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Re: WEEK 4: Homenaje a la Guitarra 🎶
@Jack Stewart Really great, Jack! Definitely your best performance yet. It has such energy and drive, punctuated with fleeting moments delicate beauty.…
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
- Exploring Music from Spain 🔥
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Re: WEEK 4: Homenaje a la Guitarra 🎶
@Steve Pederson Thank you, Steve.
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
- Exploring Music from Spain 🔥
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Re: WEEK 4: Homenaje a la Guitarra 🎶
@Derek Thanks, Derek. They are quite tricky. I get dizzy whenever I play them. It's so hard to focus my eyes that high on the fingerboard.
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
- Exploring Music from Spain 🔥
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Re: WEEK 4: Homenaje a la Guitarra 🎶
@Nora Torres-Nagel Your perseverance is incredible, Nora! And I, for one, think it is sounding great.
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
- Exploring Music from Spain 🔥
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Re: WEEK 4: Homenaje a la Guitarra 🎶
@Derek That was great, Derek! This is such pretty music, and seeing you play it with that beach behind you was just so much fun. I can't make the Watch Party either,…
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
- Exploring Music from Spain 🔥
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Re: WEEK 4: Homenaje a la Guitarra 🎶
@Dale Needles This is an amazing accomplishment, Dale. Your playing is exceptional. Thank you so much for introducing us all to this masterpiece!
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
- Exploring Music from Spain 🔥
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Re: WEEK 4: Homenaje a la Guitarra 🎶
@Olli Thank you, Olli. It just doesn't make sense that so many lives are lost or put into utter chaos and upheaval over what seems like nothing, some imaginary lines on a map.
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 4: Homenaje a la Guitarra 🎶
@Olli That was just wonderful, Olli! I thought the speed was fine, and not boring at all. I like that this is a tremolo piece that we don't hear very often, and it is really beautiful,…
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
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- Exploring Music from Spain 🔥
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Re: WEEK 4: Homenaje a la Guitarra 🎶
@Wai Close!😀
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
- Exploring Music from Spain 🔥
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Re: WEEK 4: Homenaje a la Guitarra 🎶
Today’s pieces come to us from two students of Francisco Tárrega. Both of these pieces use music to express grief. I offer them today as a way of expressing my own sadness and grief over the…
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 4: Homenaje a la Guitarra 🎶
@Jack Stewart We should have a club! I’d vote for you to be the president. 🙂
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
- Exploring Music from Spain 🔥
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Re: WEEK 4: Homenaje a la Guitarra 🎶
@Jack Stewart I only meant that you were exaggerating the quality of my playing, (And it was also a pun, since I grossly exaggerated in my sentence.) I hope I didn’t upset you.…
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
- Exploring Music from Spain 🔥
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Re: WEEK 4: Homenaje a la Guitarra 🎶
@Paul Kennedy Thanks, Paul!
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
- Exploring Music from Spain 🔥
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Re: WEEK 4: Homenaje a la Guitarra 🎶
@Jack Stewart Thank you, Jack, although I've told you a million times not to exaggerate.
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
- Exploring Music from Spain 🔥
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Re: WEEK 4: Homenaje a la Guitarra 🎶
@Derek Thanks so much, Derek! In the Marin piece, I decided to move the section in C major down an octave. Not only is it easier to play, I honestly think it sounds better,…
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
- Exploring Music from Spain 🔥
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Re: WEEK 4: Homenaje a la Guitarra 🎶
@Nora Torres-Nagel Hi Nora. I think you made the video private because it is not showing up.
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
- Exploring Music from Spain 🔥
- Reported - view
Re: WEEK 4: Homenaje a la Guitarra 🎶
@Nora Torres-Nagel Thank you so much, Nora!
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
- Exploring Music from Spain 🔥
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Re: WEEK 4: Homenaje a la Guitarra 🎶
Tárrega – ¡Marieta! and Capricho Árabe I am finally arriving at the biggest name of the Romantic period for the guitar. Since we already had the Tárrega Challenge last summer,…
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 4: Homenaje a la Guitarra 🎶
@Jack Stewart Thanks, Jack. I appreciate your opinion very much. Not only are you quite well-informed about music, but it is also a matter of personal taste.…
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
- Exploring Music from Spain 🔥
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Re: WEEK 4: Homenaje a la Guitarra 🎶
Julián Arcas - Bolero The bolero was a popular Spanish dance in 3/4 that originated in the late 18th century. This is one of several pieces that Arcas wrote that uses the dance form.…
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 4: Homenaje a la Guitarra 🎶
@Martin Amazing, Moyses! You show such absolute control over your hand and finger movements. So impressive. And I must say, I really enjoyed the look on your face when you missed the high B note.…
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 4: Homenaje a la Guitarra 🎶
@Martin I would love to do it, but I will be teaching (I'll miss the Watch Party too). I could be there one hour later (3pm EST). I wish I could be at both events!
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
- Exploring Music from Spain 🔥
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Re: WEEK 4: Homenaje a la Guitarra 🎶
@Jack Stewart @Martin
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
- Exploring Music from Spain 🔥
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Re: WEEK 4: Homenaje a la Guitarra 🎶
@Jack Stewart Thank you, Jack.
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
- Exploring Music from Spain 🔥
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Re: WEEK 4: Homenaje a la Guitarra 🎶
@Jack Stewart It's a combination of having the week off of work (all schools here are closed for a week in February), being completely obsessed, and choosing easier pieces to play.
- Eric
- 3 yrs ago
- 1
- Exploring Music from Spain 🔥
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