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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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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 3: El Canto de la Guitarra 🎶
@Stefano Thank you, Stefano!
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- 3 yrs ago
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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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- 3 yrs ago
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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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- 3 yrs ago
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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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@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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@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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Re: WEEK 3: El Canto de la Guitarra 🎶
Jose Broca - Un Adios Op 4 Today, I will break into the very large world of Spanish Romantic (era) music. As I fish around for pieces to play, there is such a vast ocean to choose from.…
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Re: WEEK 3: El Canto de la Guitarra 🎶
@Wai That sounds so perfect, Wai! I really love your sound and those beautiful ornaments.
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Re: WEEK 3: El Canto de la Guitarra 🎶
@Wai Thank you, Wai!
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Re: WEEK 3: El Canto de la Guitarra 🎶
@Steve Pederson Really nice, Steve! This is another one that sounds like it should be easy, until you actually start trying to play it, that is. You got that up and going so fast.
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Re: WEEK 3: El Canto de la Guitarra 🎶
@Jack Stewart That sounds great, Jack! You are nailing those difficult rhythms, accents, and articulations so well. I would love to be able to play it like that.…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 3: El Canto de la Guitarra 🎶
@Steve Pederson Thanks, Steve. I'm more of a Steelers fan than a Saints fan, though. 🙂
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 3: El Canto de la Guitarra 🎶
@Luciano Salvatore Very good, Luciano. That middle section is really hard, but you are making steady progress on it!
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Re: WEEK 3: El Canto de la Guitarra 🎶
@Jack Stewart I did indeed! Spanish Romantic music to be precise!
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 2: La Guitarra Espanola! 🐂
@Jack Stewart
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Re: WEEK 2: La Guitarra Espanola! 🐂
@Jack Stewart I actually used to be very avid cyclist. For several years, if you asked me what my main hobby was, I'd have said cyclist over guitar. Unfortunately,…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 3: El Canto de la Guitarra 🎶
Sor – Mouvement de priere religieuse Op 31 No 23 I’ll make today my last submission by Sor, so I have chosen one of my favorites. I really think his skill as a composer comes out on this one.…
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Re: WEEK 2: La Guitarra Espanola! 🐂
@Jack Stewart That's so great, Jack! I really admire that you have taken on such big and challenging pieces, and you're playing them so well. The driving rhythmic sections, in particular,…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 2: La Guitarra Espanola! 🐂
@joosje @Jack Stewart @Blaise Laflamme Thank you. Food analogies are my favorite! I think I'll go have some dessert now. 🍪🍧🍩🍰🍮🍫🥧🧁
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Re: WEEK 2: La Guitarra Espanola! 🐂
Sor – Andante Op 44 No 11 For this one, I simply started flipping through my book of Sor studies (ed. Grimes) looking for something I hadn’t played before,…
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Re: WEEK 2: La Guitarra Espanola! 🐂
@Derek Definitely, anything beats those! I'm guessing it is pretty convenient though, just for something quick and easy.
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 2: La Guitarra Espanola! 🐂
@Emma I just had no idea he had done this. What a great contribution from @joosje !
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