch in my technique is…
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Re: Xuefei Yang: Capricho árabe @martin Very enjoyable and useful discussion. Thank you for asking my questions.
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Re: Xuefei Yang: Capricho árabe I am not sure if I will be able to watch live, so I'd like to ask you here to give your thoughts on fingering (both left and right hand) in two places: The rising chromatic scale in measures 34-35…
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Re: Week 5: Onward and Upward! @Wai Great selection, Wai! The theme could not sound less like Giuliani, but then the variations come along with all the Giuliani–isms. Love it!
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Re: Week 5: Onward and Upward! Sor Op 60 No 12 and 13 Sorry for not posting in a while. We have a bit of chaos going on in our house right now involving our dog and a skunk. I have eight loud,…
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Re: Week 4: Celebrating Global Connections @Jack Stewart Thanks, Jack. I certainly would not want to lose the use my 'a' finger, but much of Sor's music seems to be playable with only minimal use of it (which I think was what he advocated in…
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