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Re: Week 1: A Fresh Start @Jack Stewart Thank you, Jack. Still plenty of Sor I have never touched, and plenty that is simply beyond my ability.
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Re: Week 1: A Fresh Start Fernando Sor Op 50 Le Calme (Caprice) Hey everyone, I’m back. I decided to take a break from the community challenges for a while. When I saw the title “Fresh Start” on this one,…
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Re: What do you think about the tonebase Practice Plans? I agree with @David Krupka above. A true practice plan is something worked on between a teacher and individual student. I have never looked at ToneBase as a substitute for having a good teacher,…
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Re: WEEK 2: What we've experienced!!! Torroba – Arada It’s been a busy week at work and home, so I haven’t gotten a chance to post anything for a while. Today, though, I was able to make my final recording of the pieces I put into my…
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- 11 mths ago
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Re: Who are the guitarists that you think more people should know about? @Jeffrey Wilt Wow, what a performance! She moves seamlessly between powerful intensity and gentle lyricism. She is definitely one to look for, hopefully for decades to come.
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- 11 mths ago
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Re: WEEK 2: What we've experienced!!! @Carlo Martins Welcome, Carlo! These were both great! They both seem to require crisp rhythms, and you accomplished that very well. Just curious - are you left-handed or does your phone reverse the…
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Re: WEEK 2: What we've experienced!!! @Stefanie Mosburger-Dalz This is wonderful, Stefanie! I remember hearing Irina Kulikova play this a few years ago, and I loved it but assumed it was too difficult for us mere mortals.…
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- 11 mths ago
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Re: WEEK 4: Fernando Sor for Everyone!! @Rick Lord This is outstanding in every respect, Rick! As always, your performance is not only technically strong, but so very musical. The quality of your sound and video production is as good as…
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- 11 mths ago
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Re: WEEK 1: What we've learned!!! @Calin Lupa Very nice, Calin! Both of the pieces show off your beautiful tone.
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- 11 mths ago
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Re: WEEK 1: What we've learned!!! Ernest Shand - Andante Religioso Shand was a student of Pratten, so it is nice to play something by him after playing some Pratten. I love Shand's lyrical melodies and rich harmonies.…
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- 11 mths ago
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Re: WEEK 1: What we've learned!!! @Andre Bernier Wonderfully meditative music! What a great way to bring the beginning and end of 2023 together. I look forward to hearing more of it from you.
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- 11 mths ago
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Re: WEEK 1: What we've learned!!! Catherina Josepha Pratten - Lament and Twilight I know that I only listed Twilight in the plan I had posted above, but I decided to add Lament as well. For about a month or so this year,…
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Re: Practice diary 2023 - Andre Bernier @Andre Bernier This is incredible to read, Andre! What a journey it has been for you, and so much progress in a relatively short amount of time. There is a lot of here to be proud of and take joy in.…
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- 11 mths ago
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Re: WEEK 1: What we've learned!!! @Ron @Jack Stewart @Michael Shirk Thank you guys for the kind words!
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- 11 mths ago
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Re: WEEK 1: What we've learned!!! @Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary I wish I knew how to make a tutorial video showing exactly what I do on my computer screen. Hopefully you can figure out my wordy descriptions of everything.…
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Re: WEEK 1: What we've learned!!! @Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary You are an excellent guitarist, Nijwm. Don't sell yourself short. I'd suggest that you just pick one of those pieces (maybe not Recuerdos) and focus on it for this challenge.…
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Re: WEEK 1: What we've learned!!! @Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary Well, I will explain what I do, but I doubt it is the best or most efficient way. I am not a very technological person. (To give you a sense of my backwardness,…
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- 11 mths ago
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Re: WEEK 1: What we've learned!!! Giuliani - Le Rose Op 46 No 9 Here is a piece that I have loved for many years, and attempted to play on several occasions in the past. For some reason, I always hit a brick wall.…
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Re: WEEK 1: What we've learned!!! @Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary Blaise is a master. He can guide you much better than I can. For what it is worth, my microphone is a Samson Go Mic. I bought it for $40 US dollars. Here is a picture.
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Re: WEEK 1: What we've learned!!! @Blaise Laflamme Thanks, but your videos rival those of the best professionals making classical guitar videos today (starting, of course, with your outstanding playing and musicianship).
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Re: WEEK 1: What we've learned!!! @Blaise Laflamme Maybe ... I have less confidence than you!
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- 11 mths ago
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Re: WEEK 1: What we've learned!!! I have been giving some thought to question of how I want to proceed for this challenge. The parameters of the challenge seem so wide that I was having a hard time focusing.…
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- 11 mths ago
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Re: WEEK 1: What we've learned!!! I add some reverb and do loudness normalization with Audacity, a free sound editing software I downloaded. I use an inexpensive USB mic with my laptop.
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- 11 mths ago
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Re: WEEK 1: What we've learned!!! @BRINA It's a beautiful instrument! It looks and sounds great.
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- 11 mths ago
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Re: WEEK 1: What we've learned!!! @BRINA Beautiful, Brina! I am curious about the guitar you are playing. Can you tell us anything about it?
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- 11 mths ago
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