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Re: Week 3: Music is Music! Chopin Op 35 No 3 Just for fun, I thought I'd play this peppy little tune. I think it might go by another more famous title. Enjoy!
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Re: Week 3: Music is Music! @Olli Well that is your wife's loss! Sure, it may be a bit overplayed, but it is beautiful nonetheless. Looking forward to tomorrow as well, but I won't be able to watch on Saturday.
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Re: Week 3: Music is Music! @joosje Thank you, Joosje!
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Re: Week 3: Music is Music! @Olli That was great, Olli! To be playing this iconic piece that well in just three weeks is quite an achievement. Congratulations! That is now a piece you can play that everyone will love,…
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Re: Week 3: Music is Music! Chopin Mazurka Op 7 No 2 Well, we are at the end of this challenge, so I wanted to post a complete version of this mazurka I've been working on for maybe about a week.…
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Re: Week 3: Music is Music! @Jack Stewart Yes, I saw Aron's transcription in a YT video. It goes really high up the neck. He plays it well, but, like you, I prefer the octave lower version for guitar.…
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Re: Week 3: Music is Music! @Jack Stewart Are we talking pennies and nickels here, or large gold medallions from a pirate ship?
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Re: Week 3: Music is Music! @Jack Stewart Thanks, Jack. So, if I own it, I would like you to play it and then pay me royalties!
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Re: Week 3: Music is Music! Chopin Mazurka Op 7 No 2 measures 34-58 revised (Jan 24) After working with this section today, and after some wonderful help from @joosje and @Blaise Laflamme , I am liking the result.…
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Re: Week 3: Music is Music! @Eric Phillips @joosje @Blaise Laflamme Thank you both for you helpful thoughts. I actually ended up taking a little advice from both of you. Joose - I have chosen to simplify the figure to include…
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Re: Week 3: Music is Music! Chopin Op 7 No 2 question about measure 41 (Jan 24) I'm trying to bring the speed up in the last section, but this one measure that repeats several times is causing me trouble.…
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Re: Week 3: Music is Music! @joosje Thank you, Joosje. I have never really had a natural sense of strong and weak beats in music, so I will take your word if you say I'm doing it correctly.…
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Re: Week 3: Music is Music! Chopin Mazurka Op 7 No 2 measures 34-58 (Jan 24) Here is the final section of this piece before the return to the beginning. From what I've read, there are actually three different mazurkas,…
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Re: Week 3: Music is Music! Chopin Mazurka Op 7 No 2 measures 1-32 (Jan 24) This is an update of the same 32 measures I posted above. I did not get a chance to practice yesterday.…
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Re: Week 3: Music is Music! @joosje This made my day, Joosje! So beautiful. I don't think I have ever heard anything by Janacek on the guitar. What a gift to have that transcription from one of Pavel Steidl's students.
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Re: Week 3: Music is Music! @Luciano Salvatore Despite what Jack said above, I am no master at practicing! Obviously, you want to take one small thing at a time. Find a measure, or even just part of a measure,…
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Re: Week 3: Music is Music! @Derek You just keep coming in with these incredibly challenging pieces of music. This one is particularly difficult for the left hand. So many barres! Good work.
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Re: Week 3: Music is Music! @Derek Sounding good! I wish I could watch the masterclass today, but I hope to hear the fruits of it when you post an update.
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Re: Week 3: Music is Music! @Derek Nice, Derek! I can see you playing this in some swanky jazz club.
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Re: Week 3: Music is Music! @Luciano Salvatore Well done, Luciano. I think my personal record for number of takes is in the fifties! I get really stubborn sometimes, which is not the best mindset for creating beautiful music.…
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Re: Week 3: Music is Music! @joosje What a wonderful message of love it is! I had not heard this before, but it is very beautiful. Your sound is great - I'm sure the nice new equipment helps, but it's mostly in your hands.…
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Re: Week 3: Music is Music! @Dale Needles Those were both really beautiful, Dale! Thanks for sharing those with us.
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Re: Week 3: Music is Music! @Jack Stewart Yeah, that part is pretty cool. I'm not familiar enough with Chopin to know that it is Chopinesque, but I'll take your word for it. To my ear,…
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Re: Week 3: Music is Music! Chopin Mazurka Op 7 No 2 measures 1-32 (Jan 22) I've been practicing this for about an hour now. I find it very addictive! I made a few changes to what I played above.…
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Re: Week 3: Music is Music! @Dale Needles Wow! You would definitely win any classical guitar trivia game! I had never heard of him before.
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