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Re: WEEK 4: Fernando Sor for Everyone!! @Wai Beautiful, Wai! I particularly like that third variation. I find it very difficult to achieve legato on this piece, with such a busy left hand, but you are managing it brilliantly.
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Re: WEEK 4: Fernando Sor for Everyone!! @Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary Two pieces that come to mind right away are Op 60 n 14, and Op 31 n 4. They are both in minor keys, and are early intermediate level,…
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Re: WEEK 4: Fernando Sor for Everyone!! @Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary Yes, this is very normal, and it happens on every guitar, from the cheapest to the most expensive. Most of the time, it is very desirable, giving the music more resonance,…
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Re: WEEK 4: Fernando Sor for Everyone!! Selections from Opus 44 Of Sor’s six opuses of studies, this is probably the opus least often played, so I thought I would give it a little love. Here I am playing numbers 9, 11, and 14.
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Re: WEEK 4: Fernando Sor for Everyone!! @Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary Yes, I do have a special love for Sor's music. It seems to me that, no matter where we may be on the classical guitar journey, Sor has a tremendous amount of very high quality…
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Re: WEEK 4: Fernando Sor for Everyone!! @Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary Very beautiful, Nijwm! This is so legato, which takes a lot of very close attention to detail. My favorite moment is when you begin the repeat.…
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Re: WEEK 4: Fernando Sor for Everyone!! Mouvement de prière religeuse Op 31 No 23 Nothing fancy here, just my all-time favorite Sor study. I’ve played it a thousand times, but I why not 1001?
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Re: WEEK 3: Master of Classical Style! @Blaise Laflamme Great playing, Blaise! You really made it your own interpretation, bending the rhythms, but always with a clear sense of pulse. I don’t know that I have ever heard a Sor study played…
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Re: Welcome to tonebase! @Johannes Welcome, Johannes! I have watched the lessons on the Capricho by Tariq Harb and Zoran Dukic and they are excellent. I hope you consider posting videos of your progress in the Practice Diary.…
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Re: WEEK 3: Master of Classical Style! Fantasie Elegiaque Marche Funebre Nov 22 I have been working on this quite a bit in the last 24 hours, and I am much happier with the result. The cantabile section in E major still needs work,…
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Re: WEEK 3: Master of Classical Style! Fantasie Elegiaque Op 59 Marche Funebre Nov 21 I am moving along now to the second main section of this long piece. For the Andante Largo, I used the breakdown of Carlo Marchione from his TB lesson.…
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Re: WEEK 3: Master of Classical Style! @Jim King Great work, Jim! Fingering choices make a big difference, don't they.
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Re: WEEK 3: Master of Classical Style! @Rick Lord Spectacular, Rick! Your tempo feels perfect to me. Your ornaments are executed perfectly, in time and very snappy. I can't wait to hear it all put together!
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Re: WEEK 3: Master of Classical Style! Larghetto Op 35 No 3 I felt like taking another short break from Op 59, but this time I went to familiar ground. This is such a perfect early intermediate level study.
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Re: WEEK 3: Master of Classical Style! @Ernesto Great performance and video, Ernesto! This piece always sounds like a Christmas carol to me. It reminds me of Barrios’ Villancico de Navidad.
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Re: WEEK 3: Master of Classical Style! Fantasie Elegiaque Op 59 Andante Largo Nov 18 This is my first time recording the entire Andante Largo of this piece. It’s a little over nine minutes long,…
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Re: WEEK 3: Master of Classical Style! Walze Op 8 No 6 I wanted to take a little break from the very long, somber Fantasie Elegiaque that I have been working on. I looked around for a piece by Sor that I had never heard before,…
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Re: WEEK 2: Diving Deep into Sor's Style! @Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary Beautiful, Nijwm! Your phrases are nicely tapered off at the end with both tempo and dynamic. Maybe a little more tapering at the beginning in a few places would be nice.…
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Re: WEEK 2: Diving Deep into Sor's Style! @Rick Lord Thanks for the encouragement, Rick! (No pun intended there to Sor's Op 34, btw.)
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Re: WEEK 2: Diving Deep into Sor's Style! Fantasie Elegiaque Op 59 measures 67-134 (Nov 15) This is the last two sections (sections 4 and 5 in my breakdown) of the Andante Largo. I am pretty happy with my progress on section 4 (in G major).…
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Re: WEEK 2: Diving Deep into Sor's Style! @Rick Lord Great work, Rick! I am rarely so disciplined in using the metronome. I really love the whole minor section of this piece (especially the second half of it).…
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Re: WEEK 2: Diving Deep into Sor's Style! @David Krupka @Wai I figured that David would give a very full and well-researched answer to your question. In my opinion, the C double-sharp sounds better.
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Re: WEEK 2: Diving Deep into Sor's Style! @Wai Great job, Wai, especially on that first variation. It’s one of the more difficult ones, but you played it very well, with crisp rhythm and articulations.
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Re: WEEK 2: Diving Deep into Sor's Style! Fantasie Elegiaque measures 67-107 (Nov 13) I have mostly been working on this fourth of five sections in the Andante Largo, and I just about have it in my fingers.…
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Re: WEEK 2: Diving Deep into Sor's Style! Fantasie Elegiaque Nov 11 update I have been working a couple days now on sections 1-3 (measures 1-66). It is slowly coming together, I think. I also just started working on section 4 (measures…
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