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Re: BWV 997 prelude
That was excellent, John! Yes, the built-in mic is not too good, but your solid technique and musicality came through. Such a great piece of music!
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Re: 20 Sor Studies (Segovia)
@ivan paolo Yes, thanks, Ivan, I agree. There is a lot of need for that in this piece, and I am only successful at it about 50% of the time (if that). It's actually a somewhat new technique for me…
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Re: Forgotten by Catherina Josepha Pratten
December 23, 2021 (update) After receiving some very welcome and helpful comments from a community member in a private message, I re-recorded this today.…
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Re: Snowflight by Andrew York
Beautiful, Ivan! I love arpeggio pieces where the chords come at you like waves.
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Re: 20 Sor Studies (Segovia)
Study 8 December 23, 2021 Here I am doing a very slow performance, with very little musicality. The purpose is to work on the challenging fingering, especially in the B section.
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Re: Forgotten by Catherina Josepha Pratten
December 23, 2021 Today, I'm taking it slightly faster in the "a tempo" sections. I also introduced a bit a variety in the repeat of the short cadenza.
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Re: Forgotten by Catherina Josepha Pratten
December 22, 2021 Here's my first crack at the piece.
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Re: Prelude BWV 997
Great piece, John. I look forward to hearing you play it. For quick recordings (which is all I do), I simply use the camera that came on my laptop. I have a $40 USB microphone that I bought at…
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Re: 20 Sor Studies (Segovia)
@joosje I just remembered that there is a tutorial of this piece on TB, so I will have to go watch it!
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: One Year of tonebase Live: Celebrating 2021!
Thanks, Martin! I can't tell you how much I have appreciated the guidance and support of you and the whole TB community over this past year. My life is much richer and my music making much better…
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Re: 20 Sor Studies (Segovia)
@Kevin Mudd Thanks, Kevin. None of the pieces in Segovia's collection are easy. If you want to play Sor, there are tons of studies easier than any one of these twenty.…
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Re: Forgotten by Catherina Josepha Pratten
@Kevin Mudd Thanks for listening, Kevin. IMSLP is the International Music Score Library Project. It is a huge source for public domain sheet music. When I want to look for a piece,…
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Forgotten by Catherina Josepha Pratten

I found a video on YT today of Alexandra Whittingham playing this beautiful piece (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNzPxpxUFd8). I found the score on IMSLP and decided to play it.…
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Re: 20 Sor Studies (Segovia)
Study 8 Walkthrough (December 22, 2021) Here I'm doing another "walk and talk" through the piece. This one is a significant step up in difficulty for me, particularly the B section.…
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Re: 20 Sor Studies (Segovia)
Study 7 (December 22, 2021) Here is today's update. For my practice with it today, I actually broke out the metronome to work on measures 9-16. This is something I rarely do, but should do more.…
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Re: 20 Sor Studies (Segovia)
@joosje Thank you, Joosje, for the kind and supportive words.
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Re: WEEK 2: Let It Snow! ❄
@Derek Thanks, Derek. I have been fortunate to have this entire week (and all of next week) off of work.
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 2: Let It Snow! ❄
@Elizabeth Uyehara You play with such calm and tranquility, and that is passed on to us.
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 2: Let It Snow! ❄
@Elizabeth Uyehara Thank you, Elizabeth!
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 2: Let It Snow! ❄
@Elizabeth Uyehara Thanks, Elizabeth. I like all the little variations on the harmonies.
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 2: Let It Snow! ❄
@Marilyn Thank you, Marilyn!
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 2: Let It Snow! ❄
@Brett Gilbert Well Busoni certainly wrote a beautiful arrangement. I know some don't like "romanticizing" Bach (or other earlier composers), but I think it's wonderful.…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 2: Let It Snow! ❄
@Nora Torres-Nagel Really good work, Nora! It has so much musicality!
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 2: Let It Snow! ❄
@Brett Gilbert Unbelievable, Brett! Are you improvising some of the embellishment? Your musicianship is so outstanding!
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: 20 Sor Studies (Segovia)
Study 7 (December 21, 2021) Here's a performance in which I try to implement the musical ideas I shared in the video above. This one is much shorter, I promise!
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