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Re: WEEK 2: La Guitarra Espanola! @Moyses Lopes Thanks, Moyses!
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Re: WEEK 3: El Canto de la Guitarra @David Krupka What?! Are you saying I don't sound as good as David Russel!?!?!
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Re: WEEK 3: El Canto de la Guitarra @David Krupka You may very well be right about that. These pieces do give me a lot of enjoyment. Nothing against the iconic, more well-known pieces, but I really like these more approachable pieces.…
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Re: WEEK 3: El Canto de la Guitarra @Olli Really great, Olli. That's another one I've always been wanting to play, but never got around to it. The section is F major does seem quite challenging. Not a guitar-friendly key, for sure.
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Re: WEEK 3: El Canto de la Guitarra José Viñas - Capullos de Abril Op 40 No 2 Here's another piece by Viñas. The title translates as April Buds. Right now, I would love for Spring to be here.…
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Re: WEEK 3: El Canto de la Guitarra @Dale Needles Thank you, Dale. I have heard Sueno, and it's a great little tremolo piece. SInce I have never played a tremolo piece, I didn't think that I could get that piece up and running very…
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Re: WEEK 3: El Canto de la Guitarra @Blaise Laflamme Well, I loved your first recording of this, but this one is even better. You really lay out for us the beauty of the composition in your phrasing and dynamics.…
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Re: WEEK 3: El Canto de la Guitarra @Blaise Laflamme Thanks, Blaise. There's plenty more coming.
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Re: WEEK 3: El Canto de la Guitarra @Jack Stewart Thanks, Jack. I'll expect to hear you play that Fantasia by next week.
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Re: WEEK 3: El Canto de la Guitarra @Emma Thank you, Emma!
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Re: WEEK 3: El Canto de la Guitarra @Emma Thank you, Emma!
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Re: WEEK 3: El Canto de la Guitarra Jose Vinas - Andante Sentimental Op 40 From what I can tell, Jose Vinas (1823-1888; there should be a tilde over the n) was not only a guitarist, but also a pianist, violinist, and conductor.…
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Re: WEEK 3: El Canto de la Guitarra @Dale Needles You are playing this so well, Dale! Did you say the original work by Cabezon is for organ? I must say, variations 2-4 sounds like organ to me, so big and resonant.…
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Re: WEEK 3: El Canto de la Guitarra @Stefano I’m so glad you joined in, Stefano! This is pretty impressive. It is one of those iconic pieces that I have tried a thousand times, but always have given up on, so I tip my hat to you.…
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Re: WEEK 3: El Canto de la Guitarra @joosje That was just outstanding, Joosje! I know this piece quite well and used to play it a lot many years ago, but I never brought it alive like you have here.…
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Re: WEEK 3: El Canto de la Guitarra @Marilyn Blodget Thank you so much, Marilyn!
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Re: WEEK 3: El Canto de la Guitarra @David Krupka Thank you, David!
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Re: WEEK 3: El Canto de la Guitarra @joosje Thanks Joosje! It’s actually from the US national anthem (written by Francis Scott KEY). It is always sung at the beginning of baseball games. The first words are, “Oh say,…
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Re: WEEK 3: El Canto de la Guitarra @Blaise Laflamme Thanks, Blaise!
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Re: WEEK 3: El Canto de la Guitarra @Stefano Thank you, Stefano!
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Re: WEEK 3: El Canto de la Guitarra @Stefano Thanks, Stefano. I have always enjoyed discovering the lesser-known composers and music for our instrument.
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Re: WEEK 3: El Canto de la Guitarra @Jack Stewart That is correct! I'm starting to get students whose parents I taught. It makes me feel old (and, of course, to my students I am old, like very old).
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Re: WEEK 3: El Canto de la Guitarra @Jack Stewart Hah! As a high school teacher, I get a lot of eye rolling at my plentiful jokes. But when alums come back to visit, they always tell me that they LOVED my jokes!…
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Re: Welcome to tonebase! @Stefano Ciao, Stefano, e benvenuto. I live in the United States, but I lived in Italy (Roma) for five years back in the 1990s. I did visit Venice a few times.…
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Re: Welcome to tonebase! @Jesús Mostajo Bienvenido, Jesus! Where are you from in Spain? I spent two months in Zaragoza, and traveled a bit around Spain about 25 years ago. Right now,…
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